Review by Harvard L. I’m actually surprised that more games don’t adopt the disco aesthetic in their design. With infectious music, bright colours and striking character designs, Laser Disco Defenders positively exudes joy. It’s a 2D shooter featuring procedurally generated levels and rogue-lite influences which revolves around a unique mechanic:…
Read MoreReview by Lindsay M. Wow, The Little Acre is gorgeous. That’s the first thought that popped into my head when I saw the debut trailer for the game back in August, and it remained was one of the prevailing thoughts I had while giving the game an early playthrough. Coming…
Read MoreReview by Pierre-Yves L. Frank West has done it all. He covered the original zombie outbreak in Willamette USA for which he himself got infected for his efforts. He then helped develop a cure for it which then become a well-known pharmaceutical product known as Zombrex which helped both Frank…
Read MoreReview by Matt C. My Name is Mayo is a game that can be beaten – Platinum Trophy and all – in around half an hour, and the entirety of its gameplay involves pressing X to tap a jar of mayonnaise. It’s also an absolute masterpiece; a Dadaist work of…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. I don’t really understand the logic of having Shin Megami Tensei games on Nintendo 3DS. Here we have an incredibly dark, violent, adult series on a console best suited to uber-cute chibi characters and bright colours. That’s not designed as an insult to the console, but…
Read MoreReview by Matt C. The “your days are numbered” trope can make for powerful fiction. You know the one: a character finds out that they don’t have long to live, and that puts their whole life into perspective. They might rail against their fate, looking desperately for some solution; they…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Nintendo realised the dreams of many of its fans when it released Super Mario Maker on the Nintendo Wii U last year. Offering players a comprehensive toolset to create entire levels just as the good folks at Nintendo itself do, the game was perhaps the greatest…
Read MoreReviews by Matt S. Welcome to the latest batch of short ‘n sweet reviews, where we look at a number of games that we have been playing that we just haven’t got the time to do give full reviews to. These aren’t necessarily bad games – not at all! But…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Goichi Suda is, without a doubt, my favourite individual game maker out there. Relentlessly transgressive in how he approaches his work, Suda tears down walls with aplomb, and his healthy taste for the surreal and sublime alike mean that his work effortlessly displays a unique creativity;…
Read MoreReview by Brad L. Ubisoft’s The Crew has had a bumpy ride over the past couple of years. Its open world semi-MMO approach has had many fans and many detractors. Overall, The Crew has been decent at what it does but never seemed to reach the heights of its potential.…
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