A short and solid survival game that will get you thinking about your life choices, and then leave you at a crossroads about AI-use in games. We’ve all had moments where we wonder about the path not taken. What if I stayed? What if we didn’t break up? What if I took that job? Hypotheticals… Read more »
This latest release blends the chaos of 24-player races with an open world full of tricky skill-based shortcuts to reinvent the wheel. You haven’t lived until you’ve been hit by a blue shell just before you’re about to cross the finish line. For those not in the know—or whose last Mario Kart was the 64… Read more »
We waited about 90 minutes before we called it. After getting a taste of what Elden Ring Nightreign had to offer, playing with one other random online, we were sitting in the lobby area waiting to be matched with one other player for another game. The game pulled together our first party almost instantaneously. After… Read more »
A meaningful, fully realised game about grief. And that’s just the tip of the iceberg. Grief is a dicey topic to tackle in a video game. Unlike many other mediums, you have the space, visuals and performances to tease out ideas and explore to a rich and meaningful conclusion. Yet, many role-playing games (RPG) that… Read more »
A global romp that compliments the films, only let down by some janky moments and odd enemy AI. It’s a shootout of true Indiana Jones proportions. Playing as the intrepid archaeologist, I’m hiding out in Giza on a small wooden platform secured to the side of the Sphinx, surrounded by Nazis. The few that are… Read more »
Tight gameplay mechanics Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii reach new heights and make a strong case for more fast-following spin-offs that recycle assets. The first trailer for Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii confounded me. After jumping into the series last year with Like A Dragon: Infinite Wealth, I wondered if the… Read more »
Who knew Pokémon Moon’s aloof captain Mallow lived a second life as a fashion queen? I’m at the fourth gym in Pokémon Black Moon 2. In the original game, it belongs to Elesa, an electric-type trainer seemingly modelled after Lady Gaga. In that game, she battles you on a catwalk, after you face off against three… Read more »
The odds were not on my side. I had a two in three chance of dying to this boss, and there was very little I could do about it. I’m over halfway through Fantasian Neo Dimension and without realising, I’ve stumbled into a trap within the game. I noticed this weird-looking bubble on the world… Read more »
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