While I absolutely love something you can pick-up-and-play, you simply cannot beat a game that draws you in with the strength of great storytelling and atmosphere: those games that grab you by the soft parts and don’t let go, giving you that “I just have to see more” feeling. One such experience for me was Night School Studio’s 2016 spooky adventure, Oxenfree, which had me absolutely hooked from the moment I turned it on. Flash-forward seven years and the highly anticipated sequel, Oxenfree II: Lost Signals, has landed, and I couldn’t have been more excited to tune into it.
Boti: Byteland Overclocked
Note, this a written version of our video review of Boti: Byteland Overclocked - check it out below!
DREDGE
I’ll never quite understand how two things that are seemingly at opposite ends of the spectrum can be brought together with such wonderful synergy. Sweet and salted popcorn. Waffles with bacon and syrup. Fishing and video games. Wait, what?
Coffee Talk
I don’t know about you guys, but I love a good people watching session. Nothing quite beats sitting down in a comfy cushioned chair in a secluded corner of a coffee house, drinking something bitter and warm, watching as a myriad of people you know absolutely nothing about go on about their own lives, seemingly completely unaware that you’re even there. I can’t be the only weirdo that makes up my own narrative about total strangers’ lives, right? The only thing that could possibly be better than making up random life scenarios would be hearing all about those lives right from the horses’ mouths! I mean, it’s not technically eavesdropping if the people are having said conversations right in front you…
Dr. Fetus’ Mean Meat Machine
Big games are great aren’t they? You can spend hours, days, or even longer exploring a deep, rich world that’s full of side-quests and things to find. BUt while they’re great, sometimes I just want to take a break and play something easy that resets my brain, where I don’t have to worry about anything. Typically this takes the form of Tetris 99, or one of those Picross games, but when Team Meat announced their next Super Meat Boy game would be a Puyo Puyo game, I just had to give it a go.
Planet Cube: Edge
It was the arcade cab of New Zealand Story in the corner of the Boarhound pub that sparked my love affair in platformers at a young age – and now, pushing 40, I’m still entirely hooked. I’ve hop-skip-and-jumped my way through countless Marios, dashed through all the Sonics, and dragged myself, sanity frayed and blood splattered, through Super Meat Boy and Celeste and still come back for more. This time ‘more’ comes in the shape of a perfect cube – 2D pixel platformer Planet Cube: Edge, that is!
Exoprimal
If there is one thing Capcom know how to do, it’s to give the player a weapon and say hey, here are some big beasties, go crazy. Taking some inspiration from its other franchises, such as Dino Crisis and Monster Hunter, along with concepts from titles like Overwatch and Back 4 Blood, there is a mixed bag of fun to be had here.
Wildfrost
Let's kick some ice.
Zool Redimensioned
It’s funny how forgotten memories ping back into existence when there is the slightest trigger. Every time I watch Jurassic Park my mind takes me back to those red velvet seats of Macclesfield cinema, where a miniature Joe is tucking into some mint Matchmakers and staring at awe in the T-Rex charging at an injured Ian Malcolm. The same happened when I booted up Zool Redimensioned, I was thrown back into a childhood memory long forgotten where I was with my friend, watching his sister navigate a ninja-alien-ant character through a colourful, candy filled screen, trying to collect all the sweets to proceed to the next level.
New Bulwark: Falconeer Chronicles Trailer Focuses On Free Build Feature
Tomas Sala, the creator of the oceanic shooter The Falconeer, has been hard at work creating the follow up, Bulwark: Falconeer Chronicles. The next entry into his own franchise is taking a different approach to the land of the Great Ursee, foregoing the warbird-shooting in place of a city builder mechanic. In the latest update to the game, Sala showcases a new feature - Free Build mode.
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