Side-scrolling shooters, man. I have a complicated relationship with the genre ever since I first played Green Beret on my mate's Commodore 64 around 1988. I still have something approaching PTSD from Super Probotector on the SNES (incidentally, I have played it recently and I'm still awful at it 30 years later). I can still remember the cheat and the theme music from Midnight Resistance on the Amiga.
23/06/2021
🦆🦢 Mighty Goose | Review | Nintendo Switch | 7/10 | "Side-scrolling shooters, man. I have a complicated relationship with the genre" 🦆🦢 @rilemtwit @BlastmodeGames #IndieGames #GameDev
22/06/2021
🚀 Space Engineers | PC | Gameplay | "Hardspace Meets Satisfactory Meets No Man's Sky Meets Minecraft Meets Mass Effect!" 🚀 @SpaceEngineersG #IndieGames #GameDev
Space Engineers is a sandbox game about engineering, construction, exploration and survival in space and on planets.
Players build space ships, space stations, planetary outposts of various sizes and uses, pilot ships and travel through space to explore planets and gather resources to survive.
21/06/2021
🥋 Kung Fu Jesus | PC | Gameplay | "Kung Fu Krazy!" 🥋 @kungfujesusgame #GameDev #IndieGames
Join Kung Fu Jesus on a psychedelic, genre-busting beat 'em up set in a madcap world where organized crime, alternate dimensions, and hardcore martial arts converge. From the seedy underworld to the spiritual plane and beyond – nothing is as it seems in Kung Fu Jesus!
20/06/2021
🕵️♂️ Lacuna | A Sci-Fi Noir Adventure | PC | Gameplay 🕵️♂️ @digitales_games #IndieGames #GameDev
19/06/2021
🧛♀️🩸🗡️ Bloodrayne 1 & 2 : Terminal Cut | PC | Gameplay | "Cut Cut Jiggle Feed" 🧛♀️🩸🗡️ @playziggurat #IndieGames #GameDev
18/06/2021
🎙️ EPOS B20 Microphone | GF Recommended | "The Yeti Hunter" 🎙️ @eposaudiogaming
17/06/2021
🎧👂 Gioteck TX70 Wireless Headset Review | GF Recommended | "A comfortable, robust and chunky-sounding headset at a competitive price" 🎧👂 @GioteckArmy #GamingHeadset
Having covered- and been impressed by – the Gioteck TX50 a few months back, I was looking forward to reviewing this new, wireless headset from Gioteck.
Featuring similar design points to the TX50, whilst this version is superior in some respects, you’ll really feel the benefits more as a PlayStation or PC user, although the TX70 does cater for all modern systems.
16/06/2021
🐶🐻 Hokko Life | PC | Ten Minute Taster | Part 2 | "Still Not Animal Crossing...or is it?" 🐶🐻 @hokkolife #IndieGames #GameDev
15/06/2021
🦒🦁 Hokko Life | Ten minute Taster | PC | Part 1 | "This isn't Animal Crossing....honest!" 🦒🦁 @hokkolife @robbodev #IndieGames #GameDev
Hop off the train and into your new life in the village of Hokko!
Take over the old workshop and get creative; use crafted materials and design everything in town! With complete creative freedom, what type of town will you build?
14/06/2021
⚔️🩸⚔️ Chivalry 2 | PC | Ten minute Taster | "Chop , Chop , Stab, Riposte!" ⚔️🩸⚔️ @Chivalry2Game #IndieGames #GameDev
13/06/2021
🌳⛏️📻 The Magnificent Trufflepigs | PC | Ten Minute Taster | "A Gentle Stroll In The Field With Walkie Talkies" 📻⛏️🌳 @ThunkdGames #IndieGames #GameDev
The Magnificent Trufflepigs is a first-person, romantic, metal-detecting game.
It combines laid-back detecting and exploration with a strong narrative, all set in the beautiful English countryside.
It’s a game about trying to find something.
12/06/2021
🌵⚔️ Ittle Dew 2+ | Nintendo Switch | Review | 8.5/10 | "A Bigger Sequel That Keeps The Ideas Coming" 🌵⚔️ @Ludosity #IndieGames #GameDev
I adored the original Ittle Dew when I played it back in 2019, a really punchy top-down game with clear roots in early Zelda titles, a focus on fiendish puzzling and very open to newcomers to the genre. Top this off with the charming design, lilting music and a fun cast of characters – it was a winner.
