Top Dollar (gazing at falling-snow crystal ball depicting cemetery): Dad gave me this. Fifth birthday. He said, “Childhood’s over the moment you know you’re gonna die.” – The Crow There are a lot of similarities between The Crow, a film about a man unable to come to terms with his…
Read MoreThe latest episode in Telltale Games’ new Game of Thrones series continues right after the events of the first episode. And to pre-empt a lot of this review; much of what was true with Iron from Ice holds true in The Lost Lords. Telltale Games’ narrative standards have grown considerably…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Life Is Strange makes me hate episodic games. When the opening chapter of a game is this utterly engrossing, to complete it after a solid five hours of continuous play, only to be told “well, you get to wait two months to see the story continue,”…
Read MoreReview by Pierre-Yves L. What if you went to sleep but couldn’t wake up? What if, to make matters worse, you were trapped in a nightmare instead of a beautiful relaxing meadow? It’s hard to imagine this, but what if you put yourself there? Addiction is a hard thing to…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. I really wasn’t going to give in to Disney Infinity 2.0. As much as I enjoyed the first, it’s a reality that these games are a killer on the wallet, and the idea that the game would offer a whole load of new miniatures was something…
Read MoreReview by Nick H. Most first-person games are about tension. It might be a horror game where the first person perspective is designed to connect the player closer to the fear (such as Alien: Isolation), or it might be using that perspective to most accurately emulate a sensation of speed,…
Read MoreReview by Nick H. It does not take long to realise that this is a fairly traditional Sherlock Holmes game, but it nevertheless does justice to the source material through its thick, foggy atmosphere that is just as immersive as it is thoughtful. The pacing is certainly a matter of…
Read MorePreview by Sam M. Randal’s Monday begins with a fellow called Randal celebrating with newly engaged Matt and Sally. As the night escalates, as does the bar tab, and Randal somehow ends up in possession of a magical ring, the same ring Matt was going to give to Sally. The…
Read MoreReview by Nick H. I thought Season 2 of Telltale Games’ The Walking Dead started with something of a whimper, with characters that did not interest me much and a scenario that held promise, but failed to deliver. On the whole, this season has been an up and down experience,…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Okay, let’s start this review by talking about these so-called “walking simulators.” Games that are largely devoid of action, where players explore worlds and narratives by simply walking from place to place and, generally speaking, don’t kill stuff. There’s more and more of them being developed,…
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