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The Best Life Adventure Games is a book recently released by Jupiter Hadley, featuring her outlook on just under fifty of some of the best slice of life and life adventure games. If you have a game where you can step into another reality…

When adventuring out in the wastes of Fallout there’s one faction who you can depend on to guard and horde technology and that’s the Brotherhood of Steel. Who better, then, to watch your technology than this Nuka-Cola Branded T-51 Power…

The concept of Whirly Derby is pretty simple. You each have a set of marbles of a single colour, you select a number of marbles to enter into a race and put them into a provided cardboard cup, then roll them into the circular tray. The…

Take a small plot of land and create a stunning pocket of nature in Grow Wild, a wholesome nature game about habitats and ecosystems. It's been a while since I've played a game about managing a small plot of land that quite conveys the…

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tactical Takedown is a visually and mechanically striking reinterpretation of the TMNT formula. Rather than the arcade brawler that we’ve become used to, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tactical Takedown is much…

Playing as the founder of the titular Shuten Order, disaster strikes from the moment the game opens. You’ve been murdered, seemingly by one of the five leaders of the different ministries of your order. Lucky for you, you’ve been revived by…

As much a satire about house prices, economic boom and bust and even the world's most famous capitalist board game, Magnate seeks to build up and then destroy all you know about city-building. Designed by James Naylor and published by…

Ready or Not on Xbox Series X feels like a deliberate throwback to a more considered era of tactical gameplay. It tasks you to slow down, think, and act with precision — and while it doesn’t always hit the mark, it’s certainly aiming at a…

Back to the Dawn is a game that sneaks up on you. At first glance, it looks like one of a thousand pixel art throwbacks — the kind of game you might expect to find buried in a Steam sale bundle. The longer I played it, though, the more I…

Car designs are fabulous, and the tracks feel like bonkers cityscapes in a technology-gone-mad future and I really like how the art style comes together as something really fitting for the type of game the devs are going for. 

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It is an incredible year. A new Rune Factory and a new Story of Seasons? Wonderful. The gist is that while there are some caveats, Story of Seasons Grand Bazaar is another lovely farming slash life simulator from the original creators of…

The Squid Game masked workers have become an icon in modern day television, with the simple yet memorable costume that's incredibly recognisable. Now, thanks to Cable Guys, they can be in your very own home, helping you by handling your…

Wyrmspan is the latest game in the ever expanding Wingspan flock. It challenges you to take on the role of a debuting dracologist seeking to entice dragons to take up residence in your freshly excavated cosy caves as you compete for the…

Trivia games come in all shapes and sizes these days. There's absolutely no denying that it's the easiest way to get into a living room board game collection, or under the tree at Christmas. Don't Fall For It combines trivia with a fun,…

I quite like Warhammer. I quite like video games. Naturally, when Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 was announced, my head almost exploded from the sheer hype and anticipation (Yes, I was, and still am a grown man). This was back in 2021,…

My Friendly Neighborhood is a mascot horror survival game featuring a wide cast from a fictional, beloved children's show — not too dissimilar to Sesame street or even Five Nights at Freddie’s — with you playing as Gordon O’Brian, the…

It turns out, I’m actually quite good at running a cult. Not exactly a calling I’d have imagined, but a calling nonetheless. Thanks to Worship, I’ve finally realised my potential at leading followers to their demise as I fling otherworldly…

Once you have an idea on how to get everything working, this can be quite fun to mess around with. You start by laying out a ground floor using foundations on which you can put parking spaces. That’s not enough though, as cars need to be…

Capture, nurture and breed cute creatures as you explore the whimsical world of Whimside. The idle desktop game movement is now in full swing, a year on from Rusty's Retirement we're at a point where there are some serious choices to be…