Video Games

Exogate Initiative is a real-time strategy game that combines the control system of Dungeon Keeper with the room placement elements of Theme Hospital. You take on the role of a corporation tasked with exploring distant planets using a space…

Dredge has simple mechanics that make reeling in fish and catching crustaceans an addictive chore. However, what begins as a seemingly innocent fishing game quickly turns into horrors as unfathomable as the depths you’re dredging.

Fraught with peril and plunder, Demeo allows would-be adventurers to delve into dungeons that are filled with baddies, loot, and surprises around every corner. While this digital dungeon experience offers new ways to roleplay, does it bring…

Slice of Life adventure games are ones that I simply love. Creating my own little world, building up a town, and managing different characters always feels like a fun time. In Go-Go Town, you are able to build up your own small town, for a…

Tides of the Foscari starts out in pretty much the same way as Legacy of the Moonspell, with you having access to a new level. The green, tree-filled Lake Foscari area has you attacked by a number of nature themed foes, from caterpillars to…

The movies, the theatre, the cinema. There are a lot of different names for the place where we go to make films, and that's because of how far-reaching the movie movement was — through class, race and generations.  Moviehouse - The Film…

I really liked these systems. They felt interesting and opened up all sorts of possibilities depending on the cards you have access to. You can change your cards as you play, not by adding cards to your deck, but by changing the attachments…

You very quickly find out that you can only hold on to certain handholds for so long, meaning you need to move and plan quickly. Suddenly, this is a fast paced puzzle game, as you need to work out how to get to the next checkpoint and make…

There are tons and tons of different racing games on the market. Some rely on being super realistic, some rely on the types of cars or characters featured in the game, and others are doing something new and different. KartRider: Drift is a…

So the gameplay is really fun, the story is interesting in its own way, and all this is supported by wonderful art and great sound and voice work. The art in particular is worthy of mention as it’s absolutely gorgeous, giving me The House…

Bat Boy by X PLUS Games is an ambitious 8-bit side-scrolling tribute to some of the best platformers around.

The story is seemingly bonkers, with you travelling on the train with your beloved, only to find a mask on the floor which you obviously put on. The next thing you know, you awaken on a beach in front of a huge mansion and are informed that…

Your mouse, or controller if you’re a maniac, rotates a disc at your end of a lane. All you need to do is match the colour on the disc to the colour of the note that’s approaching it. With the only colours being blue and red, this should be…

Garden of the Sea is a farm simulator that gives you a set of islands to relax in with an environment that is as beautiful as you choose to make it.

You work as a night guard for a museum, due to open in a few days to display the paintings of the recently murdered Malachai Grey on the island of Mirlhaven. Malachai had an impressive array of artwork of all different genres, but of…

A proper sequel four years in the making, Moss: Book II continues right where our tiny hero, Quill, left off at the end of her first adventure. This new entry offers Quill new abilities, has her assisting new friends, and pits her against…

A solid BBC staple for the last decade, the Peaky Blinders setting has now made its way to VR as Maze Theory developed Peaky Blinders: The King's Ransom. Now, you might be asking, "But Dann, how does a TV adaptation of a period crime drama…

The Light Brigade by Funktronic Labs is a VR roguelike shooter that places you in the middle of a war between the templars of the Light Brigade and the evil Obsidian Forces. Does it have what it takes to outshine the rest in a crowded genre…

We are yet to cover The King's Dilemma in board game form here at B3, but I have had the pleasure of playing a few games of it — and what stood out for me was without doubt the off-board interactions between players. With that in mind, the…

The story goes that having only just built up their relationship, Holmes and Watson are thrust into a world-spanning case that begins with something as simple as a missing person. Starting out in London, the pair end up in Scotland,…