Review by Alex Kidman. One of the biggest surprises of the most recent Nintendo Direct was the announcement of Actraiser Renaissance. Long-held as one of the early jewels of the SNES library, it was an utterly dormant IP, right up until the moment it was revealed for a quick release…
Read MoreReview by Lindsay M.It’s been six years since the original Sheltered launched. The game came out around the same time as Fallout Shelter, and shares enough superficial similarities as to be comparable, although with a premium price rather than a free-to-play model. I was worried it wouldn’t be successful, but…
Read MoreReview by Harvard L. I do quite like Dice Legacy. I need to start the review on this note because I anticipate the rest of it will read like a laundry list of imperfections within Italy-based studio DESTINYbit’s dicey RTS. I like it because it’s a game about systems, randomness,…
Read MoreRetro by Matt S. As gaming journalists, we get so fixated on the new big things that we often play games that we like at the time, rate them highly, put them down, and never really come back to them. That’s not to say these games are bad by any…
Read MoreReview by Harvard L. Emergency operations sounds like it could be a fascinating job, but I know that I’d never be able to cope with the stress that emergency services providers are constantly under every day. So when Jutsu Games’ 112 Operator promised the responsibility with none of the real-world…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Three years ago, when Idol Manager popped up on Kickstarter, and promised to give you the opportunity to manage your own AKB48-style J-Pop idol group, I assumed that it would all be something of a joke. I assumed it would be focused on fanservice, with very…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Ever play a game that you know isn’t all that great, but for reasons you’re not even certain of, you love it anyway? That’s my experience with the Farm Frenzy series. I’ve enjoyed these things from way back on the PlayStation Portable (where they were PSP…
Read MoreNews bt Matt S. Maverick publisher, Devolver Digital, has announced Terra Nil, a game by Free Lives. Terra Nil is a city builder with a difference; rather than paving over paradise to put up parking lots, your job in Terra Nil is environmental rejuvenation. You’ll need to guide the land…
Read MoreReview by Alex Kidman. Back when I was but a teenager – which wasn’t quite the middle ages, but was some time ago – I attended a medieval-themed fancy dress party. As was befitting my social status at the time, I went dressed as a humble peasant. Yes, I was…
Read MoreReview by Harvard L. The Colonists is like peaceful Age of Empires, or Forager with a more robust mission structure. If that sounds amazing, I’m sure you’ll already love this game. It’s a strictly single-player engine builder, with slowly growing cities mining primary resources and refining them into secondary and…
Read More