The say comparison is the thief of joy and boy, is it ever. Coming off such a high that was Clair Obscur I knew that whatever I played next was…
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After many years of reviewing games I’d inadvertently set myself a long list of boundaries that, for whatever reason, I wouldn’t cross. It started with simple things, like I had…
Of the many great lines that came out of the American version of the Office was the one from Andy Bernard: “I wish there was a way to know you’re…
Cast your mind back to high school English classes, the ones where they decided try to introduce Shakespeare to a severely disinterested bunch of teenagers (I count myself among them…
First impressions can be a hard thing to shake. Certainly I fell trap to the idea that Atomfall was simply going to be a British version of Fallout, something that…
It’ll be different this time, you tell yourself. You’ve been down this road before, you know the mistakes to avoid so when you do the thing it won’t end up…
Most retro-revival shooters I’ve played over the years have, in my opinion, been pretty terrible. Certainly there’s worth in exploring the roots of a genre but the unfortunate reality is…
Choices matter. Or at least that’s what a lot of games want you to believe. It’s become all too common for games to give you the illusion of choice, the…
There’s an inertia for me, a palpable weight when it comes to diving into big RPGs. Part of this is born out of the desire, which I’m still trying to…
You may have noticed a shift in my reviews recently, the rather formulaic approach I’ve been taking for…gosh well over 5 years. It’s the next iteration in casting off the…