Author: Tom Wilson
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Bright Lancer: A Short, Beautiful Roguelike With a Lot of Potential
“Hyper Light Drifter meets Hades” is a tantalizing prospect, and while Bright Lancer ends perhaps a little too soon, it certainly meets the expectations set by Slo Nod. Bright Lancer is a top-down, movement-orientated action game where you play a mysterious, purple-hooded figure with a lance. Although it can get slightly repetitive, you explore luscious…
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Interview with the Whisperer: A Short, Engaging Narrative – PC Review
Interview With The Whisperer has a simple premise. You play Robin, a journalist who visits the Galician countryside to interview Manuel Fateria, an older man who has built a machine that he claims communicates with God. As a player, all you do is type questions, any question, to try and dig information from Manuel, and…
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Lofi Ping Pong: The Perfect Pick-Up-and-Play Game – Switch Review
I don’t remember the last time I played ping pong, and I hardly ever listen to lo-fi music. In all honesty, I expected Lofi Ping Pong to be an almost entirely different game. Initially, I expected a Mario Tennis styled game with a lo-fi soundtrack. I went in wanting something chill and instead came out…
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Xenoblade Chronicles 3: Will it Suck?
Over the past few months, I seem to have lost my love for video games. It’s a strange and deeply upsetting feeling to have fallen out of love with something that has been a part of your life for so long, but alas, as time has moved on like the free-flowing stream, it is; I,…
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How I Learned To Love Couch Co-op and Stop Worrying About Lockdown
I find myself longing for co-op and feeling more and more alone the longer the pandemic continues to rampage across the globe. To make myself feel comforted by the presence of others, I switch the TV on, turn the volume up, and nestle up nicely in bed with my eyes glued to my Nintendo Switch’s…
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The Psychology Behind a Video Game Backlog
When I was a child I went with my mother to the supermarket to get some dessert. When we arrived the man behind the counter asked me what it was that I wanted. I gazed at all the delicious, mouth-watering goodies displayed along the seemingly endless counter and when I had finally finished perusing, I…