24/12/2020
23/12/2020
🏎️💨 80s Overdrive | Nintendo Switch | Ten Minute Taster | "Miami Vice Meets Outrun" 🏎️💨 @InsaneCode #80soverdrive #GameDev #IndieGames
22/12/2020
🏆 Rich's Games Of The Year (& Honourable Mentions) 2020 🏆 #IndieGames #GameDev #GamersUnite
21/12/2020
💰🏎️💨 Car Trader Simulator | PC | Review | Who would have thought the world of second-hand car trading could be so compelling? 💰🏎️💨 @livemotiongames @PixelHunted #GameDev #IndieGames
20/12/2020
🎮🎄 The Best Video Games Console Christmas Presents From 1979 to 2001 🎮🎄 #Retrogaming #GamersUnite
My sister got a Pong machine in the early 80s for Christmas and I can barely remember it but after that Christmas, I was always eager for a Christmas video game or a console to be popped into my Christmas stocking.
There was the classic Christmas when I was desperate for a ZX Spectrum +2 but Dad got me an ATARI XEGS but I loved it!
Christmas is a great time for a gamer as you seem to get that bit of extra downtime to play your new games before your next helping of cold turkey in a roll.
Let's kick off our Christmas look by hurtling back in time to December 1979...
19/12/2020
😎🎮 Britt's Brief Bulletin | Mini Review | Pixel Ripped 1995 | 8/10 | "A joyous jaunt in a virtual, ‘90s world" 😎🎮 @PixelRipped #GameDev #IndieGames #PSVR
18/12/2020
🏆 Britt’s Games of the Year (& Honourable Mentions) 2020 🏆 #IndieGames #GameDev #GamersUnite
This year has been a bit of a different one for me in that some titles that really drew me in were quite flawed and so playing through them was occasionally a bittersweet experience but they made a mark that I can’t ignore.
This isn’t a ‘top ten’ list in any order but rather a list of games that still spring to mind as we approach the end of a pretty challenging and tumultuous year.
Weather-wise, it’s a miserable day here in Cardiff so to brighten things up, let’s talk video games.
17/12/2020
🪔🧞♀️ Wonder Boy Asha in Monster World Coming 2021 🪔🧞♀️ @ININ_Games
ININ Games and STUDIOARTDINK have announced the pre-order start of three limited editions for Wonder Boy: Asha in Monster World.
All three limited editions are available for PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch, exclusively via the Strictly Limited Games Partner Store.
The limited editions as well as the retail editions of Wonder Boy: Asha in Monster World will be released in 2021.
16/12/2020
⚔️🛡️ Oceanhorn 2: Knights of the Lost Realm | Review | Nintendo Switch | "A solid title that just misses the mark, for me" ⚔️🛡️ @cornfox #IndieGames #GameDev
Game Title: Oceanhorn 2: Knights of the Lost Realm
Platform Reviewed: Switch
Rating: 6.5/10
I’m always dubious about mobile ports to the Switch, having been burned by some pretty lazy examples in the past. With Oceanhorn 2, however, I was so taken by the trailer that I had to have a crack at it, as I fancied an open-world adventure that I could play on the move (well…in bed).
Whilst the game is pretty, runs well and appears to tick all the boxes, it, unfortunately, felt a touch bland and as such, I couldn’t get fully hips deep in the experience.
🎮 9 Video Game Features That Hook Gamers for Hours 🎮
Source: Pexel
Since COVID, online and mobile games are the most common way of leisure in 2020.
People are either tuned to their mobile screens or their gaming consoles for hours on games that are simple yet fun.
Ever wondered what keeps people tuned to their gaming devices?
Why do they spend so much time playing games?
And most importantly, what makes games like Flappy Bird create new gaming records?
In this article, we are going to discuss some of the most tempting game features that make people play an online game for endless hours.
Let's get started.
