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Fictorum Review – Harry Potter On A Rampage
Fictorum is the kind of game that’s fun for about an hour. The very first time you hurl a fireball at a house and watch it explode into a dozen chunky pieces brings out the inner child who laughs with glee at such wanton destruction. Once that initial thrill is gone, though, it becomes very…
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Scythe Board Game Review – Meching It Right
You don’t gently put Scythe down on a table like a baby that must be coddled. Oh no, instead you thump it down with authority, the sizable box dominating the space and demanding that all present pay attention to its beautiful artwork! And then you open the lid revealing decks of cards, wooden pieces, plastic…
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Community Inc. Review – Micromanagement Nightmare
Y’know, reviewing Community Inc. has proved harder than I first imagined. Every time I find a problem or issue or little niggle the developers are already promising to fix it in the next patch, or indeed already have fixed it by the time this review is ready to go, leaving me to once again sigh…
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Adventures At 4TG Game Con 2017, Aberdeen
The seething mass of bodies all packed into one place is a stark reminder of just how big games have become since I was but a lad in the ’90s where it was still seen, along with comics, as a geeky hobby. Now it seems everyone plays games, either casually on a phone or tablet…
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The Darkside Detective Review – A Charming Adventure
I’m not sure what has sparked this resurgence of point and click adventure games other than the very real nostalgia fad that companies are cashing in on like mad, but as someone who grew up playing the genre I’m not going to look a gift horse in the mouth, even one I found in my…
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Aven Colony Review – Seriously Lazy Colonists
My love of sci-fi mingles with my enjoyment of ruining people’s lives through ineffectual planning and general stupidity in Aven Colony, which takes the joys of constructing a city and then throws a thin science fiction theme at it in the vague hopes it’ll stick. Coming from a small team of just five people I…
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SteelSeries Arctis 5 Review – Shiny Lights For Your Ears
Damn but do I love me a good headset! Don’t get me wrong, I adore my speaker system, but there’s something awesome about slipping on a headset and tuning the outside world out, revelling in the sense of isolation that padded ear cups can provide. Not to mention a good pair of cans can help…
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Steelseries QCK Prism RGB Mouse Mat Review – Some Extra Bling For Your Desk
RGB LEDs are quite the trend at the moment, appearing on everything from headphones to CPU coolers to fans and mice. They’re everywhere and companies seem determined to find more ways to slap them onto their products. Hence we’ve not gotten a wave of RGB mouse mats ranging from cheap and cheerful to more expensive,…
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Serial Cleaner Review – You Missed A Spot
Y’know, I’ve killed many people. I’ve also killed many people in videogames, and while I’ve certainly had to spend some time hiding the corpses from the eyes of roving guards I don’t ever remember patiently hoovering up the blood and pocketing any potential evidence I left lying around. Even the bald-headed Aget 47 was never…
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Aporia: Beyond the Valley Review – A Valley Worth Exploring
Initially, Aporia seems to fit into the walking-simulator genre, a game based primarily around the exploration of a fallen civilisation, but it doesn’t take long before you’re solving puzzles and even dealing with an enemy that floats around like the much angrier version of Casper the Friendly Ghost. This is fast becoming a popular genre,…
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