The Cabin Factory PS5 Review 9.5/10 "A beautifully designed bite-sized horror that’s a must play for fans of the genre" 🛖 @ICS_indie #IndieGame #GameDev

As long time readers will know, I’m a (blood) sucker for short horror games. I love settling down and knowing I’ll be watching the credits roll in an hour or two and will get a short blast of unsettling thrills. Combine that with the fact that The Cabin Factory costs less than half a pint of lager, and we are very much onto a winner.

I’m purposely not going into the game that much here as discovering it is where a lot of the fun lies, all you need to know is that this is a first-person 3D horror game in which you play an older lady that begins The Cabin Factory in a lift en route to the huge aeroplane hangar-like room in which she will be performing her job…checking if cabins that roll up on a conveyor belt are haunted or not. There are two buttons marked ‘danger’ and ‘clear’, and if you get eight cabins correct on the trot – you finish the game, it really is that simple.

Roadwarden Nintendo Switch 2 Review 5.5/10 "A beautiful tale crushed by performance issues" 🗺️ @MoralAnxiety #IndieGame #GameDev

I actually received Roadwarden for review last year, but had an issue when playing on my Switch, whereby the game would judder along as if it was constantly buffering – I made contact with the relevant party to inquire if this was a known issue that would be patched shortly etc. – as it made the game unplayable - and received no response, so it fell off my radar. 

It was only upon installing games on our new Switch 2 that I spotted Roadwarden and wondered if it would run more smoothly on this new console, it is after all, a text-based adventure – hardly a genre that needs a technical powerhouse! And yet…problems remain, which is a real shame as the game has so much potential.

Disco Simulator PS5 Review 7.5/10 "Can people please stop spewing on the dance floor?" 🕺🪩💃 @GamesIncubator #IndieGame #GameDev

As someone who has a partner that grew up on The Sims games, I quite fancied the idea of settling down of an evening and spending a few sessions with Disco Simulator, a game in which you run your own nightclub (I do really feel that this should have been called Nightclub Simulator, by the way, but it looks like that name was already taken). 

The game begins with a brisk tutorial that lays out the setting, you begin each scenario with certain goals in mind – reaching a certain amount of cash, hitting certain metrics etc. – and from there, you pretty much get free reign of how to run your club, from naming it through to shaking cocktails, unclogging toilets, checking tickets for entry, and ensuring that the power stays on – or will you delegate all this nonsense to your ever-growing team of staff?

Britt’s iOS Adventures #1 Dawncaster & Caves of Lore on iOS 📱⚔️ @WanderlostGames #IndieGame #GameDev

Considering how many games I play across the various console platforms (and PC, back in the day), one aspect of gaming that I have been disappointed with over the last ten years or so has been mobile gaming. As much as I like the classics being ported to mobile, I’ve always wanted to discover new single-player games, and to this end – it’s always been difficult to come across handcrafted, enjoyable experiences, having been stung in the past with games that look great, but are hampered by either micro-transactions, endless grinding, multiplayer-focused shash, or have a spark – but are unfinished, abandoned projects.

A few weeks ago, I came across a list of a few games that stood out to me and I thought I’d – again – try to get hips deep into the world of mobile gaming, initially through the medium of two games. Dawncaster, a deck-building ‘cardventure’ developed by the Netherlands-based studio Wanderlost Interactive, and Caves of Lore, an RPG in a more classic vein from solo developer Mike Robins. I have to say, these titles have both been incredible discoveries, and have reinvigorated gaming on a mobile device for me, with Dawncaster taking the place of a game that is fun to both dip in and out of as well as have lengthier session on (my four year old is also a fan, loving the character and card designs), whilst Caves of Lore really connected with me with its pixel visuals, dynamic lighting and classic, open-world sensibilities that fill the game with quests and quirks, very clearly the vision of a single individual, which makes the scope of the game all the more impressive, and the vibe very personal.

