Video Games

There are a ton of game jams happening online at any point during the year. Many of these jams follow a theme and a timeframe, giving developers the challenge of creating a game within a specific jam’s restrictions. I am able to record…

Dive into a dystopian future with Dry Drowning, where politics and personal grudges conspire to get in the way of your job as a private detective.

A love letter to the classic 16 bit run & gun, Blazing Chrome brings the arcade home.

Etherborn is a tricky, platforming puzzle game that bends gravity to its every whim and asks players to discover their purpose in a world devoid of logic.

Racing around gorgeous tracks, customizing your vehicle, and finding the perfect car for you. Pacer is a wonderful racing game that puts you up to the challenge. In Pacer, you’ll find yourself very quickly racing around a not-so-sleek…

Barbara has been murdered and the world is full of puzzles. Important objects are, unexplainably hidden in plain sight Noir Chronicles: City of Crime is another cheesy, point and click adventure game loaded with hidden object puzzles, this…

Even though it is currently still in the Microsoft Game Preview program, we’ve been playing Crytek’s Hunt: Showdown intensely for the last few days and let me tell you, it might be the most promising online shooter of the past three or four…

Veteran Pico-8 developer, BGelais, has released another game for the fantasy platform. This time it's Bandits, a game he has derived the idea of from an old, Canadian TV-game from a few decades back. Bandits is extremely simple in design: A…

In most multiplayer games you are able to see and communicate with the other player — or at the very least have a clear idea of who they are. In Man of Medan, this isn’t exactly the case. Not only are you unable to communicate with the…

Another weekend, another point and click, hidden object game with a cheesy story to sit down and play. This time it's Queen’s Quest 2: Stories of Forgotten Past. We take on the role of a shapeshifting, alchemist detective, trying to get to…

In Fantasy Strike, the debut game from Sirlin's own label, a new bar has been set for accessible, deep and enjoyable fighting games.

That’s right, I’m playing another cheesy point and click hidden object game; Eventide 3: Legacy of Legends which is full of magical creatures and flowers!

When it comes to the Western movie formula the first thought which crosses most people's mind is a pistol duel between the hero and their adversary. Hit Me Cowboy takes this iconic moment and turns it into a rhythmic minigame. The sheriff…

Journey through the savage lands and defeat the evil warlock before he summons the demon in Demon Castle, a Castlevania-inspired Pico-8 game. Mush's Demon Castle is a wonderful little browser game which channels a lot of the pace of classic…

However, when Shoryu introduced their limited time, set menu throughout their UK branches there was no way I was going to miss out.

Devespresso’s Vambrace: Cold Soul impressively combines JRPG story elements, roguelike gameplay and almost Nordic landscapes into a single cohesive aesthetic that is difficult not to enjoy.

There are fewer board games that are simpler to pick up, learn and understand than Catan is, so the digital version should be a cheap, easy way for curious players to get into board gaming.

Mittelborg: City of Mages combines combines turn-based strategy with survival and city management. We have been playing it.

Just because you command legions in Undead Horde doesn’t mean you can’t get into the thick of it yourself, you’re not some pushover necromancer.

Another weekend has gone by which means that I have played another cheesy, hidden object game. This time, Enigmatis 3: The Shadow of Karkhala took my fancy, playing through the entire game on my Xbox One in a single day. You may have…