News by Matt S. It’s been a long time in development. A Girl of Glass was first unveiled right back in 2016 as part of the Square Enix Collective program. Now, four years later, it’s finally close to release. This is a point-and-click adventure game with turn-based combat, and a…
Read MoreReview by Harvard L. We’ve all heard the old adage: “In space, no one can hear you scream”. And while that’s technically true, and while it might be effective in sending viewers to see Ridley Scott’s Alien, it’s not the most accurate way of considering extraterrestial life. You see, “no…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Last year I played – and absolutely loved – a tiny little indie horror title called Deadus. It’s a horror game that has been designed to play on the original Game Boy, and as such so you needed an emulator (or a device with a Game…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Given the bush fires ripping across my country right now, I’m not entirely sure that I need a disaster survival simulation, but hopefully, if I’m still around by April, things have settled down. NISA will release Disaster Report 4: Summer Memories for PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch,…
Read MoreVideo by Harvard L. Shibuya Scramble is an eclectic visual novel, to say the least – mixing still and video imagery of real actors in with plenty of video game interfaces and the like for a truly oddball visual and narrative experience. In his latest let’s play, Harvard takes a…
Read MoreVideo by Matt S. Deemo has been kicking around for a while on both mobile and Nintendo Switch, but now it has finally come to PlayStation 4, with VR support and an all-new 3D exploration mode. It’s a truly lovely little piano-based rhythm game. In this video I look at…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. My experience with Layton’s Mystery Journey was soured very early on, thanks to a “puzzle” that demonstrated that finally, after over a decade of offering a delectable blend of point-and-click adventure and puzzle book-style gameplay, the series was running out of steam. It picks up from…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Cherrymochi is a Japanese development company with a unique distinction – most of the team are westerners, drawn from the UK, Europe and America, but all of them have extensive experience living and working in Japan. It’s rare that a game can be truly Japanese –…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. I’m going to start this review with a personal comment: I don’t think there has ever been a game that is more difficult to review than Hideo Kojima’s ego sandbox… I mean Death Stranding. It’s a game where almost its entire worth is wrapped up within…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Last week, Sony released a Tim Burton/Danny Elfman-style game for Halloween-themed family fun. The remake of MediEvil was showing the age in the way it played, being a straight-up remake of the PlayStation One original, but it deserved full marks for nailing the aesthetic and tone…
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