Games reviewed… eventually
Here’s another piece of nostalgia! Like Link’s Awakening and Pokemon Red, Super Mario Land is one of the earliest games I can remember playing and owning. The Mario franchise is an institution; I’m certain that anyone who plays videogames has a Mario game they remember as “their” game. It’s probably either their first one or … Continue reading Super Mario Land
I’ll be honest, I have no idea how to introduce what I feel or think about Frog Detective. Based purely on the name alone, I admit I absolutely would not have even given a second glance to it if it had scrolled into my view on Steam. It reminds me too much of that miserable … Continue reading The Haunted Island, a Frog Detective Game
Link’s Awakening was my first Zelda game. It sits, immutable, in my memory; screenshots and moments from it are always there, just below the surface of my thoughts, reading and waiting to be recalled whenever a rush of nostalgia takes me. It’s something about the Game Boy. Nintendo’s big, grey, allegedly-portable brick was the console … Continue reading The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening
I don’t know about you, but I love a good Star Wars game. For a franchise as vast and all-encompassing as Star Wars, it’s inevitable that there are an awful lot of games, and an awful lot of them are a bit naff. That means though, that when a good one comes along, often they’re … Continue reading Star Wars: Republic Commando
Sometimes games sit on my shelf for all sorts of reasons. Often it’s because, like many others, I’m afflicted by a crippling addiction to buying random games that I justify under the “well maybe one day I’ll play them” defence. Other games languish because I’ve come to the conclusion that they’re simply shit. Very occasionally … Continue reading Spider-Man
I thought my Skyrim review took me a long time to write - this one took me even longer! Portal (PC, PS3, Xbox 360 [reviewed]) Released Oct 2007 | Developed / Published: Valve Genre: Puzzle Wow, where do I even start with Portal?. It is, without a shadow of a doubt or the faintest glimmer … Continue reading Portal
One thing which I’ve maintained throughout this lovely little sojourn through the Ace Attorney games has been that the series has never needed to indulge in any huge amount of innovation. Indeed, the franchise really hasn’t been that interested in it either, with each game retaining the same excellent core gameplay loop with, at best, … Continue reading Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth
The word iconic is thrown about a lot when it comes to video games. Indeed, every game or franchise has something iconic about it, whether it really is or isn’t, but I think it would be fair to label Phoenix Wright in the camp of genuinely iconic video game characters. He might not have the … Continue reading Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney
If you know me, you’ll know there’s five words you can say that will make me the happiest person in the world. Just five little words, ideally spoken in a thick, Nordic drawl, greeting me as I open weary eyes after a fitful sleep. Hey, you. You’re finally awake. Oh, Skyrim. It may be a … Continue reading The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
The true beauty of Ghost of Tsushima is in the details. It’s in the faint crunch of sand beneath your feet as you gaze out at the imposing shadow of the Mongol blockade, in the sigh of a blade being drawn from a scabbard, in the frozen moment of time laden with tension before sword … Continue reading Ghost of Tsushima
The Almighty Backlog 