It’s probably unfair to question the very reason for a game’s existence, but with Volition’s purple-hued Saints Row spin off, Agents Of Mayhem, it’s hard to think of anything else. Agents of Mayhem Developer: Volition [...]
Undertale is a game all about endings, so it’s fitting that its console release comes towards the tail-end of one particular piece of hardware’s life. If this is a finale of sorts for Sony’s PlayStation Vita, then it’s a [...]
War of the Chosen’s first mission plays out exactly the same as in the original XCOM 2, which caught me a little by surprise. After being treated to a brand new intro cinematic that partly rewrites how the Commander is rescued in the opening moments [...]
It’s a strange thing to think about now, but there was a time when Myst was the best-selling computer game of all time. Shifting more copies than even the almighty Doom, Cyan’s enigmatic puzzle game about a series of peculiarly crafted islands [...]
In chaos theory, there’s a well-known concept called the butterfly effect. In essence, it’s about how small causes can have large effects – an idea with its roots in weather forecasting, but one with deeply poetic underpinnings. What if [...]
Has there ever been a console more exotic than the Neo Geo? A rarefied beast in the 90s that boasted near mythical power, its games exuded a certain class; a selection of muscular, meaty 2D action titles, they’re often as beautiful to behold today [...]
I’ve been playing Ark: Survival Evolved for almost two years now, and I’m still not 100 per cent sure if it’s a good game. Strip away the appealing dinosaur-themed veneer, and developer Studio Wildcard’s long-in-early-access [...]
When Garibaldi helped unify Italy, the story goes that he had only one request. In return for his hard work, he wanted a year’s supply of macaroni. I have never looked into this business too deeply, because I don’t want to find out that it [...]