Death & Lead SEGA Mega Drive Review 7/10 "The West rises again on Sega’s best machine from the East" 🤠🏇 @Kai_MSX #IndieGame #GameDev #RetroGaming

We here at GF have been big fans of Kai Magazine Software, a Spanish development company that has brought us The Secret of the Four Winds, Life On Mars, and Metal Dragon – amongst others over the years. 

Whilst their games have had some pros and cons, the one thing that stands out about this development house for me, and keeps me extremely interested in their upcoming releases, is that they have an uncanny ability to hone in on game genres that felt under-realised on Sega’s best* home console system, as well as having the ability to make the audio shine. 

There are a handful of developer/publishers that release titles for the Mega Drive – and I genuinely adore them all – but Kai Magazine Software seems to have a little niche in that the games they create aren’t the typical sort that you’d find on the MD, and in doing so, have that frisson that brings the system alive.

G’AIM’E Plug & Play Time Crisis Light Gun System Review By Britt "A new light gun bundle for Modern TVs!" 🔫 @MyGAIME

It’s always a pleasure when tech that has fallen by the wayside gets a new lease of life, and light gun games certainly fall into that category.

A couple of years ago, I covered the fantastic Sinden light Gun, but it did require some setup and also relied on the owner’s library of games, as opposed to coming pre-packaged with anything.

The G’AIM’E light gun ‘aims’ to remedy this, and after a successful Kickstarter raised over 800k, they now have various packages available, timed in with celebrating thirty years of that classic arcade light gun shooter, Time Crisis.

Trust GXT 498P Forta Gaming Headset For PS5 ¬ Review By Britt 🎧 @TrustGaming #GXTrust

Trust have released a line of headsets licensed for PS5 in a range of colours (Nova Pink, Midnight Black, white, and Starlight Blue) that are available now!

We were sent the Nova Pink edition, which is a bright and vibrant colour that is definitely more a hot pink than baby pink. Well packaged and easy to set up, the Forta headset has a detachable mic arm and a universal 3.5mm cable that is soft, braided (thank the lord, much more practical than some stiff, plasticky cables I’ve encountered in the past), and also detachable - much preferred to hard-wired cables that can get yanked and require full unit replacements in such situations. I always find it comforting to know that cables can be replaced with my accessories, should the worst happen.

Gear Club Unlimited 3 Nintendo Switch 2 Review 6.5/10 "a fun, if slightly bland racing game"🛻🔥🔥 @Nacon @EdenGames #IndieGame #GameDev

I’m not familiar with the Gear Club Unlimited series, but after playing a few duff Switch racers recently (I look at YOU Fast & Furious) I had a hankering for a solid arcade racer, and so Eden Games’ Gear Club Unlimited 3 very much appealed, and whilst the fundamentals and moment-to-moment driving are fun with a few positive quirks, the package as a whole feels like a missed opportunity, although huge kudos up front for not trying make this a ‘hip’ game with needless bad language and cringe-inducing dialogue, ensuring that this can be enjoyed by racing fans of all ages.

Beginning with your character winning a race against his mentor and bagging a spot in the France-based racing series that make up the rest of the game, you choose your initial car from a small selection (although you can unlock 40 cars in the game) and begin your winning streak. I went with an Abarth as my wife drives a Fiat 500, so I was flying the family flag – which turned out to be a good choice for the highway sections of the game which I’ll go into later.

Let’s Journey Nintendo Switch 2 Review 5/10 "Not as idle as you’d think" 🎒 @PotionPlayer #IndieGame #GameDev

A couple of weeks ago I fancied something a little straightforward and was offered the opportunity to cover Let’s Journey. Originally released on PC in 2020, it has now found its way to the console market. 

Whilst it has its moments, due to it not being a true idle experience – requiring player interaction to proceed – it ties you to the game, and unfortunately, whilst there is a lot of content here, the lack of variety creeps in pretty quickly, and it starts to feel more of a time sink than a fun time to be had.

