Review by Harvard L. I just finished playing Particulars. My head hurts. Particulars is a sub-atomic particle physics themed action-puzzle game. Developed by Aussie indie outfit SeeThrough Studios and partially funded by ScreenNSW, Particulars combines traditional puzzle gameplay with a plot-driven structure and a firm grounding in real world scientific…
Read MoreReview by Sam M. The Marvellous Miss Take is the embodiment of everything you wouldn’t expect from a stealth game. You’re not encouraged to take your time to plan out your heists, nor are you required to make as little noise as possible. Rather you take everything you’ve learnt and…
Read MoreReview by Harvard L. Rollers of the Realm is a pinball-RPG. Adding RPG elements to skill based gameplay can often lead to something that feels both weak and unfocused, with Destiny being a recent example, so I was more than wary upon hearing that developer Phantom Compass intended to add…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. The games industry is still young, and so it hasn’t been especially effective in reflecting the many and wonderful cultures of the world. That’s not surprising, of course, because as with any emergent art form it has taken time for games to be accepted as a…
Read MoreReview by David W. You can’t hope to play an open world epic these days without coming across the all-pervasive mini game. These ‘games within games’ form short diversions from the narrative; a game of cards, a race against the clock, a puzzle board of icon matching, switch flipping, quick…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. I like writing long, rambling reviews. Partly because I believe a good game deserves and in-depth analysis and a bad game deserves a complete trashing, but also partly because I am a bit of a sadist and like to force people to read lots. But with…
Read MoreNews by Jedediah H. Nature is the most fabulous collection of phenomena. Without the trespass of human influence, she offers every organism within her biosphere a fair chance at life or death. No animal is preferred over another. Even the noblest (and cutest) of creatures perish before they can pass…
Read MoreInterview by Jedediah H. Other than a water balloon fight in the midst of a drought, there’s nothing quite like playing the ideal good guy/ girl. You get to wear fashion-forward attire, fall in love with a personified version of elegance, morality, and tenacity, and maybe towards the end, before…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. I want to get this out of the way immediately: I am very disappointed that so little was done between the beta of Screencheat and the final version. When game breaking bugs happen in a beta it’s easy to forgive them. It’s equally easy to ignore…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Beneath its gorgeous minimalist aesthetic, Race the Sun is a simple 3D runner game. It’s disappointing, because it actually could have been more than that. In the game players control an aircraft with no real vertical control. They can swerve left or right, but that’s it.…
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