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#LetsPlayMay – Shining a Positive Light on Family Gaming

15May

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#LetsPlayMay – Shining a Positive Light on Family Gaming

The world is a very judgemental place, and when you bring children into it, it becomes even more judgemental than you originally thought. Even more so when you throw video games into the mix, with both parents and non-parents scowling at the idea of your child playing "toxic video games". #LetsPlayMay seems to be wanting to change that mindset. The slight mentioning that a child plays video games is usually enough these days to have people attack the parents of said child. Online users calling the parents lazy, or accusing the parents of neglect are just a few examples I’ve seen. I have also experienced this attitude. There’s also the current political situation which I’m not going to go into, but it keeps the long running “belief” that children playing video games with violence lead t...

The Council, Episode 2 Review – Hide and Seek – Illuminati confirmed?

15May

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Gaming

The Council, Episode 2 Review – Hide and Seek – Illuminati confirmed?

Episode two of The Council by Big Bad Wolf games, the narrative adventure game that redefines the genre with RPG mechanics and consequences for every choice, has just released today, May 15. Hide and Seek continues the story of Louis de Richet as he deals with the dramatic results of his actions in episode one. He must continue his investigation into the disappearance of his mother, Sarah, while dealing with the newly-arrived Spanish head of state, the finally-revealed Lord Mortimer, and the quickly-forming factions on the island. With brand new areas of the mansion to explore, along with new characters who bring dire news and shocking revelations to the island, who will you side with? Who can you trust? And how will you find Sarah de Richet? The choices are yours after all, but will you ...

Judgment: Apocalypse Survival Simulation Review – Liches, Imps, and Demons O My!

14May

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PC Reviews

Judgment: Apocalypse Survival Simulation Review – Liches, Imps, and Demons O My!

I don't want to set the world on fire, but these demons sure do. Fight for survival as you try to rebuild some semblance of society. Gather water, farm, contemplate howling at the moon and more in Judgment: Apocalypse Survival Simulation. Indie developer Suncrash pulled Judgment: Apocalypse Survival Simulation from the depths of early access hell and summoned it to your PC via Steam. Now as a full release you must try to survive a world on fire as you train your rag tag group of survivors and teach them various skills as they level up. Judgment: Apocalypse Survival Simulation adds some dashes of humour into your bleak end times as random events and waves of demons come crashing on to your door step. The first three hours I played of this game shot past and before I knew it I had cre...

Sea of Thieves Review – The Seas Have Calmed

14May

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PC Reviews

Sea of Thieves Review – The Seas Have Calmed

It has been a whilesince Rare’s swashbuckling title, Sea of Thieves launched. A highly anticipated title with many players, including myself being desperate to jump into the salty seas. However, to point out again, it has been a while since Sea of Thieves launched, and I feel it’s a good time to see how the game plays now that the tide of excitement has lowered. I saw Sea of Thieves grow from way back in the early months of 2017. Playtests had just got started in fact. I think I was the second wave of players to get accepted, but I didn’t get to play much. I knew from my short time with it though, that it was something nice and that the community was excited amongst one another in the private forums. February 2018 saw more playtests taking place as the game grew closer to launch,...

GARAGE Review – Making the Switch That Little Bit More Bloody

9May

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Switch Reviews

GARAGE Review – Making the Switch That Little Bit More Bloody

When you hear about games for the Nintendo Switch, you probably wouldn’t expect the description of GARAGE. An ex-drug dealer caught up in the middle of a brutal, demonic underground hell. Surrounded by dismemberment, deadly weapons, and drugs. Developed by the minds at Zombie Dynamic comes GARAGE, the latest title picked up by tinyBuild and exclusively available for the Nintendo Switch. It’s a gruesome story about an ex-drug dealer who finds himself waking up in the trunk of a car surrounded by rats, zombies, and all other manner of evil. Soon it becomes clear that these abysmal abominations were experiments created by an evil mind and you must uncover the mystery. Gameplay GARAGE is a top-down shooter with a dark theme in which you follow a linear path while progressing in the stor...

