Video Games

I've now clocked over 200 hours in recent Steam Sensation Rusty's Retirement. I should have written up my thoughts long ago, but, as it turns out, I wasn't at my computer for most of those hours; in fact, I'm playing it right now. Rusty's…

Willow Guard feels like it combines a bunch of different elements; an action RPG with deck building and a strong narrative drive, that takes you through a world where animals are the dominant, intelligent creatures and must survive against…

Built like a classic point and click adventure game, but with a new story, Wildwood Down is a funny, coming of age style story game about a bunch of teenagers on Spring Break! Making their way to Wildwood New Jersey, you play as Daniel, a…

Puzzles were equally frustrating as well, but not due to them being difficult as such. It’s often fairly obvious that combining something acidic with a padlock will allow you to open a door. The annoyance comes from how difficult it is to…

Miniatures is an artistic, thoughtful anthology of four games that touch on childhood experiences with deeper, darker undertones. I've played through the two-part demo of Miniatures a couple of times now, each time spending maybe 20-25…

Wizdom Academy is a story-driven school-building game, where you need to take on a bunch of management roles to ensure your newly established wizarding school is successful, and that your students go on to live amazing lives outside of the…

If you are not familiar with Sokpop, they are a collective of game developers who create bite-sized, short experiences in small amounts of time. Recently, however, they started working on Grunn, which is a longer form game! This is quite…

I love ducks. I love salami. Clearly, Duck Detective: The Secret Salami has somehow hit a weird cross section of things that I am interested in. This narrative-driven detective game has you becoming the Duck Detective, who has run out of…

Sorry, We're Closed takes the corridor crawling, limited ammo and puzzles of 90s survival horror and gives it a grungy, punk twist. There are a lot of people out there with very fond memories of the Resident Evil, Silent Hill and Parasite…

This wordplay ties into pretty much every element of Cryptmaster. Combat is driven by it and takes place in real time, with your heroes having cooldowns after each word. Type “hit”, and your warrior will strike a blow, whilst “sing” will…

As I get older, I find that I am rarely surprised by new games — I’m not saying that everything is a rehash of something that came before, but I guess I feel that we’re running out of themes, mechanics and settings and that leads to…

Dissecting Love is a narrative driven game that takes you through the relationship of two queer individuals, who are navigating their own issues while literally having an autopsy. It’s a strange look into a story, with so many little…

Your team members are not even remotely hardy, dying very quickly if a firefight opens up. In fact, if you’re spotted and there’s even a hint of open combat, you may as well load your last save as you’ll probably be swamped and killed…

Roguelike shooters aren't the rarest combination these days, but Wild Bastards makes up for that with a great setting, quick showdowns and a really cool combat meta, all set in an intergalactic Wild-West drentched in neon. Wild Bastards is…

There is a lot lurking underwater, including a bunch of little baby crabs and a giant crab king if you are playing the game Crab God. This atmospheric, underwater strategy game has you trying to manage your gang of baby crabs to create an…

Project 13 is another entry in the rapidly-growing 3D spot the difference genre. If you consume much gaming content on YouTube, you’ve probably seen The Exit 8 crop up here and there. If you aren’t familiar, it’s a game in which you walk…

Ever want to simply cause a bit of mayhem?! I’ve played a few games where you take on the role of a cat destroying the house, but never where a dog messes up everything! Doggy Don’t Care is a puzzle game about a dog named Charley, who has…

With a name like Yellow Taxi Goes Vroom, there's probably very little imagination required to start conjuring up an image of the kind of game that it is. If your mind goes to Crazy Taxi, from catching the odd screenshot then you might…

Everdeep Aurora takes you to a world where meteors are currently raining down from the sky, forcing everyone to go underground if they want to survive. You are a little cat, called Aurora, who was taking a nap before this disaster. When you…

This is not a jump scare filled horror tale. Whilst I felt the discomfort that Phil feels for his predicament, as well as the burden he feels he places on others, I also appreciated the respectful nods to handling mental health issues like…