Carmageddon Rogue Shift PS5 Review 7.5/10 *Almost thirty years on, the Eagle revs again!* 🛻☠️ @playcarmageddon #IndieGame #GameDev

I’m very familiar with the Carmageddon franchise, the original was something incredibly unique in both its gameplay and style back upon its initial release in 1997, and the follow ups (Carmageddon II: Carpocalypse Now (1998), Carmageddon TDR (2000), and Carmageddon: Reincarnation (2015) tried to modernise the experience visually whilst retaining the same mechanics as the original, which didn’t set the gaming world alight, although those early games still had their fans. 

This newest entry - developed by 34Big Things, the minds behind the Redout series – takes things in a different direction, and whilst I can imagine it will annoy purists, whilst there are still issues, this feels like the right approach for the series at the moment, making it a more focused, linear experience as opposed to the sprawling, slightly clunky vibes of the more recent entries.

Set in 2050, the world is... well, it’s completely buggered, quite frankly. Set in a post-apocalyptic wasteland – natch – your character enters the ‘Carmageddon’ in a bid to win their freedom. The narrative is handled by graphic novel-esque cutscenes and adds to the larger-than-life feel of the whole setup and are brisk in their approach to allow players to get a quick understanding of the basic premise before getting into the meat of the game proper, the violent racing.

Taxi Chaos 2 Xbox Series X Review 7.5/10 *A sequel that steps up to the plate* 🚖🚕 @currentgamers #IndieGame #GameDev

I covered the original Taxi Chaos back in 2021, and whilst the fundamental mechanics and visuals were top-notch; the grating music, irritating voice acting, and repetition of the gameplay loop in such a flat, bland world was pretty wearing, and I awarded it 5/10 at the time. Whilst this sequel doesn’t solve all of those issues, in terms of enjoyment and polish, it’s a far better game, and a worthy sequel to the niche genre of arcade-led taxi driving action.

Beginning with much more of a story than the original – not that a story is particularly what you expect from this genre – you are Vinnie, an old school taxi driver plying his trade in a bit of a junkheap through a futuristic city wherein AI-driven ‘Taxibots’ are taking over from the classic cabbies. 

Determined to prove that humans can do a better job, Vinnie takes it upon himself to pick up the customers scattered throughout the city and surrounding areas, leaping over obstacles, swerving around hazards, taking myriad shortcuts, destroying – or avoiding! – said Taxibots and ensuring his passengers get safely to their destination.

Gulikit – TT MAX Controller Review By Britt 🎮 @GuliKitDesign

A few short months ago, we covered the Gulikit Elves 2 Pro Controller, an awesome controller with a retro Sega Saturn vibe tied to modern requirements and sensibilities. Today, I’m taking a look at the TT MAX Controller, which Gulikit state is the world’s fastest wireless controller – quite the claim!

As with the previous Gulikit controllers that I’ve covered, the packaging and delivery were faultless, with the box containing:

• 1 x GuliKit TT Max Controller (with pre-installed TMR Joysticks and 4-way/8-way D-pad)
• 1 x Form-fit Plastic Carrying Case
• 1 x HyperLink 2 Wireless Adapter (2.4G dongle)
• 1 x Extra D-pad Set (Interchangeable, often called "Saturn style" or different shape)
• 1 x Extra Stick Cap Kit (Different height options, exclusive to the Max model)
• 1 x Back Button Set (4 metal back buttons)
• 1 x Xbox-style Button Cap Kit (For ABXY layout swapping)
• 1 x Tension Adjustment Tool
• 1 x Charging Cable (USB-C)

The Jackbox Party Pack 11 Available on Steam, Xbox, PlayStation, Nintendo Switch 🎉

The pack is back! The Jackbox Party Pack 11 transports your game night with 5 new mind-bending party games. Battle monsters with team-based trivia, sleuth through social clues, destroy wholesome jokes, create the kookiest of cookies, and noise-make your way through endless timelines of fun! The Jackbox Party Pack 11 will retail for $29.99.

The Jackbox Party Pack 11 catapults you and your crew into the best timeline of party game pandemonium. Whether you’re a trivia titan, a joke mastermind, or the resident undercover detective of your friend group, there’s something for everyone in this pack. No extra controllers needed - players simply join the game and play using phones, tablets or computers!