CoolPaintr VR Review: Highlighting The Limits Of My Imagination

9May

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PC Reviews

CoolPaintr VR Review: Highlighting The Limits Of My Imagination

Video games can be like taking selfies with the filter switched on. It’s still you in there, but the version of you that you want the world to see. You play a driving game and get to live out your fantasies of being a racing driver, or getaway driver if that’s more your thing. A first person shooter will get you crawling through the battlefield, bravely leading team mates into the line of fire. A role playing game will have you walking the wasteland or exploring the mountains, all without leaving your house. Although CoolPaintr VR isn't a game, its no different. You go into it with a million ideas, creation at your fingertips and all of the power of VR to realise it. The only limitation is your imagination and you go in with the assumption that your imagination is limitless. Cool...

AO International Tennis Review – Not Quite A Grand Slam

9May

By StuartNo Comments

PlayStation Reviews

AO International Tennis Review – Not Quite A Grand Slam

AO International Tennis serves into the forecourt, but how does Big Ant handle one of the most physically demanding sports you can play? With Nadal on the cover, it's sure to be a sure fire hit...right? Lets find out! Gameplay So AO International Tennis brings us the wonder that is the Australian Open, and from the get go you are greeted with the typical Big Ant style presentation. You didn't come to read this to find out about the presentation though did you? So lets check out the gameplay. When you start up the game you are given the options to choose a nice and straight forward tutorial, and it is definitely a great idea when starting AO International Tennis for the first time. There are all the types of shots you would imagine with a tennis game, the flat, topspin, backspin are...

8May

By JasonNo Comments

Switch Reviews

Trailblazers Review – Painting Your Way To Victory?

Trailblazers, developed by UK based Supergonk and published digitally by Rising Star Games is a Wipeout style racing game set in the future with a unique and colourful game mechanic whereby you can paint the track your team colour in order to boost. Available on PC and PS4 today (8th) and Xbox tomorrow (9th) with Nintendo Switch around June, the concept of Trailblazers sounds fun but the proof is always in the gameplay! Gameplay As the cartoon style intro begins and the dance track kicks in you are greeted by a simple selection of game options namely; Single player campaign, Custom race, Online race and Options. An exclamation mark points to the first game option and it is off to the campaign for the first few chapters to learn what Trailblazers is about. The campaign mode is set...

Shoppe Keep 2 Preview – Granville, Fetch Your Hammer!

3May

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PC Reviews, Previews & Early Access

Shoppe Keep 2 Preview – Granville, Fetch Your Hammer!

Shoppe Keep was a wonderful shop management title, played from a first-person perspective with a strong focus on just selling items to customers. It didn’t really venture further than that, and it was hard to get into due to the progression system feeling lacklustre. Shoppe Keep 2 is here to change the game. Shoppe Keep had always been a fun experience no matter how many times I revisited it. Sadly the initial enjoyment of earning enough money to upgrade the store ending up feeling like more work than it needed to be. Customers didn’t flock in, but those that did lobbed your items like a tired bull trying to cause chaos. Shoppe Keep 2 arrives on Early Access with a much stronger focus on management than its predecessor. It also seems to feel just as sluggish in gameplay as the previous ...

2May

By AlexNo Comments

PC Reviews

For The King Review – A Tale Told In Coin Flips

Released on April 19 and sneaking onto PC everywhere is board game turned turn-based RPG For the King. After spending some nights in the soft glow of my computer and accompanied by two friends to help in my journey I bestow upon you the reader a tale of rage and laughter. This is my review of For the King. Can BEARLY contain my excitement….sorry had to be done. Gameplay For the King takes you onto an adventure in the land of Fahrul. The game takes you on a journey to restore peace to the land after the king was murdered by an unknown assailant. You explore the map in a party of three whither that be with two friends, two online strangers, or you can control everyone. This game is a rogue-like joy ride across a hexagonal map. You start with a choice of three modes. The main...