15/12/2020
👾🛸 Space Invaders Forever | Nintendo Switch | Review | "Time To Blast Those Invaders FOREVER!" 👾🛸 #SpaceInvaders
14/12/2020
💻 FUZE4 | Nintendo Switch | Ten Minute Taster | "Nintendo Switch Coding 4 All" 💻 @FUZEArena #GameDev #IndieGames
13/12/2020
🎮🕹️💰 The Ultimate Games Freezer Retro Console & Computers eBay Sold Prices Guide 🎮🕹️💰 #RetroGaming #GamersUnite
I'm always on the lookout for retro gaming related items to buy, even though I haven't really got the room and I generally settle for emulation over physical hardware due to space constraints.
But sometimes I just like looking around eBay and fantasising about owning an AMSTRAD CPC and playing football manager 2 on it all day long.
12/12/2020
⛏️ Death Tales | Nintendo Switch | Ten minute Taster | "Cometh The Reaper" ⛏️ @ArcadeDistiller #GameDev #IndieGames
11/12/2020
⚔️🐲 Outward | Ten Minute Taster | PART II | PC Gameplay | "Lets Make A Character" ⚔️🐲 @deepsilver #GameDev #IndieGames
10/12/2020
⚔️🔥🍗 OUTWARD | Ten Minute Taster | PART I | PC | "Buckle Up For An Old School Adventure!" ⚔️🔥🍗 @Outwardgame #outwardgame #IndieGames #GameDev
09/12/2020
🎄🎁 Geeky Christmas Jumpers From Numskull | "Willy Wonka & Sonic The Hedgehog Join Forces!" 🎄🎁 @NumskullDesigns
08/12/2020
🎮🎮 XBOX SERIES X & S VENOM Single Dock Charging Station | Unboxing & Impressions 🎮🎮
XBOX SERIES X & S VENOM Single dock charging station complete with rechargeable battery pack
Powerful 850Mah rechargeable battery pack offers fast efficient charging and up to 15 hours of gameplay off one full charge
Drop and go design removes the need to connect fiddly wires
Designed to aesthetically complement the Xbox One series x console
front LED charge indicator glows red when charging before turning Green when power is fully Restored
Includes Detachable 2 metre USB cable to allow flexible placement
additional rear USB port to allow charging of other devices
Continues to charge when the console is placed in standby mode
Affiliate Link: https://amzn.to/3q3RxwO
07/12/2020
🐲 Bubble Bobble 4 Friends | The Baron Is Back | Ten-minute Taster | "Pop Some Bubbles With Bub N Bob" 🐲 @TAITO
06/12/2020
🌉 Bridge Constructor The Walking Dead | PS4 | Ten Minute Taster | Zombie Lemmings 🌉 @HeadupGames #BCTWD #IndieGames #GameDev
05/12/2020
☢️🪓 Endzone: A World Apart | Ten minute Taster | Gameplay | Part 2 | Tutorial ☢️🪓 @AssembleTeam #GameDev #IndieGames
04/12/2020
🛠️☢️ Endzone: A World Apart | Ten Minute Taster | PC | PART 1 "It's Time To Rebuild The World" ☢️🛠️ @AssembleTeam #IndieGames #GameDev
03/12/2020
🧠 Observer : System Redux | Gameplay | No Commentary | "Eat Their Dreams!" 🧠 @BlooberTeam #GameDev #IndieGames
Observer: System Redux
EAT THEIR DREAMS
Using a device known as the Dream Eater, hack into the minds of the dead and dying to relive their final moments, to explore their fears and obsessions. Delve into these twisted neural mazes and search for clues that will help you find the elusive killer. But beware: the deeper you go, the greater the risk of losing your own sanity.
02/12/2020
🧠 Observer: System Redux | Ten Minute Taster | PART II 🧠 @BlooberTeam #IndieGames #GameDev
BECOME A NEURAL DETECTIVE
You play as Daniel Lazarski, an elite investigator of the future portrayed by late cyberpunk icon Rutger Hauer. As an Observer, you hack into the minds of suspects to extract clues and evidence. Anything they felt, thought, or remembered can and will be used to solve your case.