Wreckreation XBox Series X Review 5.5/10 *Burned Out?* 🛻💥 @ArcadeDriving #IndieGame #GameDev

It’s hard to write this review as Wreckreation is clearly a labour of love from some core developers behind the much-loved Burnout franchise, and you can feel where the game could be at. 

Admittedly my personal preferences lay back when Burnout was a more linear experience – I was never taken with the open-world Burnout Paradise - but there are moments in Wreckreation in which great ideas and choices shine through, yet they always seem to either be shot down by heavier duty issues, or design choices that appear to be opposing forces during development.

Mafia: The Old Country Xbox Series X Review 6.5/10 *va bene, va bene* 🍋 @mafiagame

I missed the boat when the original Mafia: The City of Lost Heaven was fist released back in 2002, instead getting hips deep into the sequel released in 2010, of which I have incredibly fond memories of following the trials and tribulations of Vito and Joe as they make their way through the murky underworld of Empire Bay. 

The game had an incredible soundtrack, looked fantastic and had a plot that pulled me in. The sequel – Mafia III (developed by the current team, Hangar 13 – initially impressed with its technological advances, atmosphere and characters – and again, a blinding soundtrack – but for reasons I can’t recall, I sort of…fell off it somewhere along the way.

Do You Know Gaming? A Card Game Review - By Britt ⁉️🃏🎴 @lostincult #BoardGame #CardGame

A dungeon-crawling trivia card game where you & your friends must use video game knowledge to slay monsters & escape the dreaded trivia dungeon!

We at GF have been big fans of the folks at Lost In Cult for some time, as they’ve consistently shown how hips deep they are in the high quality releases that they’ve been part of  over the years since their inception in 2021, with a special shout out to Ryan Brown, who is an incredibly passionate individual that I’ve known since my ‘Kingdomofcarts’ days (may they rise again).

Speaking of Kingdomofcarts, we released a quiz book several years ago, as we love both trivia and gaming – natch – and aside from the pretty standard basic question/answer card games that are kicking around, there was very little out there that combined the mechanics of RPG gaming itself with trivia – and CAPCOM’s Quiz and Dragons is showing its age a tad (although oddly, the recently released Jackbox 11 contains a game titled ‘Legends of Trivia’ that does this, albeit using trivia genres outside of video gaming itself, yet it’s still awesome fun, and a clear highlight of that Jackbox pack) and so the chance to dive into a card game that does this very thing is saucy, trouser-removingly saucy.

GX Trust 872 Xyra TKL Mechanical Gaming Keyboard Review By Britt "Swap it like it's hot" ⌨️

Your Xyra, just the way you like it. With a hot-swappable TKL design, compatible with both 3-pin and 5-pin switches, easily swap out switches on the fly and find the ideal feel for your gaming setup

Creamy and Dreamy
Experience satisfying, creamy sounds with this gaming keyboard’s 5-pin LEOBOG Seiya linear switches. Tested for up to 60 million presses, it’s the perfect choice for gamers craving superb buttery precision.

Soak up the Sound
Specifically designed for a pleasurable gaming experience, this gasket-mounted mechanical gaming keyboard is all about dampened sound and soft-feel keystrokes – perfect for powerful (yet quiet!) gaming marathons.

Spice up your Style
Turn your desk into an RGB wonderland with the Xyra. With 12 Fn keys and full north-facing RGB, fully adjustable per-key with 16.8 million colour combinations, this is an RGB keyboard that truly matches your style.

Ready to Mod
Love to tweak your keyboard? Easily tailor your setup with this gaming keyboard’s included detachable coiled USB-A-C cable and handy 2-in-1 key & switch puller. Designed by gamers, for gamers!

Purchase Link

GXT 867 Acira 60% Mini Mechanical Gaming Keyboard ⌨️

A  60% size, wired, mechanical keyboard with RGB lighting, the Trust GXT 867 is perfect for creating extra desk room, or as a chunkier replacement for a laptop keyboard – all with included software to adjust the lighting and keys to your personal tastes.

