Category: Reviews

  • Dreaming Sarah

    Dreaming Sarah

    Another indie adventure game from Drew’s backlog falls – this time Dreaming Sarah, by Asteristic Games

  • Machinarium

    Machinarium

    Drew finally crossed a game off his backlog that has been there for almost 10 years! Check out his thoughts on rusty point-and-click puzzler, Machiarium.

  • Sword of Convallaria

    Sword of Convallaria

    Boasting glorious pixel art and a soundtrack composed by a legend, TRPG Sword of Convallaria has a lot going for it, but there’s a big ‘BUT’.

  • Kena: Bridge of Spirits

    Kena: Bridge of Spirits

    This game explodes with charm and feeling, from the visuals to the character investment, and even the platforming and combat are all full of emotion.

  • SCHiM

    SCHiM

    Play as a disembodied shadow, hopping your way between patches of shade as you chase down your human, in isometric platformer, SCHim.

  • Codename: Ocean Keeper

    Codename: Ocean Keeper

    Codename: Ocean Keeper is a roguelike, bullet hell, dungeon crawler-type game that comes to us from the Ukrainian studio RetroStyle Games. My initial impression of the game was great, as it took me back to my days on the school computers playing a game called Motherload circa Miniclip.com. Shoutout to all those Motherlovers out there.…

  • Noreya: The Gold Project

    Noreya: The Gold Project

    Noreya: The Gold Project is an indie Metroidvania of impressive scale – does it turn out to be a shimmering treasure or just fools gold?

  • We Were Here

    We Were Here

    After enjoying the latest two games in the series, Drew and Gaz jump back in time and clear the original We Were Here from the backlog!

  • Duck Detective: The Secret Salami

    Duck Detective: The Secret Salami

    Even a grizzled PI like Eugene McQuacken could not have known that a simple case of lunch theft was hiding so many sinister twists and turns.

  • Wild Seas

    Wild Seas

    From watching Captain Pugwash or being bathed by Matey Bubble Bath as a kid, I’ve always felt there’s a romantic idea about pirates. As I grew up, Disney taught me that they were playful scallywags who journeyed the Caribbean looking for treasure, rum and a brothel. This couldn’t be further from the truth, as pirates…