01/12/2020
🧟♂️ Outbreak: The Nightmare Chronicles | Review | Nintendo Switch | "claustrophobic, early survival horror tropes return" 🧟♂️ @deaddropstudios #GameDev #IndieGames
Game Title: Outbreak: The Nightmare Chronicles
Developer: Dead Drop Studios LLC
Platform Reviewed: Switch
Having recently played the preceding titles in Dead Drop Studios LLC’s Outbreak series, I was keen to see how the third entry would play out. As it turns out, this is more akin to the first in the series – Outbreak: The New Nightmare – in that the fixed camera angles and more claustrophobic, early survival horror tropes return.
This is a good thing, though, as the studio has improved on a lot of irritations from that early game, although some issues do remain.
30/11/2020
🕹️ Britt Interviews: Robbie Collin - "Chief Film Critic At The Telegraph and Commodore 64 Le Mans Player At The Age Of 3" 🕹️ @robbiereviews #RetroGaming
Being chief film critic at The Telegraph for almost a decade, Robbie Collin certainly knows his Akira Kurosawa from his Al Cliver but I had no idea that he was also a fan of video games.
In a recent Twitter post, Robbie shared a picture of his children playing Daytona USA at The Heart of Gaming in London (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Heart_of_Gaming) – good – and I leapt upon the opportunity to learn about a totally different facet of his life.
A facet completely removed from his career of film criticism, a facet in which, instead of looking at a screen, he looks at a screen whilst also moving his thumbs slightly.
29/11/2020
🕵️♀️ Observer : System Redux | PC | Ten Minute Taster | "The Neural Detective Is Back" 🕵️♀️ @BlooberTeam #IndieGames #GameDev
The year is 2084.
In a dark cyberpunk world shattered by plagues and wars, become a neural detective and hack into the minds of others.
Rebuilt and augmented for the next-generation, Observer: System Redux is the definitive vision of one of the most acclaimed cyberpunk stories in games.
27/11/2020
🍕 Lunch-a-Palooza Review By Lee, A & J | "Although there's no shortage of colourful party games at the moment, I'm always up for another one." 🍕 @AlternSoftware #GameDev #IndieGames
Although there's no shortage of colourful party games at the moment, I'm always up for another one.
In the far distant past when we were still allowed within a mile of our friends, a group of us would often get together and swear at each other while playing Heave Ho, Jackbox, and Wario Ware.
So I approached Lunch-a-Palooza expecting another one for the rotation.
🏹 Foregone | Review | Nintendo Switch | "it plays like a more focused, 2D Metroidvania" 🏹 @BigBlueBubble #GameDev #IndieGames
☠️ GTFO | EARLY ACCESS | Review By Dr Congo Fighting "Work Together OR Die together" ☠️ @TenChambers #IndieGames #GameDev
OK, so let’s get the first bit out of the way.
The game’s name is an acronym. I know what it stands for, you know what it stands for, but this is a civilised place, so let’s just keep it to ourselves, eh?
💰 Who Wants To Be A Millionaire | Review Switch | "Time To Phone A Friend!" 💰 @Microids_off #IndieGames #GameDev
Who Wants to be a Millionaire - 6/10
26/11/2020
🐶⚡️ Double Pug Switch | PS4 | Ten Minute Taster | "Pugs To The Power Of Two" 🐶⚡️ #GameDev #IndieGames
In Double Pug Switch, you take control of the Pug Otis, the loyal companion of the Professor! After an accident in the Professor’s lab involving the mischievous cat Whiskers and some Portal Fluids, Otis and Whiskers are sucked into an alternate dimension.
25/11/2020
🐜 Britt's Brief Bulletin PART III | Flea! | Dreamcast Review 🐜 @Wallmasterr #IndieGames #GameDev
Game Title: Flea!