11/06/2021
💎 Super Rare Games Announces Super Rare Shorts - A Brand New Label of Physical-Only Releases 💎 #IndieGames #GameDev
😱 🎼 Song of Horror | PS4 | Review | 6/10 | "Slightly Off-Key" 🎼😱 @RaiserGames #IndieGames #GameDev
Song of Horror is my third review on the trot that is set in the horror genre. I recently reviewed Outbreak: Endless Nightmare and Resident Evil: Village, one is front-running for my game of the year, the other is in my ‘Top 3 Worst Games That I've Ever Played’ list, so Song of Horror has a lot or little to live up to.
Would it join the good or the bad… or would it be like the famous spaghetti western, The Good, The Bad and The Ugly?
🕹️🎮 A Study Reveals The '90s Nintendo Games & '90s Toys That Are Now Worth A Fortune 🕹️🎮 #RetroGaming
You can’t put a price on busting open the plastic box on a He-Man figure or tearing off the tag from your new Beanie Baby….Except maybe when that price is $50,000.
Rare, well-preserved toys from the 1990s are worth a mint in 2021. Were you the type of kid who showed cardboard no mercy? Or did you spare a thought for future (broke) you?
Following TheToyZone’s look at the most valuable LEGO sets, the team decided to find the most expensive toys from the ‘90s – a golden age for childhood swag.
Here’s a look at the top ten most expensive '90s toys on the market today:
From Tamagotchis to Furbies, TheToyZone team discovered the most valuable toys for a variety of brands.
To put this project together, they looked up the toys and their prices on Mavin.
The team recorded the name of the toy, the price it sold for, and the year of release (as reported by the seller). Only toys sold individually (as opposed to in sets or multiples) were included.
For each toy line, up to 10 most expensive toys were included. The final list consists of 343 toys, all released in the 1990s.
10/06/2021
🐖 The Magnificent Trufflepigs | PC | Review | 6/10 | "The Pinnacle of Games About Trundling Through English Countryside" 🐖 @ThunkdGames #IndieGames #GameDev
Some developers have made a career of mastering a single genre: Jeff Minter and psychedelic shooters, Hideo Kojima and stealth action, Warren Spector and the immersive sim. Now you can add Andrew Crenshaw to that list, as The Magnificent Trufflepigs proves he’s at the very pinnacle of games about trundling very slowly through the English countryside.
09/06/2021
🕵️ Pecaminosa | Review | Nintendo Switch |7/10 | "Pass me that Mack Daniels, Thin Lizzy" 🕵️ @Pecaminosagame #GameDev #IndieGames
Heavy on the pop culture references, smoky jazz and cigarettes, Pecaminosa is a game that really sucked me in hard, like the first cigarette of the morning along with a hot cup of coffee but it did lose focus in the latter sections, maybe all that whisky started to make things a bit wobbly...
08/06/2021
🐦 A Short Hike (& Vinyl soundtrack) | Review | Nintendo Switch | 9.5/10 | "An Awesome Slice of Whimsical Freedom" 🐦 @adamgryu #IndieGames #GameDev
A Short Hike was a game that passed me by upon release. During my recent run of various articles and interviews with those involved in VGM, I struck up a conversation with Stumpy Frog Records (awesome guy) when purchasing The Cat Lady (awesome record, awesome game) and ended up receiving the soundtrack for A Short Hike*.
During the brief period that the record was in transit, I took the opportunity to play A Short Hike so that I had context for the accompanying vinyl soundtrack and the stars really aligned here, as I ended up having a memorable couple of hours with a real gem of a game that I heartily recommend.
🥊💥 5 Of the Best Beat ‘Em Up Games for Your PC 🥊💥
Beat ‘em ups, or so it would seem, are timeless; sitting down, grabbing your console or getting your fighting fingers at the ready on your PCs keyboard, and beating the virtual living daylights out of someone, appears not to have gone out of fashion. Selecting a badass character, getting into their mindset and wiping out opponent after opponent, is fun and harmless, and can help you vent your pent-up aggression in a safe and socially acceptable manner!
07/06/2021
💥 Huntdown | Review | PC | 9/10 | "Buy This Game" 💥 @HuntdownGame #IndieGames #GameDev
So, here goes.