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 – […]
Video Game Review: Go! Go! PogoGirl (Xbox Series X)
It feels as if 90s retro homages are everywhere at the moment, but despite Go! Go! PogoGirl having an incredibly familiar visual style – it doesn’t take Sherlock Holmes to […]
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 […]
Book Review: Next Level Games Review 2023
Billing itself on the cover as The Ultimate Guide to Gaming, the Next Level Games Review 2023 is a beautifully produced book covering the last twelve months of video games. […]
News: Colourful Cartoon Brawler Jitsu Squad Releasing for Switch, PS4 and PS5 on 9th December 2022
Arriving in 2022, retro-inspired 2D beat ’em up Jitsu Squad is looking incredibly promising. Up to four players can simultaneously take on hordes of bad guys using massive combos and […]
VR Review: Synth Riders
Available now on: PSVR, Oculus/Meta Quest, Oculus/Meta Rift, Steam & Viveport (Quest 2 version tested) – Official website here Note: This review was originally published in 2021. With a wealth […]
News: New Trailer and Collector’s Edition Details for Colourful Cartoon Brawler Jitsu Squad
Beautifully animated, four player brawler Jitsu Squad – heading to Switch, PS4 and PS5 this winter, with Xbox versions to follow – has wowed the crowds at Gamescom – and […]
Video Game Review: Asteroids: Recharged (Xbox Series X)
Atari’s classic arcade games are still iconic and instantly recognisable today, especially for old gamers like me. Though Atari haven’t done a huge amount of exciting things with their back […]
Video Game Review: Catmaze (Switch)
The world of Slavic Mythology is fairly untapped when it comes to video games, not to mention the world at large for the most part. So Catmaze has a fairly […]
News: Colourful Cartoon Brawler Jitsu Squad Announced for Switch, PS4 and PS5
Arriving in 2022, retro-inspired 2D beat ’em up Jitsu Squad is looking incredibly promising. Up to four players can simultaneously take on hordes of bad guys using massive combos and […]
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 […]
Video Game Review: Turrican Anthology Vol. I (Switch)
I have very fond memories of playing both Turrican and Turrican II on a friend’s Atari ST, way back in the early 90s. A few things that really stuck in […]
Video Game Review: Final Vendetta (Xbox Series X)
Bitmap Bureau have carved themselves out a great niche over the last few years, having been responsible for some fantastic homages to classic 16-bit titles. Games such as the Smash […]
News: Critically Acclaimed Linguistic Puzzle Game ‘Heaven’s Vault’ To Be Released Physically By Strictly Limited Games
One of the most highly acclaimed indie puzzle adventures of the last few years, Heaven’s Vault is being released in physical limited editions by Strictly Limited Games on PS4 and […]
Blast from the Past
Though I only got into writing seriously and regularly when I launched this very blog a few years ago, my published writing work goes back as far as the last […]
Review: Unspottable
Local multiplayer games are nowhere near as prevalent these days as they were in the era before online gaming. When big publishers realised that taking multiplayer gaming online meant a […]
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