Iām gonna start this article with a preface. And Iām also gonna preface that preface with this preface because it needs to be said and also because you need to check your Semantic Satiation privilege. You lot need to chill.…
Pac-Man Championship Edition 2+ Review
First of all, ow. Ow ow ow ow ow. Bandai-Namco, if youāre reading this (and Iām sure you are), please turn down the HD rumble on the Nintendo Switch – never has it felt so much like a game was…
Shu: Shu-ty and the Beast Review
This week on āindie games are called the darndest things;ā telling everyone Iām reviewing Shu and then having to explain Iāve not undergone a sudden lifestyle change to become a fashion critic without sounding too exasperated. Shu is, of course,…
Heart & Slash Review – Nintendo Switch
Heart & Slash. Heart. And, Slash. Ostensibly a play on the title of the genre, āHack and Slash,ā but equally two words that havenāt gone together since that one crazy night out with Guns ānā Roses. Not just āHeart &…
Boom Box Blue Review
Man, I miss Newgrounds. Or rather, I miss Newgrounds having notable game designers / animators on it rather than just being a sort-of shell of its former self where nothing happens. I bring it up because Boom Box Blue! (Exclamation…
Fjong Review
Fjongās steam page, in charmingly sincere and only slightly broken English, in many ways presents more questions than it answers. Weāre told that the Fjong (presumably the strange bird-whale hybrid creature weāre playing as) desire to fly, but are too…
PokƩmon Ultra Sun / Ultra Moon Review
Itās always tricky, coming to review one of these āupdatedā PokĆ©mon games. Not least because my word processor refuses to recognise the word āPokĆ©monā and seems to think itās some mysterious ancient glyph. But also because itās difficult to know…
Super Mario Odyssey Review ā The Pursuit of Cappy-ness
Itās been a good year for fans of 3D platformers, all things considered. Itās like waiting for a bus ā you get criminally underappreciated by the gaming industry for years and then three turn up at once. I personally think…
Flame in the Flood Review – Nintendo Switch
I canāt claim to have an enormous amount of experience with the survival genre ā about the best I can muster is āI was in the same room as somebody playing Donāt Starve once.ā So let it be an even…
What Keeps Players Engaged Beyond Their Favorite Games and Why?
Gaming hangoverĀ» is a familiar feeling to anyone who has ever lost hundreds of hours…
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