Developer: Lowteck Games
Platform Reviewed: Dreamcast (also available on Steam and NES)
I absolutely adore new releases on older systems, especially when they are as great as this one.
24/11/2020
🤓 Britt's Brief Bulletin PART II | Angry Video Game Nerd I & II Deluxe | Nintendo Switch 🤓 @FreakZoneGames #GameDev #IndieGames
Game Title: AVGN1&2 Deluxe
Developer: FreakZone Games
Platform Reviewed: Switch
Rating: 9/10
As a casual fan of the Angry Video Game Nerd since around the late noughties, I was quite looking forward to the release of the game based on his exploits, although I had no idea what to expect.
The 2013 AVGN game and 2016 sequel came out on PC and were very much what was needed, a tongue-in-cheek take on the platforming genre that was so well designed that it was clearly going to appeal to people outside of the AVGN fan-base, it was a great, challenging game that didn’t outstay its welcome.
My lasting memories were of awesome music, frustration and satisfaction in perfectly equal measure and a sense of fun; I had an awesome time with them.
📯⚔️ Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla | Review | PS4 | "A Game That Definitely Gives Me The (Viking) Horn" ⚔️📯 @UbisoftMTL @Ubisoft_UK #AssassinsCreedValhalla
Game Title: Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla
Developer: Ubisoft Montreal
Platform Reviewed: PS4 (base)
My personal history with the Assassin’s Creed series is pretty chequered, I played the original but didn’t really click with it and, following this, the constant releases, spin-offs and other media just alienated me slightly as the lore seemed to get ever-more dense.
I did dip back in with Black Flag on the PS3 at a friend’s suggestion but it seemed to run pretty sluggishly and once again, I didn’t connect with it.
It was actually earlier this year during lockdown that the stars aligned and teased me once again with the franchise.
My brother mentioned how much fun he was having with Odyssey and heartily recommended it just as I was after an open-world RPG to lose myself in (after completing The Witcher 3 for the second time as well as Kingdom Come: Deliverance) plus my fiancée was somewhat obsessed with the various soundtracks on Spotify, I was being attacked from all directions and so I decided once again to give it a try, and I’m glad I did.
23/11/2020
💻🎮 My Favourite Online Games 💻🎮
The gaming market is bigger than ever before, and that's especially true of the indie scene. For gamers that are sick of battle royales and Souls-likes, that's a refreshing promise.
But the constant flow of new indie and AAA games can be overwhelming if you aren't following it studiously.
But with 2020 coming to a close, here are the online games you should be paying attention to.
🧟♂️ Britts Brief Bulletin PART I | Outbreak Epidemic | Review | PS4 | 🧟♂️ @deaddropstudios #GameDev #IndieGames
In this edition of BBB, I’ll be revisiting an old favourite from 2013 / 2016 in Angry Video Game Nerd Adventures 1 &2 as they teleport back into my life on console as a deluxe edition, getting hips deep on a new Dreamcast (panic not, it’s also available on Steam and NES. Good) title called Flea! as well as diving into the new Dead Drop Studios LLC console release, Outbreak: Epidemic.
22/11/2020
🎙️ Z-Software Talks To Games Freezer | Dev Interview | 🎙️ @zsoftware #IndieGames #GameDev
21/11/2020
🚓 Autobahn Police Simulator 2 | Review | XBOX | "Some great ideas and moments hamstrung by severe technical issues" 🚓 @zsoftware #GameDev #IndieGames
Game Title: Autobahn Police Simulator 2
Platform reviewed: XBOX ONE
Whilst the score I’m giving Autobahn Police Simulator 2 isn’t numerically high, I want to come out of the gate by stating that I enjoyed my time with the game and really look forward to seeing where the series goes next. Under the myriad of problems that exist, there is a really tasty game here, begging to be let out.
