Review by Britta S. The first thing the Finch family starts building in 1937, when they are shipwrecked on Orcas Island, on the Pacific Northwest coast, is a cemetery; only then do survivors Sven and Edie, with their little daughter Molly, begin the construction of the Finch home. This is…
Read MoreReview by Britta S. Robert, our young hero, wears a striped windsock on his nose. Peck the pigeon looks rather like a sausage balloon and has a thing for old, smelly fish. Uncle Conroy is a killjoy and worse – never before has the phrase “Bring me the hedgehog!” instilled…
Read MoreReview by Nick Hu. If the much-awaited resurgence of adventure games is something you’ve been holding your breath for, you’d best embrace your inner Threepwood, as Thimbleweed Park is not the herald of that day. While there’s been a huge amount of anticipation for this game, spilling out of the…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. It’s been a good couple of weeks for super-smart visual novels. On the one hand, you’ve got Danganronpa 1+2 Reload. It’s bright, it’s colourful. It has sexy anime girls and awesome anime guys, and even a cute mascot character. Sure that mascot is also a psychopathic…
Read MoreReview by Matt C. I didn’t really know what to expect, going into Unearthing Mars. I hadn’t heard of it before the review code for sent my way, and I didn’t do any sort of research before strapping on my VR unit and diving in. I’m glad I didn’t, because…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. To be honest, there’s not much more I can say about the games Danganronpa 1 and 2 that I haven’t already covered in my reviews. They’re visual novels, and I find them to be utterly brilliant. Bringing the two games together into a single package on…
Read MoreReview by Brad L.It’s no secret that the Legend of Zelda is my favourite game series of all time. The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past is my personal favourite Zelda game and the game I consider to be the best of all time. Despite this love that…
Read MoreReview by Harvard L. You’re using an old, text-only computer called the Futura – it’s the early 80’s; synthesisers are all the rage and science fiction is all you see on television. This is a game in the vein of The Twilight Zone, where reality is not what it seems…
Read MoreReview by Brad L. Knee Deep is a title that treads a fine line between a visual novel and an interactive drama. Its selling point is that the narrative is presented as a stage play, which suits the story itself as the game spins a tale of a washed-up actor’s…
Read MoreReview by Britta S. My first moments in 2064: ROM were brief: I went into “Options” to adjust settings, and the game promptly froze on me. My last moment in-game occurred when I reached the Epilogue and felt the urge to wet my whistle at the now familiar Stardust bar;…
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