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G-Darius HD
I was always a child of the arcade era. I was one of those kids who would be enthralled by the flashing lights inside those chunky cabinets, plastered with over-the-top artwork and blasting high octane music and sound-effects at the player from less than a metre away. While I was more into fighting games growing…
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Spelunker Deluxe HD
Old games becoming new(ish) has been happening for ages. The most recent adaptation for the Nintendo Switch (with other platforms available too) is Spelunker Deluxe HD. Spelunker has a pedigree that is older than I am, which is rare for most videogame series these days, and dates back to 1984. People like to say videogames…
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Corpse Killer: 25th Anniversary Edition
Long before games like The Last of Us Part II and Ghost of Tsushima were winning BAFTA awards for the quality of their visuals, acting, and sound quality, videogames were not nearly as highly regarded as forms of entertainment. Things weren’t so bad when the blocky visuals were clearly aimed at keeping the children quiet,…
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Alfonzo’s Arctic Adventure
Alfonzo’s Arctic Adventure (AAA) is a modern interpretation of the classic NES-era puzzle-platformer. Indeed, the game was developed specifically for the NES by Spoony Bard Productions, and has been physically produced as a cartridge playable on the original console as part of a successful Kickstarter campaign. Now released on Xbox One/Series X/S and Nintendo Switch,…
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Tails of Iron
UPDATE 30th November: Tails of Iron has received a large content update, which is now available to download. Rather than produce a separate piece, we have added our own DLC to the end of the review giving our thoughts on the new additions to the game. Feel free to read the full review, or if…
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Golf Club: Wasteland
Golf Club: Wasteland is a strangely compelling experience. I found the gameplay frustrating, yet your protagonist isn’t playing golf through the ruins of a post-apocalyptic Earth to “win”, and to get the most from this game neither should you. At a Glance Scores Visuals 7 /10 Sound 10 /10 Gameplay 5 /10 Overall 7…
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Minute of Islands
Minute of Islands is a narrative-focused puzzle-platformer from German developer Studio Fizbin. You play as Mo, an engineer of sorts, who wakes one day in her underground hideout to a worrying quiet- the machines have gone silent. From here you guide her exploration of a post-apocalyptic archipelago on a mission to wake the giants who…
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Lake
Neither snow nor rain, nor heat nor Stop signs stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds. -United States Postal Service (probably) Lake by Gamious is a game about making choices in the face of stresses that come with the inertia of life. It’s a surprisingly zen escape from a classic “game”…
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Narita Boy
I am very much a child of the 80s. A time when hair styles were wild, politics were bleak, and when the world started to become absolutely enamoured with computers. Spearheaded by a boom in special effects that produced legendary films like The Empire Strikes Back and Bladerunner, sci-fi ruled the decade, and with home…
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The Innsmouth Case
I think it’s safe to start this review by saying that I found The Innsmouth Case very hard to score. I wouldn’t really say this is a video game in the traditional sense; it’s not one that can be measured by things like visuals, audio, and gameplay – which is odd, I know. But stick…
