Board Game Review: Beasts of Balance
The first time I played Beasts of Balance, I became so absorbed in its Jenga-meets-Pokemon gameplay that I lost all sense and track of time; a few hours passed without […]
Comic Book Review: GI Joe: A Real American Hero #299
The final GI Joe IDW story arc continues to disappoint, with a messy story involving clones, resurrections, uninteresting heel and face turns and a supposedly epic scale that feels anything […]
Comic Book Review: GI Joe: A Real American Hero #298
The final GI Joe IDW story arc continues, with the silly shenanigans involving a resurrected clone of Genghis Khan and a fake casino resort on Cobra Island developing even further. […]
Comic Book Review: GI Joe: A Real American Hero #297
It’s the end of an era, as IDW’s amazing GI Joe run comes to a close. Despite having legendary GI Joe writer Larry Hama scripting this final story arc, it […]
Comic Book Review: GI Joe: A Real American Hero – Saturday Morning Adventures #4
The four issue homage to the campy 80s GI Joe cartoon concludes here, with the Genie having granted Cobra Commander’s final wish to end the conflict – but if course, […]
Comic Book Review: GI Joe: 40th Anniversary Special (2022)
It’s 1984. The ‘real’ GI Joe: A Real American Hero’s 21st issue script has gone missing, leaving Marvel with a strict time limit to get a replacement issue ready for […]
Comic Book Review: Classic GI Joe Vol. 1
Having had the GI Joe license since 2008 – and creating their own, successful continuity with the characters – IDW began reprinting the 80s Marvel issues that were largely written […]
Comic Book Review: GI Joe: A Real American Hero – Saturday Morning Adventures #1
The 80s was a real Golden Age for a specific type of Saturday morning cartoon. If you’re my age (or thereabouts), you’ll be very familiar with the genre of cartoon […]
Video Game Review: Townscaper (Xbox)
There’s a lot to be said for Game Pass and the fact that it allows you to try out smaller, perhaps more experimental titles that you otherwise wouldn’t have taken […]
First Impressions: Nerf Legends
The FPS genre is massive, but in general it tends to skew towards an older audience – after all, going around shooting stuff in a violent manner tends to be […]
Comic Book Review: Transformers: Halloween Special
I might be a bit late to the party with this one – considering that Halloween was a few weeks ago and everyone seems to have moved on from spooky […]
Comic Book Review: My Little Pony/Transformers II #4
The second of IDW/Hasbro’s unlikely crossovers – featuring two of their biggest 80s toy lines, and which I’ve now reviewed in their entirety – comes to an end in this […]
Comic Book Review: My Little Pony/Transformers II #3
The mismatched Hasbro franchise crossover sequel continues, with the evil Lord Sombra having declared himself ruler of Cybertron. The two stories we have here make passing reference to this, but […]
Review: Uglydolls: An Imperfect Adventure
It may be slightly unfair to point it out, given the age range that Uglydolls – both the toys and this game adaptation – appeal to, but the subtitle ‘An […]
Comic Book Review: Transformers/The Terminator #3
The Decepticons head to Cyberdyne Systems to track down the source of the Terminator that is determined to wipe them out – not realising that, in 1984, they’re several years […]
Comic Book Review: Transformers ’84: Secrets & Lies #4
The nostalgically styled mini-series, Transformers ’84: Secrets & Lies, reaches an abrupt and anti-climactic end with issue #4 (actually the fifth issue of the series, seeing as the opening chapter […]
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