Video Game Review: Mechanic Battle (Nintendo Switch)
A hybrid of top-down racer and mechanic simulator, Mechanic Battle is an unusual proposition. Mostly, it’s a top down racer with a few annoying quirks – it’s far too easy […]
Review: The Oliver Twins Collection (Evercade Cartridge 12)
With all profits from the sale of this cartridge going to The National Videogame Museum – which is a worthy and excellent recipient, given its focus on game preservation – […]
Preview: Tape Recovery Simulator 96k
Despite the frustration, boredom and confusion it often caused, there’s still a nostalgia for the blinky, screechy flashes of data loading from tapes that’ll be familiar to anyone who grew […]
News: Biker Garage: Mechanic Simulator Now Available on Nintendo Switch
Though games in the simulator genre used to be pretty niche affairs, in recent years they’ve seen a surge of popularity. The Switch seems to be a natural home for […]
Review: Deeeer Simulator: Your Average Everyday Deer Game (Xbox Series X)
It’s definitely not your Average Everyday Deer Game, no matter what Deeeer Simulator’s subtitle may try to assure you. That much is obvious not just from the overuse of the […]
Kickstarter Spotlight: Fishkeeper
I’ve owned aquariums a few times in my life; despite the maintenance and upkeep, it’s generally very rewarding, relaxing and even therapeutic to take care of fish in a well […]
Preview: Roots of Pacha
With a Kickstarter funding campaign days away from launch and the game’s Steam page now live (so you can add the game to your wishlist right now!), I thought it […]
Review: Bus Driver Simulator
In my preview of Farm Mechanic Simulator a week ago, I noted that there’s been a rise in the number of oddly mundane simulators in recent years. Though previously the […]
Preview: Farm Mechanic Simulator
The world of simulator games used to be incredibly niche; back in the days when video games were looked down upon by the general public, even gamers themselves would often […]
Preview: WoodZone
Though it unfortunately failed to reach its funding target on Kickstarter recently, WoodZone by DeSand Game Studios continues to show a lot of promise. It’s a unique game that combines […]
Weekly Round-Up
It’s been a while since I’ve done a round up of articles, but I’ve covered quite a bit of ground this week and even managed to finish off the original Gears of War trilogy too. Thanks COVID-19! Alien Day Last Sunday was Alien Day, it being the date which matches the number designed to the planet under threat in 1986 […]
Preview: Pope Simulator
Ultimate Games seem to be trying to corner the market in bizarre, controversial ‘Simulator’ games. Despite the Polish indie making their name with a straightforward and highly regarded sim game – Ultimate Fishing Simulator – they’ve released other sims, some more straight faced than others, but perhaps the most oddball (not to mention the most deliberately controversial) sim they’ve been […]
Review: Wa*king Simulator
Available now on Steam – £7.99 The opening disclaimer of Wanking Simulator insists that, by proceeding beyond that point, you cannot take offence at any of the LGBTQ references included in the game. After all, it states, it’s just a joke. The problem is, it’s hard to tell what the joke actually is. Or why there’s any need to direct […]
First Impressions: Bloody Trains
A phrase I can be heard muttering to myself quite often on the commute home from work, Bloody Trains is another game from indie developer and purveyor of very odd experiences, Marginal Act. I’ve looked at two of their games before – baffling tea delivery simulator TUTUTUTU Tea Party and Vasilis. The former seems to share quite a lot of […]
Goat Simulator
Whenever you sort a digital game library by hours played, it throws up a few surprises. For example, there are some games I swear I’ve played way longer than is registered (have I only spent that much time with Transformers: Fall of Cybertron, having played through it multiple times?); then there’s the opposite, with one of the Arma games showing […]
Deadliest Catch: The Game
I had heard of reality TV series, Deadliest Catch, which concerns itself with Alaskan King Crab fishing, but I must confess that I have never seen it. In doing some […]
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