We could write a spiffy strapline, but honestly, November was a pretty grim month for the video game industry. Alex Green is here to make sure you are up to date on everything that happened.
Dave McAdam Says Carry On My Wayward Guardians | Winter Spectacular 2021
What could sum up the holiday season better than someone making a bunch of dad-rock jokes when they are meant to be having a serious conversation? Anyway, on a totally separate note Dave McAdam is here to tell you why you shouldn’t hold out for a hero. Instead, don’t worry, be happy.
Henry Stockdale’s Four Tips for Jumping Into Full-Time Freelance Journalism | Winter Spectacular 2021
It tough old gig, and even though he’s only been at it for a year and a bit Henry Stockdale already has plenty of things he wishes someone had told him before he made the jump to freelancing full-time.
Objection! Ruth Cassidy Asks What Even Is a GOTY, Anyway? | Winter Spectacular 2021
Rules are made to be broken and a Game of The Year can be whatever you damn want it to be. At least according to Ruth Cassidy… and we tend to agree!
2021 Has Taken Marie Pritchard Out of Her Gaming Comfort-zone | Winter Spectacular 2021
Video games are a comfort for many of us, but there comes a time when you need to step outside of the reassuring safe zone and try something different. Marie Pritchard pushed her gaming tastes this year and has discovered many a fine virtual cuisine!
Games Sam Harrison Wishes He Played in 2021 | Winter Spectacular 2021
Time makes fools of us all and video game backlogs make fools of time. We welcome Sam Harrison to the site to let us know all the best games of the year… that he didn’t play.
KillJoy's Vtubing Rollercoaster | Winter Spectacular 2021
2021 felt more like an arduous trek than anything else in many ways. KillJoy certainly had his fair share of challenges but he sure has ended up in a pretty damn cool place if we say so ourselves.
What Khee Hoon Chan Learned From Six Exhausting Years of Freelancing | Winter Spectacular 2021
You can do a lot in six years, you can also learn a lot of lessons, Khee Hoon Chan certainly has, and they want to share some of those lessons with you.
Review | To The Rescue - Who Let The Dogs In?
Dog’s are great. Video games are great. So it stands to reason that a video game about loving dogs would also be great. Amy Eastland is here to let us know if To The Rescue is worth a scratch behind the ears!
Review | Gang Beasts (Switch) - With Friends Like These
You know Gang Beasts. You have probably played Gang Beasts. If not, you have DEFINITELY watched people play Gang Beasts.
Gang Beasts is great. But how does it hold up on the Switch? Ruddy Celestial investigates.
Review | Gloomhaven - Better Than Board-fore
Despite modern-day RPGs owing most of their existence to tabletop games, it is very rare for board games migrated to PC or Console to feel that great.
That is why Dave McAdam is delighted that the board game of the moment has managed to make the leap from the table to the screen so well.
Review (Early Access) | Festival Tycoon - Ride High, Sell Low
Remember when people used to gather in large groups and listen to music? Well with Festival Tycoon you can re-live the glory days of pre-2020 by camping out in the mud, losing your ID and credit card and getting food poisoning from dodgy hotdogs… Ok, it might not let you do all that but Marie Pritchard still thinks this game has promise.
Update Patch | October
October felt like it arrived out of nowhere and then left as if it lasted for three months. That means that there was also three months of news to catch up on, right?
We should check with Alex Green and see if this maths checks out.
Review | Foxhole - I'm Doing My Part
War may never change, but video games certainly do. So that begs the question, why haven’t they managed to capture the sheer scale and brutality of conflict yet?
Well, Jamie A. Nicholas thinks that there is a game that finally has. Foxhole.
Pumpkin Spice 2021 | The Best Haunted House in Games is a Space Ship
Games are full of haunted houses. Hell, one of gaming biggest franchises is just a synonym for the concept. So it might come as a surprise that video game’s greatest residence of evil is actually a spaceship. Well, At least according to Jon Simpson.
Review | Back 4 Blood - Long Live The Undead King
Some things just can’t be killed. Namely, co-op, wave-based, survival shooters.
Matthew John McCormick is back to let us know if Turtle Rock’s long-awaited homecoming brings new life to the genre or if it is going to be left for dead by its contemporaries.
Games, Mental Health and The Digital Realms We Escape To
Mental Health is a hard and complex thing and sometimes we just need a break from it all. Sometimes we just need to spend some time in another world.
Kelsey Raynor looks at the relationship between our mental health and the faraway worlds we spend time in.
Interview | ManaVoid, Rainbow Billy and Creating a Rainbow Hero
GET OVER HERE! WE’RE HAVING A GAY OLD TIME!
Join Tyler Constable as he sat down with ManaVoid to discuss all things Rainbow Billy, queer representation and repurposing the art of the 1930s for something fabulous!
Review | Youtubers Life 2 - Clickbait
There is a lot to unpack here so let’s get straight into our Youtubers Life 2 review by Amy Eastland… BUT FIRST A WORD FROM OUR SPONS—
Review | Skatebird - Wing and A Prayer
Skateboards? Birds? lo-fi beats to chill and relax to? PUNS?
In theory, Skatebird is the perfect game, so we’ve welcomed back Jon Simpson to let us know if this eyecatching indie flies high or if its wings were clipped before it could take flight.