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Hotshot Racing is a pretty radical game dude.
In an attempt to keep the spirit of arcades alive, Developers Sumo Digital and Lucky Mountain games have taken a step back in time with their new arcade racer, Hotshot Racing. Today, it’s near impossible to find a good arcade anymore. I…
Small World of Warcraft is late to the party, but it comes with beer and snacks, so…
Exceptional collaborations come in many forms — gin and tonic, bacon and eggs, Starsky and Hutch, to name just a few. In media such as board and video games however, such collaborations often seem doomed to failure as creative differences…
Top of the Pops The Party Game — Top pick for pop pickers!
Kazoo has you play one of the artist’s songs on a kazoo. This is what makes Top of the Pops: The Party Game significantly different from Blockbuster and it’s really quite funny. Trying to get through the chorus of Wonderwall on “the world’s…
As Far As The Eye is a strategy game about what you take and what you leave
Ultimately, everything which is created must be destroyed, but the stories of each cycle can only persist if you can lead successive generations of Pupils As Far As The Eye in this clever strategy game. I was first drawn to As Far As The…
Gordian Quest — A promising roguelite-RPG that needs to be careful not to fall down the cracks
Gordian Quest is a roguelite, turn-based RPG from Mixed Realms, currently in Steam Early Access. Players control a party of three characters, levelling-up and modifying card-based skill decks to survive encounters with a variety of…
Warhammer 40,000 9th Edition — A review for newcomers
Games Workshop are back, once again, with the ninth edition of Warhammer 40k, the world’s most popular tabletop miniatures game. Players marshall their armies and compete across the blasted battlescapes of the 41st millennium for supremacy…
Binding of Isaac Four Souls is nice nod to the video game
When playing Binding of Isaac Four Souls with a bunch of people who have not actually played the video game that this board game was adapted from, it certainly provided for an interesting experience! I have played a lot of the video game…
GSX 300 is an outstanding external sound card for PC gamers
I was a bit sceptical at first if the GSX 300 is going to be of any use for me, but it turned out to be everything I didn’t even know I wanted.
Necromunda: Underhive Wars — The emperor would be displeased
Having been a fan of the Warhammer IP for many years, any chance I get to try out something set in the grim, dark future of the 41st millennium, I take it. So when I first heard about Necromunda: Underhive Wars, I naturally jumped at the…
Raji — A nostalgic yet refreshing adventure
In short, Raji is a game capable of making you feel like a kid again.
Panzer Corps 2: Axis Operations — Spanish Civil War: the Precursor to WWII
Panzer Corps 2: Axis Operations - Spanish Civil War is the first Panzer Corps 2 DLC in which you play as the Axis side, and from 1936-1939.
Going Under — UNIONIZE
We have all heard horror stories from tech startups. Young workers being overworked and underpaid all on the promise of being “on the edge of innovation”. Going Under is basically about that, but with more smacking monsters across the head.
Tiny Epic Dinosaurs gnashes its teeth at larger worker placement games
Given how obvious the idea is, I’m surprised that it took board game designers so long to adopt the idea of building out a Jurassic Park style dinosaur safari park. Only recently have we seen the likes of Dinosaur Island and Dinogenics…
SpellBreak — Magical Warfare
SpellBreak is a Battle Royale with magic. Now that’s a great elevator pitch. If you have been paying attention the last few years, you’ll see one genre making its way into nearly every facet of gaming: Battle royale. Regardless of whether…
Secret Government allows you to rule the world from the shadows
Secret government puts you at the helm of a secret cabal, set on controlling the world from the shadows, controlling the masses to attain your goals.
PDPGaming LVL50 Wireless Headset — Affordable quality
Connecting with friends in the digital age is something that everyone does. If you are a big console gamer then the chances are that you would benefit from having a gaming headset, so you can chat with your friends (or strangers, we aren’t…
Alien Frontiers is a neat, concise dice rolling, card drafting, planet colonisation game
In all honesty, there are so many new board games coming out these days that it’s not often we get the chance to jump into an older game. Where Alien Frontiers is concerned though, I’m happy to make an exception, because you know I love a…
Muffin Time is a barrel of laughs
Muffin Time is a wacky two to four player card game where everyone is just trying to get ten cards and keep them. This sounds like a really simple task, but the cards themselves are super silly and you’ll want to play them for the chance to…
Imperiums: Greek Wars is much grander than other 4x titles
Imperiums: Greek Wars is an engaging 4X, grand strategy monster. With seemingly endless decisions, your 'perfect plan' can abruptly change.
Keys and Kingdoms — Role-Playing the Piano
Keys and Kingdoms is a musical role-playing game that not only teaches you the fundamentals of proper finger placement and play-by-ear training but puts a bit of magic into the process.