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Horrible Histories: The Board Game has you relying on your knowledge
If you don’t know of it, Horrible Histories is a series of books, movies, TV shows, plays, and other content, that take history and spin it into a funny and often somewhat gross way, to keep younger children interested in history. Many…
Sam & Max: This Time it’s Virtual – Virtual Insanity
Whilst the content may not be the strongest on offer the humour and writing is; and it’s what will keep fans of the dynamic duo playing to the bitter end.
Agemonia — Into The Adventure
Agemonia sees players bringing together a group of heroes in a kingdom on the edge of chaos — but will they save or ravage the land?
The Ascent — Cyberpunk Inspired Series X Showcase
The Ascent looks and runs amazingly well on the Series X, it’s smooth and whilst the load times are few and far between they are pretty snappy.
Everdell expanded review — Sylvanian family now including Pearlbrook, Bellfaire and Spirecrest
Everdell is a game of worker placement, resource collection and tableau building in a woodland realm populated by numerous species of animal, and now featuring up to three expansion sets.
Welcome to Hell [Let Loose]
Hell Let Loose is a unique first-person shooter that prioritizes teamwork and communication to such an extent that you begin to feel like a small soldier on a real-time strategy battlefield. A first-person shooter that prioritizes…
Super Truffle Pigs channels Silk but the reward is less complex, and all the sweeter
While I am always willing to tackle a pre-production board game with an open mind, I will admit to being sceptical when games turn up with little or no fanfare. I don’t know why, but board game news travels fast usually — and with…
Hypnos Desk Mat — A little too big for our household
Scottish developer Concrete Reality has been hard at work trying to create a solution for messy, rigid workspaces. Their Hypnos Desk Mat was designed to level up desk space, whether that's used for gaming or work-from-home situations. The…
Dinosaurs roam free in Jurassic Park Danger!
I am going to start this review off with the fact that I have never seen Jurassic Park, the original movie. I have, however, played on a Jurassic Park themed pinball table, and members of our group really like the movie, so we figured we’d…
Night Book — Book a night off
Night Book was filmed entirely during lockdown, with the actors not actually doing any scenes in person. In terms of developing an FMV game, this is really quite an impressive challenge to undertake, and I have a lot of respect for Wales…
Omno Brings You Closer To The Light
Omno's lush landscapes make traversal of its various biomes a wonder to behold. Journey with Omno as you make your way towards the Light.
Tools Up! Garden Party – Episode 2: Tunnel Vision needs more thought
Another episode of Tools Up! Garden Party has come out, and I was excited to dig my shovel into it! In case you didn’t know, Tools Up! is a couch co-op game where you and your friend are renovating houses. With the Garden Party DLC, you are…
Boyfriend Dungeon — Swords & Therapy
Boyfriend Dungeon is a weirdly wonderful game — wonderful character design, quirky dates, a solid soundtrack.
Ragnarock — Valhalla’va Ride
You are a Viking at the helm of a longboat, commanding your crew with music instead of commands. Their rowing is ever paced by how hard you rock. You barrel down seemingly endless fjords, banging out tunes with your hammers. This is…
Metavaxx — Vaccine Overdrive
Metavaxx, from French developer duo PUNKCAKE Délicieux, melds together classic Minesweeper tactics with shooters in a quest to create the most effective vaccine.
Death’s Door — Tiny Crow, Big Homages
Death’s Door showcases a best-of in the action-adventure genre. As a crow reaper I faced challenges that never felt insurmountable. A ghastly manor tried keeping me away from its basement. I mazed my way through a temple in ruin. A climb to…
Behind the Frame Is Art Come to Life
Behind the Frame was quite a new experience for me. Often when I hear the words interactive fiction or story-rich I tend to check out immediately; Which is to say I’m not a fan. Yet something drew me to this particular offering from Silver…
The Mind has you guessing amongst friends, hoping to not cost them the game
When it comes to card games, there is a large variety of them. The Mind is a two to four player card game for ages eight and above that doesn’t involve much talking at all, yet has everyone working as a team, trying to complete various…
Imagine Earth dreams of a better Utopia
For anyone who follows my writing, you would be forgiven for thinking that Imagine Earth should be right up my street. Attractive, clever and rammed with content, this global-scale economic and environmental strategy simulator tasks players…
Get Packed is another couch co-op about moving, but slightly more intense
You probably know that we play a lot of couch co-ops in our household. With a family of five people who love games, we spend quite a lot of time playing video games together and one of our favorite things to do is play couch co-op ones.…