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Jordan Ashley lives in the middle of the UK with two dogs who routinely beat him on Mario Kart. He's a big fan of playing Wind Waker over and over again while ignoring all other tasks. He also likes Craft Beer and screaming at Splatoon.
Cadence of Hyrule

Cadence of Hyrule: Indie Developers Seize the Triforce

This week’s latest Nindies Direct saw a few pleasant surprises, but none bigger than the announcement of a brand new Zelda game coming from an...
Claybook

Claybook Review: Difficult but Rewarding Sandbox

Claybook is a game that takes place in a world made of clay, although it really looks more like Play-Doh. It’s a brightly coloured...
Competitive Stardew Valley

Competitive Stardew Valley Is a Tense and Wonderful Thing

Stardew Valley is a masterclass in relaxing gaming. It quickly found an audience and has now spread to pretty much every gaming device. You inherit...
Chained Echoes

Kickstarter Game of the Week: Chained Echoes

Chained Echoes is a nostalgic RPG that looks to bring fresh ideas to the retro genre. Most traditional RPGs either use a futuristic world or...

Life is Strange 2 Rules Review: Character Building in Beaver Creek

The second episode of Life is Strange 2, Rules, slowed things down. This episode didn’t cram quite as much into its running time as the...
Tunche

Kickstarter Game of the Week: Tunche

Hand-drawn games take a lot of time and work, so they often need outside funding. It typically pays off. You rarely see a hand-drawn...

Spinnortality Review: Helping Tech Destroy the World

Spinnortality is a game that knows what it is good at, it’s currently available on Steam. It finds its own strengths and amplifies them for the...

Kickstarter Game of the Week – The Cow Game

The Kickstarter campaign for The Cow Game is probably the biggest concentration of cow puns ever in a crowd-funding page. If that’s not a reason...
Hump Jump Review

Hive Jump Review: Mediocre Multiplayer-Focused Roguelite

Hive Jump is a cross between a twin-stick shooter and a roguelite. While it doesn’t really excel in either of these genres, Hive Jump is a...

Interview With Dead End Job Developer Tony Gowland

Dead End Job is one of this year’s most promising games. It is a procedurally generated twin-stick shooter that puts you in the shoes of...
Frogvale

Kickstarter Game of the Week: Frogvale

Video games are a unique medium, they excel at putting us in the shoes of other people. Wish fulfilment and fantasy lead us to...
Donut County

Donut County Review: Small But Perfectly Formed

Donut County released on PlayStation, Steam, and iOS earlier this year. It has recently been ported to Xbox One and Switch, leaving players with no excuse not to...
God's Gift

Kickstarter Game Of The Week – God’s Gift

God’s Gift utilises a rare form of dark humour, it’s cruel and cynical in its worldview while also abstract and bizarre in it’s execution and...
Beholder

Beholder Review: An Oppressively Dark Totalitarian Sim

Beholder was released on Steam in 2016, it has now been ported to Switch along with the DLC package Blissful Sleep. You take on the role of Carl, a...
GIGABUSTER

Kickstarter Game of The Week – GIGABUSTER

GIGABUSTER gives you control over a colourful array of hi-tech weapons, like a baseball bat and some fire! This is the only thing standing in...
Beyond Blue

Beyond Blue Has the Potential to be Important

Beyond Blue is the latest game from the publisher behind the ground-breaking Never Alone. It’s a game that invites players to be a part of a...