Video Game Review: Baba is You (Switch)
Baba Is You is an unusual, highly stylised game with mechanics bearing some resemblance to block-pushing puzzles – albeit block pushing puzzles that find you pushing words rather than blocks, […]
Video Game Review: Jetboy and the Randomizer of Doom (Switch)
What at first feels like a competent modernisation of – and homage to – Rare classic JetPac becomes so much more as you make your way through Jetboy and the […]
Board Game Review: Caesar!: Seize Rome in 20 Minutes!
Another two player, 20-minute strategy game from Paolo Mori – following on from his previous, well received Blitzkrieg!, which promised gamers that they could play through World War II in, […]
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 […]
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 […]
Comic Book Review: Star Wars #18
The huge 2021 Star Wars crossover – War of the Bounty Hunters – continues to lumber on, despite the main series reaching its underwhelming (and not very conclusive) climax a […]
Comic Book Review: Star Wars #17
The War of the Bounty Hunters crossover continues – with Luke drawing Vader away from his helpless, frozen friend, it’s now up to the young Skywalker to actually evade his […]
Preview: Colorball
Check out the Colorball website here Available now on App Lab – the Oculus ‘Early Access’-style storefront, which is still way too hidden and difficult to uncover for most users […]
Comic Book Review: Star Wars: War of the Bounty Hunters #2
Ever get the feeling of deja vu? I sure did after reading War of the Bounty Hunters #2, which sees Boba Fett crashing the Crimson Dawn auction – where his […]
Comic Book Review: Star Wars: Doctor Aphra #12
It’s a double War of the Bounty Hunters week, with this issue of Doctor Aphra first up according to the crossover’s checklist, followed by the next issue of the crossover’s […]
Comic Book Review: Star Wars: Bounty Hunters #14
One of the least interesting strands of crossover War of the Bounty Hunters continues in Star Wars:Bounty Hunters #14. Valance – basically a cyborg Han Solo substitute who has a […]
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 […]
TTRPG Review: Alone Among the Stars
Though I’ve had an interest in tabletop roleplaying games since discovering D&D in the early 80s, I’ve not played as many as I would have liked to. It’s even more […]
Board Game Review: Star Wars: Outer Rim
There some dangerous places in the Star Wars universe, wretched hives of scum and villainy populated by smugglers, bounty hunters and mercenaries. Though not strictly evil, these characters occupy a […]
Board Game Review: Cities: Skylines – The Board Game
City builders are a great genre of video game. Though my specific favourite is still – after all these years – Sim City on the SNES, there’s nevertheless been some brilliant games in the genre in recent times. With EA/Maxis dropping the ball so badly with the last Sim City title (which is a story unto itself, if you don’t […]
Solo Board Games
Though lockdown restrictions are easing, people are forgetting that we’re still in the middle of a global pandemic. It’s still important that we stay at home and avoid contact with other people as much as possible; yet that means more time stuck at home, trying to find ways to entertain ourselves. Those of you who know me well or have […]
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