What do you get if you take the best bits from some of your favourite games and mash them together? The best game ever, right? That’s the theory, sure. Having been offered the chance to review Thea: The Awakening, it looked to have the turn-based elements of Civilization, the resource management of Settlers, RPG elements from Elder Scrolls with som...
Read moreCategory: Reviews
I’ve been surprised by games before. I’ve found some games to be an incredible disappointment after hoping so hard for something good. There have been some that I was surprised at how pleasant they were despite bad reviews. Nevertheless, nothing quite prepared me for the shock that I got from Typoman Revised. An updated version of the W...
Read moreCategory: Reviews
It’s been silence from indie studio Hello Games since the announcement that No Man’s Sky would be investigated by the Advertising Standards Authority. A post on reddit appeared on the 27th September detailing a response from the ASA after gamers complained about misleading information surrounding the controversial game. According to Gameslice host ...
Read moreCategory: Opinion editorial
***WARNING! This blog post will contain themes and imagery that some may find disturbing*** Human beings love monsters. All throughout history humans have created monsters to fear, and to help us come to terms with some of the fundamental aspects of our reality. Whether as part of cultural mythology, art, literature or modern media, fictional and m...
Read moreCategory: Opinion editorial
Have we all had enough of the overuse of PC buzzwords yet? I mean, you’re sexist if you don’t want to watch Ghostbusters 2016, Pepe the Frog is a hate symbol, and now (in a recent interview with the Daily Star) analyst Michael Pachter wants to throw his hat into the ring. As he compares PC gamers to racists. ‘I think PC...
Read moreCategory: Opinion editorial