Review by Jim S. It’s been a while since I last played a full live action game. That was Hysteria Project as a PlayStation mini on the PSP back in 2010 it too was a horror game. For whatever reason developers like to experiment with live action in horror –…
Read MoreInterview by Matt S. Root Letter might just be the most “Japanese” visual novel to find an English localisation. Sure, Danganronpa and Steins;Gate offered the Japanese sense of the surreal, the abstract, and the odd, but Root Letter promises to be more that; it’s going to offer players a very…
Read MoreReview by Matthew C. If you go into Virginia expecting a crime drama, you’re going to be disappointed. Yes, it’s centred on a pair of of FBI agents looking into the strange disappearance of a young child, but that’s really just a frame for the far more interesting story at…
Read MoreReview by Nick H. With some pretty humble beginnings at the root of Event[0], it is really impressive just how far this one time experiment from Ocelot Society has come. It could have been one of those games that was ‘a good idea’ but lacked execution, but in fact Event[0]…
Read MoreReview by Matt C. One Way Trip is like videogames’ answer to the stoner road trip movie – those classic films like Up in Smoke, Harold and Kumar, and Dude, Where’s My Car?. If you take that to mean that One Way Trip is a bizarre, nonsensical trip that could…
Read MoreThere is an immediate, undeniable sense of charm that accompanies Armikrog. There are several things that stand out immediately and make a favourable first impression. The downside is, while the experience is unique and the old school adventure feel a welcome shot of nostalgia, the fact of the matter is…
Read MoreReview by Sam M. Imagine if you played a Legend of Zelda game, and there was no grass to distract Link from his mission, because someone – a far less heralded hero – has already cut the grass for him. The field is clear, letting Link get on with his…
Read MoreReview by Matt C. Not long after firing up Alone With You for the first time, I tweeted a screenshot with the caption: “Wow, No Man’s Sky looks nothing like those trailers.” At the time, it was a mostly thoughtless remark; a reaction to the No Man’s Sky “downgrade” hysteria…
Read MoreReview by Harvard L. As far as hidden object games go, Nightmare from the Deep: The Cursed Heart is a pretty great one. This PlayStation 4 game is actually a port of a PC title from 2012, which features all the hallmarks of the modern hidden object game genre: a…
Read MoreReview by Lindsay M. It is late at night. The sky has fallen dark and the streets have lost their daytime bustle. In an alley behind a grubby bar, barely lit, one man is on the ground as two stand above him. One of the standing men is short, his…
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