Video Game Review: Panda Punch (Xbox Series X)
An initially charming, retro-styled platformer with light puzzle elements, Panda Punch starts off well but, ultimately, doesn’t quite hit the mark. Red Panda Zeep has an upgradeable bionic arm to […]
Shameless Self Promotion Time Again: Of Donuts and Dodos
I was recently given a retro-styled game named Donut Dodo to review (thank you, Flynn’s Arcades!). Styled after classic single screen arcade platformers of the early 80s (think games such […]
Video Game Review: RITE (Switch)
A game in the grand tradition of tightly constructed, hardcore, single screen platform challenges such as Super Meat Boy, RITE is a game that gets by without any need for […]
Video Game Review: Turrican Anthology Vol. II (Switch)
The first Turrican Anthology – as you can see from my review – was a compilation that I enjoyed enormously. Having fond memories of the original Turrican games on the […]
Review: Piko Interactive Collection 1 (Evercade Cartridge 09)
One of the best things about the Evercade is that the collections – even when they’re from companies who have constantly re-released their back catalogue games over the years – […]
Video Game Review: Galacticon (Nintendo Switch)
I can’t pretend that I understand the plot of Galacticon – which seems to have been awkwardly translated into English – but to be brutally honest, it makes absolutely no […]
Video Game Review: Taito Milestones (Switch)
There aren’t many video games companies who have left such an indelible mark on the industry at the level that Taito have; Space Invaders alone is a title that, to […]
News: Free Game on Evercade VS!
If you turn on – and update – your Evercade VS today, you’ll get a neat little surprise. A star icon will appear on the left hand side of the […]
Video Game Review: Gem Wizards Tactics (Switch)
Though I’ve played through a significant chunk of the Gem Wizards Tactics story, I’m still not entirely sure what’s actually going on. However, it’s not without its charms and the […]
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: Unpacking (Xbox)
As I mentioned in my review of Townscaper yesterday, Game Pass is an absolute boon for gamers and indie studios alike, with games added to the service that have been […]
Review: Namco Museum Collection 1 (Evercade Cartridge 02)
Having already reviewed the first cartridge in the Evercade’s growing library, the Atari Collection 1, it’s now the turn of the second compilation: Namco Museum Collection 1. As the cartridge […]
Spotlight: A Woman Goes to a Private Games Industry Party
In light of the shocking revelations that have come to the fore this week about the sexist, misogynist and overall toxic work environment at Activision-Blizzard, I wanted to take the […]
Kickstarter Spotlight: Lucy Dreaming
A hugely popular genre in the 90s, point and click adventure games have – a few high profile examples aside – felt like a bit of a lost art in […]
Review: Binarystar Infinity
Available now on Switch and PC (Switch version tested) – Published by Forever Entertainment With a very distinctive, Downwell-esque ‘1-bit’ graphical sheen, horizontal shoot ’em up Binarystar Infinity certainly has […]
Review: Speed Limit
Indie games paying homage to the look and feel of classic 80s arcade games are nothing new – nor are 2D pixel art games that are punishingly difficult, yet highly […]
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