September was a month of winners and losers… Actually, it was mainly a month of losers. Alex Green rounds up all of the biggest stories from the last month.
Pumpkin Spice 2021 | House of The Dead Is The Perfect Horror Game For Cowards Like Me
Horror games are great! They’re gory, campy, fun and creepy. But Marie Pritchard has a bone to pick with the genre. Why do they have to be so damn scary?
What are scaredy-cats like her and us to do?
Load up House of the Dead, that’s what!
My Series S Was Supposed to Be My Magic Game Pass Machine. So, Why Did I Just Buy a Series X?
Human’s are strange and complex creatures. Why do we have a favourite pair of socks? Why do we fall in love? Why do we need to sleep?
But most importantly, why did Najib Hassan feel compelled to buy an Xbox Series X less than a year after he bought a Series S?
Preview | Honey, I Joined A Cult - Early Access... To a Higher Plane
Some people have called startmenu a cult. To which I say, “YOU DARE QUESTION THE ARCH-GAMER?!”
A-anyway, we are delighted to welcome Ruddy Celestial to the site to preview Honey, I Joined A Cult.
Preview | Lost Epic - I Think I Need A Map...
The 2D Metroidvania genre is a crowded market nowadays. On top of that, the 2D air-juggling-action-anime Metrovandia with cooking-sim elements genre is also a crowded market. Video games are odd, so is LOST EPIC and Jason Coles is here to let us know if it is any good also.
Review | Axiom Verge - Happ's Harzard
Can lightning really strike twice? And if so, can someone capture it in a bottle both times?
Jon Simpson is back to let us know if Tom Happ has done just that with Axiom Verge 2.
Alex Orona and Super GG Radio’s Best Betas From the First Half of 2021
Despite there still being a global pandemic going on, we have not been short on quality video games to play. But if the current slate of releases isn’t your cup of tea Alex Orona is here to break down the best betas and previews for games coming soon.
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Here's a Rundown of Everything Sony's PlayStation Showcase [09/09/2021]
Venom, KOTOR, cars, new worlds, the birth of a DILF iconic and a washed-up writer? Yeah, there was a lot to talk about from Sony’s latest showcase and who better to cover it than startmenu’s very own washed-up writer Ollie.
Review | Golf Club: Wasteland - Under Par, Post-Apocalypse
The world is dead.
LET’S PLAY PUTT-PUTT!
Kate Robinson lets us know just how fun it is to golf through a dying world in Golf Club: Wasteland.
Review | Evolution - Life... Um... Finds a Way
Board games often struggle to make the transition to video games. However, if any game can adapt itself self you would think it would be Evolution, no? We welcome Issy van der Velde back to the site to see if this game can survive the Winter.
Review | Necrobarista: Final Pour - A Damn Fine Cup of Coffee
You ever go to a coffee shop and it is so good you instantly want to visit it again? Well, good news, The Terminal is open for business again and Oisín Kuhnke thinks Necobarista’s Trip Advisor rating is going to be rather good.
Why Are We All Not Talking About Mythic Quest Right Now?
The only thing the video game industry loves more than discourse about the video game industry is reviewing things. So Kate Robinson is mushing those two things together and reviewing the first two seasons of Ubisoft’s Mythic Quest while also asking, “Where’s the discourse?”
Review | Cloud Gardens - Beautiful Weeds
Sometimes it is hard to review a game because you don’t have much to say about it. Sometimes it is near impossible because you have too much to talk about. Can you guess which is was for Joshua Jarrett’s review of Cloud Gardens?
Update Patch | August 2021
Last month felt like the beginning of a long reckoning and so it felt very strange to be “celebrating games” this month with Gamescom. Alex Green is back to help us run this strange gambit of news.
Preview | Back 4 Blood (Closed Beta) - When a Door Closes a Beta Opens
There are hordes of co-op multiplayer shooters right now, so we got Mattew John McCormick back in to let us know if Back 4 Blood looks like it will survive this wave.
Review | Boyfriend Dungeon - Hitting it Off!
There certainly are a lot of great dungeon-crawlers out these days, so it takes a lot to stand out. Which is why Boyfriend Dungeon boldly askes, “What if you could bang your sword?” For that reason and more Jamie A. Nicholas CHOO-CHOO-CHOOSES Kitfox’s new game.
Review | Garden Story - Ripe and in Season
We are not going to make “that” grape pun but Oisín Kuhnke thinks that Garden Story is BERRY good and you should make a DATE out of playing it… In fact they have almost nothing to WINE about… Too far?
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Here's a Rundown of Everything At Bungie's The Witch Queen Showcase [24/08/2021]
If I know one thing about Destiny, it is that everyone who plays Destiny loves Destiny.
If I know another thing about Destiny, it is that I have NO IDEA WHAT IS GOING ON IN DESTINY ANYMORE!
So we brought in resident Guardian, Jon Simpson, to round up everything at Bungie’s first livestream for The Witch Queen DLC.
Preview | Tails of Iron - Souls-like Mischief
Rats get a hard time. Unfairly so. For that reason, Odd Bug Studio decided to make the star of its new 2D souls-like a loveable rodent… Wait that sounds like a really mean thing to do? James Troughton lets us know if rat lovers will be delighted or mortified to play Tails of Iron.
Video Games Still Have a (Body) Image Problem
Video games don’t have a great history of portraying realistic bodies and despite years of change, Jamie A. Nicholas believes the industry still struggles to present anything other than buff men.