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Egglia: Rebirth
I’ve never been the biggest fan of mobile games. It’s not because I’m some sort of gaming elitist who believes that “mObiLE gAmES AReN’t pRoPEr gAmES”, but more about the fact I’ve never had an entirely up-to-date handset and my battery gets straight murdered by playing anything half-decent for more than a few minutes. Then…
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Pokémon Legends: Arceus
Hello there! Welcome to the world of Pokémon. After what only seems like a few weeks since the release of Pokémon Sword & Shield (*looks at calendar, sees 2022* “Eesh it’s already been over two years?!”), Game Freak have released yet another title in the ever-expanding Pokémon series, Pokémon Legends Arceus. It’s the fifth game…
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The Dead Tree of Ranchiuna
Much like last year’s foray into the world of visual novels, the walking simulator genre largely passed me by until I played What Remains of Edith Finch, and it was rather good. For those who don’t know, a walking sim forgoes the traditional exploration found in most video games and instead focuses on leading the…
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The Letter: A Horror Visual Novel
In the space of 12 months, I’ve gone from playing next to no visual novels to becoming absolutely hooked on them. They are simple enough to wrap my head around, and can be taken at my own pace, rather than having to rush through a world that’s about to explode, or whatever ridiculous hoops games…
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The Company Man
It is inevitable that people reach a crossroads in life as they grow older; a time when their childhood world of toys, stuffed animals and videogames begins to transition into one of relationships, household bills and job responsibilities. Priorities become flipped, and spending your time having fun gives way to dedicating your time to your…
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Martha Is Dead
Entertainment of any medium where the title tells a story is always interesting to me. Netflix pulled me into their latest drama, The Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window, simply because the plot was right there in the heading; there’s no faffing about with an obscure title like…
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Word Forward
I know we’re all hurtling through life but I think I’m destined to be an old man: I voluntarily rented an allotment to grow vegetables, I’m constantly looking at my pension, and I think that everyone who is younger than me is a whippersnapper. I’m at a point in my life where I wake up…
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Headland
Headland is an action-adventure title originally released as a mobile game at the end of 2020 and now available on the Nintendo Switch. You play a young boy who escapes into a daydream with his robot friend, only to have his robot’s imagination stolen (we’ll get to it) and with it his ability to manipulate…
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SNK Vs Capcom: Card Fighters’ Clash
Card games spring eternal when it comes to entertaining people – they existed hundreds of years before video games existed and even helped a little company called Nintendo cut their teeth before Mario was even a fever dream. As they continue to be enjoyed in innumerable guises around the world even today, it stands to…
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Monark
I’ve often found RPGs to be a fickle beast, either they plod along at a snail’s pace to such an extent that I lose the will to live well before the credits roll, or the developers throw a thousand ideas at the player, and hope that some elements stick. Only the greatest role-playing games have…