20/11/2020
⚔️💥 No more Heroes | Remastered | Review | Nintendo Switch | "Katanas R Us!" ⚔️💥 @marvelous_games #GameDev #IndieGames
🌳😱 Someday You'll Return | PC | Ten Minute Taster | "Mr Angry In A Forest" 🌳😱 @CBEsoftware #GameDev #IndieGames
https://store.steampowered.com/app/840370/Someday_Youll_Return
19/11/2020
✍️ Britt’s Brief Bulletin: Postal Redux – 7/10 ✍️ #IndieGames #GameDev
A selection of games in this bulletin, from the shooty-shooty-bang-bang of Postal Redux to the quizzical quandaries of Who Wants to be a Millionaire via some 32-bit stylings, courtesy of Metroidvania-lite, Foregone.
🧁🧟♂️ Undead Darlings: No Cure For Love | Nintendo Switch | Review | "Zombie Girlfriend Simulator 2020" 🧁🧟♂️ @UndeadDarlings #GameDev #IndieGames
It’s a game that brings a smirk to your face through its goofy humour and its oddball storyline and it’s keeping me coming back for more of the same.
It’s a good mix of a Japanese visual novel-style storytelling with a heavy splash of dungeon crawling and a sprig of turn-based RPG lite combat. Bake that in an oven with battling cupcakes that are actually zombified creatures that were possessed by a mysterious virus and you get a gloriously ridiculous video game plot that kinda works...you still with me?
18/11/2020
⚔️ 🏰 The Dungeon Of Naheulbeuk : The Amulet Of Chaos | PC | Ten Minute Taster "D&D Just For Me" ⚔️ 🏰 @DearVillagers #GameDev #IndieGames
Step into the wacky heroic fantasy universe of the Dungeon of Naheulbeuk.
Lead a team of unlikely and clumsy heroes in an epic and challenging tactical RPG.
Live an adventure filled with humour, surprises and silly encounters.
17/11/2020
🎰 "The First-Ever Retro Slot Machines Review" 🎰 #RetroGaming
There’s a side of retro gaming from the arcades scene that probably doesn’t get enough coverage and that is Retro Slot Machines from the ’80s and ’90s.
Whilst taking a retrogaming trip down memory lane my first thoughts will normally drift towards the likes of the Golden Axe arcade and Outrun games of the ’80s and the NBA Jam cabinets of the ’90s.
But nestled at the back of every arcade was and still is those fruit machines from the past that are forever etched in our memories with their flashing lights and awesome artwork emblazoned across the front of them.
As a kid, I was allowed to play the 10p slot machines and the 2p OXO machines and then as I grew up and visited pubs and bars more often I would play a few goes on the pub and kebab shop machines whilst waiting for my mates to get the drinks in.
So, which retro slot machines get my nostalgia gland working overtime?
Well, let’s see if I can give you 5 of the best retro slot machines from my childhood and teenage years so as you can see how far we’ve come from these retro slot machines right up until today’s online slots and you’ll also see how very similar to online slots these legends of the slots world are!
♟️ Superliminal | PC | Ten Minute Taster | "Giant Chess Pieces Mess With Your Mind" ♟️ #IndieGames #GameDev @pillowcastle
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🕹️ GAME LINK:🕹️
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1049410/Superliminal/
🎙️❄️ "Please Subscribe, Like & STAY FROSTY!" ❄️🎙️
16/11/2020
🌞🏚️ Sunshine Manor Prologue | PC | Ten Minute Taster | "8 Bit Halloween" 🌞🏚️ @Fossil_Games #IndieGames #GameDev
Sunshine Manor is a horror adventure game that's inspired by the famous horror movies of the 1980s.
You play as Ada whose night of trick or treating turns into a night of terror when she becomes trapped inside the old Aitken Manor.
Use Ada's latent psychic powers to battle all kinds of fiendish demons, solve puzzles and maybe even defeat the omnipresent Shadow Man….who is watching your every move!