It’ll take you a full weekend to play through the three tutorials in A-Train 3D. In that time you’ll be bombarded with text as the game slowly – but comprehensively – walks you through its myriad of systems. You’ll generally quite overwhelmed with its complexity. But by the end of…
Read MoreWord Search by POWGI is exactly what you’d expect. It’s offers your classic back-of-the-newspaper word search. Now don’t get me wrong. I love a good word search as much as anyone else. It’s relaxing in short amounts, and is fun to complete if you have a few spare minutes to…
Read More“Who would ever want to play a modern city builder on a console?” is a comment I have heard people ask when they heard the news that Tropico 5 would be headed to consoles. “These games need mice and keyboards and stuff!” Except they don’t. Provided a developer gets the…
Read MoreGod, the wait for Metal Gear Solid V has never felt so long. If you’re anything like me, and are patiently awaiting Kojima’s latest masterpiece, the wait can be unbearable. Granted, this isn’t helped by the fact that stealth games seem to have sunk into the background these days. Whether…
Read MorePrograms like Adobe Photoshop rule the roost when it comes to digital art on computers, but the landscape isn’t as cut and dry for apps that cater specifically to the limitations of consoles and portables. Dedicated systems have received everything from Art Academy, which makes use of the 3DS’s native…
Read MoreBaseball isn’t cricket, but as a sport it’s not so bad. I have to say that, because I’m Australian, and now that I have got that out of my system, let’s talk about MLB 15 The Show. Related reading: You can also check out our review of the PlayStation Vita…
Read MoreI love board games. I spend a lot of time playing them, and then spend a lot of time playing digital board games. My iPad, especially, has such a range of board games on it that I don’t even need friends any more (but seriously, friends, don’t leave me!). Related…
Read MoreWho doesn’t like Whack A Mole? One of the truly classic arcade games, Whack A Mole gives players a little hammer to thump moles on the head as they pop up out of the machine? The goal is as simple as tallying up as many points as possible as a…
Read MoreHaving recently visited America, I did my best to appreciate a lot of the culture that yells “AMERICA”. And while I certainly enjoyed a lot of it (I already am a huge fan of ice hockey), the Americans certainly made baseball, an otherwise interesting twist on cricket (a sport that,…
Read MorePeople often criticise the annual updates for sports franchises. “Why buy FIFA each year?!?” they proclaim with the righteousness that so characterises ‘gamer’ community, suggesting that their taste in games makes it apparently impossible to comprehend that other people might in fact have their own reasons to enjoying – and…
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