Comic Book Review: Wild Cards: The Drawing of Cards #1 (2022)
A long running shared universe series of novels and short story anthologies, the very first Wild Cards fiction was published back in 1987. The universe itself arose from a Superworld […]
Review: Technos Collection 1 (Evercade Cartridge 10)
Though most Evercade cartridge compilations have enough variety – and quality – in the games they include that there’s almost certainly something for everyone, the Technos Collection 1 is the […]
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 […]
Video Game Review: Wonder Boy Collection (Switch)
Few video game characters have as confusingly twisted a history as Wonder Boy, whose games either came without numbers (see the second game in the series: Wonder Boy in Monster […]
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 – […]
Book Review: Legends & Lattes: A Novel of High Fantasy and Low Stakes
The fantasy genre is stuffed full of multi-part, grand epics that feature universe shattering politics, action and complex plots – with scores of characters in each saga to get to […]
Video Game News: Wonder Boy Collection – Strictly Limited Physical Edition(Switch/PS4)
Though ININ are handling a standard physical edition and BlissBrain are publishing a digital version of the Wonder Boy Collection, those compilations are being released with four (admittedly excellent!) games. […]
Kickstarter Spotlight: The Threshold Dweller
Anima Mundi Softworks have recently launched the crowdfunding campaign for their video game, The Threshold Dweller. It’s an open world RPG with real time combat that’s designed to recreate 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 News: Wonder Boy Collection (Switch/PS4)
If, like me, you’re in your 40s and frequented arcades in the 80s, you can’t have failed to notice the various Wonder Boy coin-ops that were released during that golden […]
Preview: Solar Echoes: The Star Legation
Having previously covered newly launched PC title Solar Echoes: The Star Legation way back in 2020, it’s great to see that the game’s solo developer – the multi-talented Andy Mitchell […]
Board Game Review: Dungeons & Dragons: The Adventure Begins
The 5th Edition of perennially popular TTRPG Dungeons & Dragons has brought it to new levels of popularity, with more accessible rulesets that cater for an awful lot of diversity […]
Review: Eldest Souls
Available Now on PC, PlayStation, Switch & Xbox (Xbox version tested) It’s pretty much a given these days that any game with ‘Souls’ in the title is going to be […]
Preview: Billiards Dungeon
Combining two of my favourite things – fantasy themed dungeon delves and the game of Pool – Billiards Dungeon looks like a game that’s going to be incredibly fun. One […]
More Writing…Elsewhere!
I’ve been busy again over the last few weeks, with a further four articles submitted to Retro Dodo for publication. Not all of them have been published yet, but here […]
Feature: Alone Among the Stars – Playthrough
As promised/threatened in my review of the wonderful, minimalist solo TTRPG Alone Among the Stars yesterday, I wanted to share the results of my first play of the game. Do […]
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