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Snakebyte Gaming:Seat Review – Happy Cheeks

13Jul

By StuartNo Comments

Snakebyte Gaming:Seat Review – Happy Cheeks

We recently took delivery of the Snakebyte Gaming:Seat to review, its the first time that we have had a gaming seat in the office. So lets not waste any time and get stuck in to the review. Unboxing A lot of packaging to take off, but when you do you are greeted with with the quality materials that have gone into constructing this Gaming:Seat. From the metal pieces to the artificial leather it all feels of good quality. Construction The construction of the chair is straight forward, the instructions included in the box were easy to follow and with the included tool you aren't left struggling to find one of those allen key sets you got at Christmas. In Action Now is the section you wanted to know about, How does the Snakebyte Gaming:Seat actually feel? Well pretty awesome if i'm h...

12Jul

By TC Staff WriterNo Comments

Gaming

Le Tour De France Season 2018 – Review

While the rest of the country is glued to TV’s asking whether or not football really is coming home, I squeezed my ample frame into a lycra onesie, put on my cleats and filled my water bottle with vodka and coke to play Le Tour De France Season 2018 on the PS4. Brought to us by Cyanide Studios and Focus Home Interactive, Le Tour De France Season 2018 was released at the end of June on PS4, Xbox One and PC. Gameplay The Tour De France series of games started back in 2010 and is based on one of the world’s most iconic sporting events. It is a deep and engaging simulator which allows you to play as both an active rider and strategic manager for your team. The game allows you to play solo, in 1v1 or couch co-op as a rider and across a range of races. Tour mode allows you to play through the...

All-Star Fruit Racing PS4 Review – A Sweet Racing Smoothie!

11Jul

By JohnNo Comments

Gaming, PlayStation Reviews

All-Star Fruit Racing PS4 Review – A Sweet Racing Smoothie!

All-Star Fruit Racing is the latest release from 3D Clouds and is finally making its way over onto console. Being completely honest at first glance when I was given this to review, I was expecting a budget ‘Mario Kart’ wannabe with little to no variety or replay value. I don’t think I’ve ever been happier to be wrong! Taking into account the price point (£31.49 (on PSN) at the time of writing). I think All-Star Fruit Racing could be up there as one of the most fun ‘pick up ‘n’ play’ racing games for the PlayStation 4. Below are the reasons why I think everyone should play this game… Gameplay The first thing that impressed me with All-Star Fruit Racing was, instead of bringing up the main menu and letting you pick and choose what you want to play around with, it instantly throws yo...

The Spectrum Retreat Review – Welcome To The Hotel Penrose, Such A Lovely Place?

10Jul

By TC Staff WriterNo Comments

Gaming, PC Reviews

The Spectrum Retreat Review – Welcome To The Hotel Penrose, Such A Lovely Place?

Two years ago, 20-year-old game designer Dan Smith won a BAFTA in the Young Game Designers category for his prototype of what would become The Spectrum Retreat. Publisher Ripstone has stepped in to help turn the game into a fully-fledged product. It's quite an achievement for the up and coming game maker, so let’s check in and enjoy our stay, maybe? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tW7HN9Pd9nU GamePlay We have all been there at some point in our life, right? You wake up in a strange hotel room with no memory of how you got there or what happened the night before. Just as you start thinking of an egg McMuffin, a knock appears at the door, but this isn’t the usual breakfast call. You are greeted by an android asking you personally to come down for breakfast. (Just how much did...

Oh Sir! The Hollywood Roast Review- A game of two halves

5Jul

By KevinNo Comments

Gaming

Oh Sir! The Hollywood Roast Review- A game of two halves

Vile Monarch have been hard at work creating Oh Sir! The Hollywood Roast. Slightly concerned for my pride I decided to check out what it was all about. So I set my humiliation level to max and fired it up. Gameplay Oh Sir! The Hollywood Roast is a remodelling of 'Oh Sir! The Insult Simulator'. So how does it all work? Well first you choose your game mode, solo or 2 player, then you roast people. It's so simple even an independent game developer could understand it (not my finest roast). The solo option has a career mode, and as we probably all know, some people have made careers out of roasting people. I have roasted a few games in the past, so hopefully Oh Sir! The Hollywood Roast will survive. Choose your player. Each player is a loosely disguised celebrity waiting to trash tal...

