Rob Covell

Don’t Press That Mine Turtle is essentially truth or dare. Each player has three cards that have challenges on them that they then set for another player to complete. If the recipient can’t or won’t complete that challenge, they have to…

Being a princess, you’re obviously far too important to bother yourself with this nonsense, but unfortunately you find yourself in possession of a magical cauldron that will cook the food needed to sate these beasts. Who bestowed this…

The bulk of The Spirit Lift plays like most rogue-lites, but I really did like how you would set up for your runs. Because you’re a group of students, before each run you choose your group of three that act as your starting deck and items.…

The trick rapidly becomes powering up your team, manoeuvring enemies into place, and then striking them all at once. It’s immensely satisfying when you manage to get things right.

These glasses are specifically designed to reduce eye strain thanks to tints that block out blue light and minimise glare that can be damaging to eyes. They also purport to trap more moist air around your eyes, decreasing the likelihood of…

What is neat is the inclusion of recyclable rubbish that you take to machines which turn them into usable resources. Yes, there’s currency to upgrade your tools, but you’ll also get wood, ropes, and other such items that can build…

Available in three colours and coming in at under £35, the Tozo PE1 is a very small speaker that isn’t designed with booming sound in mind. Its reduced size is designed to make it portable, and the attached clip allows you to set it up…

Other changes are minor, but welcome. You no longer need to buy soap if you want to use it. Instead you have a reserve that refills over time which means you don’t have to waste money on replacing it. This is nice considering soap really…

Anyway, spooky things do happen, and you’ll be under threat from them before too long. Keeping the doors closed is easy enough as there aren’t any shenanigans involving them beyond you opening or closing them to pass through. The jukebox,…

I’ve played far fewer new releases this year than in previous ones, which I think is mostly down to putting more time into bigger games rather than more, quicker offerings. As ever though, this is purely based on games I’ve played, so if…