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Redmi Buds 3 Pro – great for price and quality
I’m not a cool person. I never have been. The idea of wireless earbuds has always seemed like anathema to me — nearly £200 for a pair of Earbuds that you’ll inevitably lose, just for the sake of looking good? No thanks. However, for the…
Neuroshima Hex 3.0 – The Year of Moloch Edition is a celebration of a great game, but who for?
Sitting just outside the BoardGameGeek top 300 games of all time, Neuroshima Hex 3.0 is a game that has many fans. It is both an extremely deep and broad-sci-fi inspired duelling game and also a tight, fast-paced and relatively light…
RICO London – More linear than a Call of Duty campaign
RICO London removes pretty much everything I liked from its predecessor. I really rather enjoyed RICO, the 2019 roguelike first person shooter. Your cop, with a friend in tow if you wished, would choose missions to take on in apartments,…
Synthetik 2 — Burnt Oil
Synthetik 2 is Berlin-based Flow Fire Games follow-up to the 2018 cult hit Synthetik Ultimate. Like its predecessor, Synthetic 2 (currently in Early Access) is a top-down action rogue-like with striking style and a tactical core. It’s a…
T.Flight Full Kit X is the ultimate bargain Hotas & Rudder combo for Xbox or PC
If you're looking for a flight stick and accessories for your PC you've got more than enough options; that isn't quite the case for console gamers. While a few USB options are available, Thrustmaster's T.Flight Full Kit X is now one of the…
Have A Nice Death is a beautiful rougelite platformer about getting the afterline back in order
Most roguelites have a special relationship with death, however, Have A Nice Death has you taking on the role of Death themselves. Running a company can be tough, especially when you don't properly delegate things. Death, CEO of Death Inc.,…
Old World is brimming with both character and great new innovation for the 4X genre
A 4X historical game measured in generations rather than ages, Old World shows exactly how a tighter scope can allow for much more exciting and compelling mechanics and play. It's hard to talk about historical strategy, or 4X, games without…
Meeples & Monsters is worker placement and bag-building lite, but is it a de-light?
Recently fulfilled via Kickstarter and at retail during 2022, Meeples & Monsters has an awful lot going for it. Designer Ole Steiness has a lot of credit in the bank thanks to the excellence of Champions of Midgard, and publisher AEG is…
Kurat demands perfect timing to survive the Devil’s games
Don't you love it when it turns out your ancestors made a deal with the devil and forgot to give you any sort of warning? In Kurat, 100 years have passed since that agreement, the Devil has shown up to collect. Luckily, they simply want to…
Inua’s Magical Realism Touches On A Mysterious Historical Event
Inua's gameplay fuses magical realism with the historical events of the Franklin Expedition across three timelines.
Clouzy! is adorable but cumbersome
When I see a cute game appear, I want to pick it up and play it. Add in the fact that it’s an open world, slice of life styled game, and you've got me hooked. So, when I saw Clouzy!, I was excited to live in a world where I can take care of…
Mystic Vale on Switch is a perfect port, but not much more
When I reviewed Mystic Vale a few years ago, I remember thinking how novel it was to play not only a deck-building game, but a game in which the players actually construct cards by slipping new “powers” into existing card sleeves. In…
Quetzal is a platformer about deflection, reflection and rebounding off traps
Quetzal is an upcoming 2D platformer all about quick decisions and precision timing. The combination of those two are the only way you stand a chance of making it through the depths of the Earth, to restore balance to the world. Falling…
Model Builder – Build, paint, and sell minis, but don’t play with them!
A game of this type isn’t likely to have an enormous audience due to its niche subject matter, but the developers have made something that could be enjoyed quite easily by someone who isn’t all that interested in the hobby. Whilst it won’t…
Taking a look at the Skytech Gaming Keyboard
Keyboards come in many shapes, sizes, and colours these days. Gone are the days of the standard, old, beige keyboard with its 107 keys each in the same colour of beige. True, there were some specialist systems that went for the black look,…
Cities: VR is a benchmark for VR city builders
There are a few types of games that work really well in VR, but until this year it didn't feel like anybody had given bringing a larger-scale city-builder to VR a go. Cities: VR is a virtual reality take on Cities: Skylines, and is a really…
Paratopic – Interface
It’s Lynchian levels of madness, even over the game’s very short run time of under an hour. If you like shows such as Twin Peaks and Chanel Zero, where the plot is very engaging without always being very clear, then this is something that…
The Ankh: Gods of Egypt: Pantheon expansion is Ankh’s essential upgrade
I know, I know, you’re probably already bored (or maybe board) of all this Ankh: Gods of Egypt content, but hear me out — this is the last review, and possibly, maybe, the most important one except for the base game itself. Today, I’m going…
The Iron Oath could be a watershed moment for squad-based tactics games
Goodness, it's hard to be a mercenary leader. Yet, despite that, more and more games are appearing that put you at the helm of your own gang freelancing sword-for-hires. The latest title to let you lead a company of sellswords is The Iron…
Silt — Dark Dreams in the Deep
Silt is a strange thing — written up as a surrealist adventure horror, where you’re tasked as a mysterious diver sent to uncover equally mysterious things in the depths of the ocean. It’s more or less a really bizarre version of Ecco The…