Red Faction: Guerrilla Re-Mars-tered Review – Blast From The Past!

2Jul

By JasonNo Comments

Gaming, PC Reviews

Red Faction: Guerrilla Re-Mars-tered Review – Blast From The Past!

The year was 2009, I was 29 years old, The Black Eyed Peas had a feeling, Dizzee Rascal was bonkers and Lady Gaga was showing off her poker face. The gaming scene was alive with Uncharted 2, Batman: Arkham Asylum and a little gem by developers Volition called Red Faction: Guerrilla. For those of you that were possibly only 9 years old back then (I'm not bitter at all and you missed an amazing millennium party) Red Faction: Guerrilla was the 3rd instalment of the Red Faction Saga which introduced a third person open world style of gameplay to the player. Previous games in the series, Red Faction (2001) and Red Faction II (2002) were first person shooters that saw you play in the first game on Mars as a miner called Parker who was having his life ruined by the giant Ultor Corporation ...

The Infectious Madness of Doctor Dekker Review – You Believe Me, Don’t You?

29Jun

By TC Staff WriterNo Comments

Gaming, PC Reviews

The Infectious Madness of Doctor Dekker Review – You Believe Me, Don’t You?

A FMV murder mystery with a bit of a twist. Are they the insane ones? Is any of this real? Whats really going on? Thrust into a new world by the death of a doctor, can you handle the patient load as things appear to change all around you? Are you sure they are the crazy ones? D'Avekki Studios developed The Infectious Madness of Doctor Dekker, a FMV Lovecraft mystery, back in 2017. FMV, meaning Full Motion Video, where the characters you interact with are real people, its almost like watching a movie that you control the narrative to. You can type out your questions and answers to which there are 1600+ full screen HD responses the characters can use to continue the conversations. This sounds great in theory but I found my self typing multiple questions and phrases just for them to be con...

Can We Loot Box This? – The Fine Art Of Monetization

27Jun

By Alex1 Comment

Features, Gaming

Can We Loot Box This? – The Fine Art Of Monetization

In a world where everything has been monetized by loot boxes is it necessary to just pat the back of a studio for just making a game. When did this become worthy of praise and headlines. How did we get here and how can we go back to just having good games. Well tune in and get ready cause I believe I have the answers you seek. Battlefield V recently announced that it wouldn't have loot boxes or season pass. I had to do a double take because I was sure that the lords of monetization and dumb choices (looking right into your eyes EA) couldn't have let this happen. I mean the FIFA game series literally brings in millions of dollars from their loot box system. EA has systematically destroyed both studios and game series all the while raking in heaps and gobs of money. Now they announce no ...

16Jun

By TC Staff WriterNo Comments

Features, Gaming, Gaming For All

How Video Games Saved My Life And Helped My Mental Health – The Healing Power Of Gaming

We've heard it time and time again, "Video games make people violent", "Video games aren't a productive use of your time" and "Video games are a negative and angry place". These words are usually spoken by people who don't know a lot about the gaming world, who fear the unknown and adhere to all the misconceptions, typically brought to the world via the media or frustrated parents. All of these words you have undoubtedly heard, couldn't be further from the truth. How do I know that? Well, because I am a gamer and If it wasn't for video games I wouldn't be here talking to you today. In essence, gaming has saved my life and I'm here, thankfully, to tell you why. I would say that throughout my life Ive always been a very sensitive soul, prone to taking matters to heart hence leaving me quite...

Shadow – Does More Power Come With More Problems?

15Jun

By John2 Comments

Gaming, PC Reviews

Shadow – Does More Power Come With More Problems?

UPDATE: Blade updated something which affects the freezing issue you experienced when the TV was on: Using the beta apps, you can use H265 and greatly reduce bandwidth without affecting quality. Blade also pushed a massive update 3 days ago that vastly improves fluidity. Hey there fellow Gaming Enthusiasts! Any of you that know me know my PC gaming pretty much died out back in the 90’s and I’ve only just started to dip my toes in the water with Steam more recently thanks to being part of this group. This means that my PC equipment itself is a little dated and makes some of the gaming a little frustrating to use with higher-end specs and can be a little more troublesome at times to run at all. Enter Shadow from Blade, the answer to all my problems! Access to more powerful hardware...