If someone anomalously put a gun to my head and demanded that I list my ten favourite games of all times, they’d be more than a couple big-budget AAA games on there (I love you Mass Effect), but sitting proudly amongst them would be Edward McMillen’s humble flash game, The Binding of Isaac. Read more …
After the grim goings on of The Evil Within, I thought we’d brighten up the Horror Show this week with a lovely little game about frogs, namely They Breathe, available now on Steam. Read more …
Let’s cast our eyes back to the heady yesteryear that was 2013. The PS4 was on the horizon, and the gaming community waited with baited breath to see what delights were in their future. Unfortunately, the launch line-up was a little anemic to say the least.
However, there was one game that stood out from the crowd of sequels and mediocrity, and that game was Contrast, a third-person puzzle platformer which incidentally is also available on Xbox and PC. Read more …
If there has been one defining feature of this generation of consoles so far, its hype. Even before the hardware hit the shelves, both consoles had been endlessly talked up and down by their respective companies (with Nintendo being the anomalous exception). Read more …
For this instalment of my ‘Horror Show’, let’s look at a game in which you play as a security guard tasked with spending five nights watching over a pizza restaurant populated by beloved mascots. I know what you’re thinking, but it’s not Night Watchmen Simulator 2014. It’s Five Nights at Freddy’s, an indie point-and-click horror title developed solely by Scott Cawthon. Read more …
Despite its appallingly generic title, which implies browns, greys and people saying ‘Oscar Mike’ at each other repeatability, the solo developed Heavy Bullets is actually a vibrant and colourful rogue-like, available now on Steam. Read more …