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High on Life 2 (Review)
The original High on Life from developer Squanch Games was a pleasant surprise back in 2022 with its combination of solid shooting, Metroidvania style levels and humour that’s not afraid to throw out a few dozen f-bombs in conversation. High on Life 2 continues on from the first game with your character now living the good life as a bounty hunter, chasing aliens and being famous. After a run in…
Viewfinder (Review)
First person puzzle games are a genre I think that really pushes developers to introduce unique mechanics to ensure their game stands out from those that have come prior. I suppose when you’re in a genre that includes Portal, you’re going to have to deliver something special. I’m happy to say that Viewfinder, from Sad Owl Studios, does that and delivers a fun game worth experiencing. The game…
Helldivers 2 (Review)
After a lot of interest from the Xbox side, maybe more than any other game PlayStation publishes, Helldivers 2 launched in 2025 a full 18 months after the PS5/PC versions and has easily found a place in my regular game rotation thanks to it being way more fun than it has any right to be. Taking a lot of cues from the Starship Troopers movie in terms of its tone (less the book), you are a…
Keeper (Review)
The team at Double Fine Productions have a strong reputation for delivering unique games with a style all their own and after playing through Psychonauts 2, which was likely my favourite game of 2021, I was looking forward to what was next and was wonderfully surprised when finally getting to play Keeper. The story of Keeper begins with your character, a sentient lighthouse, pulling itself out…
20 Years of Xbox 360
It’s pretty incredible to see how nostalgic gamers are for the Xbox 360 lately as it hit the twenty-year milestone but it does show just how much of an impact it had on people back then… and perhaps even increases the contrast between its success and the stumble that became the Xbox One launch. But when you look back at it, it was a pretty incredible machine that I think should be looked on as…
The Late Night Update - Nov 2025 Edition
It’s been a bit quiet on the site front of late and much of that has had to do with an unexpected change in circumstances after a contract fell through… the joys of being a developer in time when management thinks AI can solve everything but find out later it can’t. Anyway, that’s the past right now and we’re back on track and I’m back prattling on about games again. First up is a South of…
South of Midnight (Review)
When Compulsion Games, creators of Contrast and We Happy Few, were purchased by Microsoft they went quiet for a long time with many rumours circulating about their next project. When it was finally announced that their next game was South of Midnight, the striking presentation grabbed player’s attention and I’m happy to say the final product continues to do so. The game puts you into the shoes…
Avowed (Review)
Being the representative of both an empire and an unknown god is going to put pressure on anyone, and that’s the situation you find yourself in with Avowed, the latest RPG from Obsidian Entertainment. Set in the developer’s Pillars of Eternity universe, the game takes the previous two titles’ top-down perspective and goes full first person. While it may be a significant shift for players of the…
Indiana Jones and The Great Circle (Review)
The last Indiana Jones game that I played new was WAY back in 2003 with developer The Collective’s Indiana Jones and The Emperor’s Tomb on Xbox which married aspects of the Tomb Raider games with the brawling mechanics from their earlier Buffy the Vampire Slayer game (also on Xbox). Unfortunately for it, similar franchises were able to take the concepts further and it was often forgotten, even…
2024 in Review
It’s been a year of change here. Making a fresh start in a new role has been taking a lot of my time and some adjustments too after years of dealing with workplace toxicity but it’s also let me learn what not to do. It’s much easier to do that when you have such bad examples to reference! Having COVID make an appearance right on the holidays was not something I had on my bingo card, and it made…
Evercade VS-R (Review)
Blaze Entertainment have done a marvellous job of finding themselves a niche in the gaming space with their Evercade line of products with the platform not only providing a unique slice of retro gaming but a number of indie titles that really show that the system is carving out its own niche in the gaming lanscape. I’ve had the EXP handheld for some time now and have found it be a great package…
Death Stranding (Review)
Well… WAS NOT EXPECTING THIS! Somehow Kojima Productions stealth dropped an Xbox version of Death Stranding, their 2019 PlayStation exclusive that seemed locked to that platform for eternity. While it did come to PC the following year it still seemed unlikely but five years to the day since the PlayStation launch, Xbox players got their hands on the Director’s Cut release and now have a chance to…
Tales of Kenzera: Zau (Review)
Having a game deal with loss and grief is a theme that is often visited but with Tales of Kenzera: Zau it’s presented in such an imaginative way that it’s drawn me in and kept me wanting to play through and see the story play out. The story revolves around Zau, a young shaman who makes a deal with the god of death Kalunga in a bid to bring back his father. To aid in this he has two masks that…
Balatro (Review)
This might become one of the shortest reviews I’ve written but Balatro from developer LocalThunk is an incredibly clever game that takes poker, a game a lot of people are familiar with, and upends it with roguelike elements and modifiers that turn it into an addiction that is very hard to shake. The basic premise of Balatro is that you are dealt a number of playing cards from a standard deck and…
Robocop: Rogue City (Review)
One aspect of 80’s gaming that fits squarely within my memories is when movie tie-ins really began hitting their stride. One of the biggest was Ocean’s Robocop which pulled elements from Data East’s arcade game while throwing in additional elements to hew it closer to the film’s storyline. It was a pretty big deal at the time and a top seller too. A number of games over the last 35+ years have…
Senua's Saga: Hellblade II (Review)
Announced at the same time as the Xbox Series X console, Ninja Theory’s sequel to Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice promised a jump in visual fidelity that very few games could match. Now that it is here I think it is safe to say that the developers delivered. The story starts off with the protagonist Senua, captured and bound on a ship. She’s there intentionally, hoping to find those responsible for…
Retro hell freezes over as Atari acquires Intellivision brand
Atari’s newfound purpose in establishing itself as the backbone of classic/retro gaming has taken another interesting step with their announced acquisition of the Intellivision brand, including a substantial number of game properties. The Amico console however will be spun off and remain in the hands of its owners. The full announcement can be found here and Atari are already in full swing with…
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