Make every keypress count with the Acira. With mechanical Outemu linear switches tested up to 50 million key presses, this keyboard is ready to game as hard as you do.

From the Trust website:

Minimum size, maximum impact

• Ultra‑compact 60% layout for maximum mouse space and a cleaner desk.
• Outemu Red mechanical switches for fast, smooth, linear keypresses.
• Durable build tested for up to 50 million keystrokes.
• Full RGB backlighting with 16.8 million colours for custom visual flair.
• Dual‑function keys provide full‑size keyboard capability in a mini form factor.
• Customisation software included for lighting effects and key remapping.

Additional Features:

• Fn multifunction keys
• 1.8m detachable cable
• Anti‑slip, 2‑step height‑adjustable feet
• Designed for comfortable, personalised, and high‑performance gaming in a compact package.

Trust.com - GXT 867 Acira 60 Mini Gaming Keyboard

Blood: Refreshed Supply Xbox Series X Review 8/10 "Blood has been a constant in my life"🩸 @NightdiveStudio #GameDev #IndieGame

Blood has been a constant in my life, never far from my mind when favourite classic FPS titles crop up, and back in 2019 upon the release of Blood: Fresh Supply, a chunk of the team here at GF played through the game in local co-op format on hard mode in a single sesh for the glorious charity Special Effect, and what a bloody good day that was! I’m also personally a big supporter of games lost to the mists of time being released on modern consoles, so this is a great double-hander along with the recent Outlaws.

Once again telling the story of Caleb and his bullet-ridden path of revenge against his previous lord, Tchernobog and the cult of Cabal in his bid to rescue his former associates The Chosen, Blood begins with Caleb rising from the grave, pitchfork in hand to wreak havoc on his quest, which takes him through ghost towns, a circus, the arctic, hell itself, and even France (natch).

This new version features a wealth of updates, including:

• Source Code Rebuild: Built from the original code for greater accuracy and new possibilities.
• Visuals & Performance: 4K resolution, unlocked framerates (up to 120 FPS), remastered cutscenes, and optional weather effects.
• Gameplay Enhancements: Improved enemy behaviours, bug fixes, refined player movement, and support for CD/MIDI music.
• New Content: Includes Plasma Pak & Cryptic Passage add-ons, plus the Marrow episode at launch, with Death Wish planned for later.
• Multiplayer: Rewritten net code for up to 8 players, online/local co-op, and PvP modes.
• Modding & Controls: Extended mod support and fully customizable gamepad/keyboard controls.
• The Vault: A new area with cut content, concept art, unused sprites, and behind-the-scenes material

SUMMARY

The definitive way to enjoy Monolith Software’s classic, hopefully this will get a lot of folks into a game that I spent a lot of my teenage years enjoying.

I can’t imagine that Blood 2: The Chosen will get the same treatment and quite frankly, that’s absolutely fine, because it is – as the Aztecs used to say, “Not very good”.

8/10

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(also available on PC, PS4/5, Xbox One, Switch – Switch 2 in 2026)

Developer / Publisher – Nightdive Studios

Turtle Beach Rematch Wireless Controller: Mario Bricks Review By Britt "Ladies and gentlemen… we have a winner." 🎮 @TurtleBeach

I’ve covered a lot of controllers during my ten years here at The Mighty GF, and I really do have some favourites that are still with me, but the Turtle Beach Rematch Mario Bricks controller for the Switch (and Switch 2) is the controller so good that I would ‘accidentally’ drop it onto a bar just before closing time in front of a hot girl like it was the key to a Dodge Viper in order to seduce her instantly. And it would work.

In a world of so many options, wherein you can get lost in the sheer choice and amount of variables, Turtle Beach have honed in on the most appealing aspects of gaming, designing and delivering a controller that is a pure celebration of the Super Mario franchise itself. 

Put aside the fact that this features customisable back buttons, has a USB-C based rechargeable battery that lasts for up to forty hours of gameplay, and features up to 30-foot low latency wireless connection, or that the smooth thumb sticks and satisfying triggers and buttons feel like they would last years – I could say that about many controllers – but just look at it.