Review: Titanfall 2 (Campaign)
Note: Originally published last year, I wanted to re-share my Titanfall 2 Campaign review. It’s criminal that still, so few people seem to have played this game – the short-but-sweet […]
Video Game Review: Catan – Console Edition (Xbox Series X)
Despite its enduring popularity, The Settlers of Catan – first published in Germany in 1995 as Die Siedler von Catan and more commonly known as simply ‘Catan’ these days – […]
Board Game Review: Pandemic: Hot Zone – Europe (2021)
First published in 2008, co-operative board game Pandemic has proven so popular that it has spawned numerous expansions, spin-offs and licensed adaptations (including a fantastic Star Wars game based on […]
Video Game Preview: Catan – Console Edition
In my mid-20s, I suddenly discovered board games again. Thanks to the surge in popularity of euro-style games – which emerged from Germany, for the most part – I discovered […]
Video Game Review: Jitsu Squad (Switch)
An arcade style, beautifully animated beat ’em up, Jitsu Squad throws itself at you in a riot of colour and glorious sound. Starring a diverse cast of anthropomorphic, playable characters, […]
Video Game Preview: Smoothcade
Anyone who knows me well knows that cutesy single screen arcade platformers are one of my favourite types of game. Bubble Bobble, Snow Bros, Rod Land – all of those […]
Video Game Review: Timberman: The Big Adventure (Switch)
A character made famous (or infamous!) in a maddeningly fast-paced button basher not unlike Flappy Bird – albeit chopping down trees instead of attempting to fly through precariously positioned gaps […]
News: Bud Spencer & Terrence Hill Return in 2023 – in Slaps and Beans 2!
The slapstick-and-action B-movies starring duo Bud Spencer and Terrence Hill will be pretty familiar to lots of people who grew up in the 70s and 80s. From Westerns to contemporary […]
Review: Walkabout Mini Golf – Labyrinth DLC (Oculus/Meta Quest 2)
I’ve been a fan of Jim Henson’s Labyrinth ever since I first saw it in the 80s. The late and dearly missed Terry Jones wrote a mind-bogglingly crazy script, full […]
VR Review: Walkabout Mini Golf (Oculus/Meta Quest 2)
I’m not much of a sports person; never really got into any sport – and golf in particular always bored me. Yet I see the appeal in video game versions […]
Video Game Review: Pac-Man Museum Plus (Xbox Series X)
The 2014 Pac-Man Museum was an excellent compilation – but it had the misfortune of being launched while the horrendous animated misfire Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures was being broadcast. […]
Video Game Review: Moo Lander (Xbox Series X)
Fully loaded with cow and milk based puns, this unusual indie Mootroidvania (those puns are infectious, clearly – though I can’t take credit for that particular groanworthy pun) brings a […]
News: Evercade Announces Intellivision Collection 2 and Morphcat Games Collection 1, Due May 2022
The latest cartridges for Blaze’s superb Evercade console have been announced. First up, we have a second collection of Intellivision titles, following the relatively recent release of Intellivision Collection 1, […]
Video Game Review: Wingspan (Xbox Series X)
It was only a few weeks ago that I finally got around to playing the board game version of Wingspan; it’s about time too, because I’ve now been able to […]
Kickstarter Spotlight: Thunder Road: Vendetta
Though the 1986 Milton Bradley game Thunder Road – which brought Mad Max-esque, post-apocalyptic vehicular combat on an endless stretch of highway to the tabletop – isn’t the most famous […]
Board Game Review: Wingspan
Taking the board game world by storm when it was released in 2019, it seems to have taken me a very long time to get around to playing this highly […]
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