March 5th 2021

Steam Game Festival 2021 - Dispelling Winter in Style

Winter may have had us trapped in semi-stasis with freezing temperatures and fresh lockdowns, but there’s still some cosy elements you can always rely on to keep out the chill... 

 Pockets of Iridescence 

January 12th 2021

"Wonderland's Become Quite Strange" - American McGee's Alice at 20

2000. The beginning of the new millennium and the 21st century. It's mind-boggling that just over 20 years-two whole decades-have passed in what feels like a heartbeat...

 JumpCut PLAY 

September 26th 2020

7 Forgotten PS1 Titles That Deserve New Life

September 2020 marked the 25th anniversary of the release of the original Sony Playstation in Europe and North America. 25 years since one of the consoles that completely revolutionised the virtual world was unleashed upon the real one...

 The Pixels 

August 25th 2020

Nighthawks – Quenching the Thirst in 2021

When Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 was announced in March 2019, 15 years after its predecessor, it’s safe to say the thirst was reawakened in many a gothic RPG fan...

 VultureHound Magazine 

June 29th 2020

Steam's Cave of Wonders: Diamonds in the Rough

With large scale events looking to be on hold for some time yet, many convention-goers like myself are feeling somewhat of a void inside. A touch of emptiness. Aside from the social and creativity aspects, cons also give us a chance to trial games we wouldn’t normally get to anywhere else...

 VultureHound Magazine 

February 18th 2021

Mutropolis Review

2021 is looking to be a strong year for point-and-click adventures. With so many scheduled releases from genre heavyweights and brand new developers alike, there’s a whole new world of adventures out there for players to sink their teeth into...

 The Indie Game Website 

November 12th 2020

Macabre Imagery and Terrifying Soundscapes Pulse Through Lamentum

I have a strange relationship with the horror genre: casual yet complex. We see each other every so often, but only in certain ways. Horror films don’t do much for me and horror games I’m rather picky about...

 Indie Story Games 

September 24th 2020

Intricately Layered Adventure Awaits in Rosewater

It's been several years since Harley Leger left New Bretagne and headed west, hoping to leave the past behind and make her way as a freelance writer...

 Indie Story Games 

August 25th 2020

Close To Home: The Hard-Hitting Power of Point & Click

Reality. A complex, unforgiving and often subjectively contested state. Defined by Plato as “a shifting exhibition, like shadows cast on a wall by the activities of their corresponding universal Ideas or Forms”...

 VultureHound Magazine 

January 21st 2021

Phoenotopia: Awakening PC Review

What a difference a few months and a new port makes! From humble yet hallowed beginnings as a Newgrounds flash game and an August 2020 Switch release to a mixed reception, the phoenix has risen...

 The Indie Game Website 

October 25th 2020

Steam's Autumnal Offerings - The Power of Three

There’s something inherently magical about Autumn. The crispness of the air, the changing colours, the atmosphere of transformation – elements of a season of change...

 VultureHound Magazine 

September 3rd 2020

WUMP IT UP: Crash Bandicoot 4 Demo

Perhaps the strange, uneasy climate we’re currently in is affecting our sense of time, but it already feels like an age since Activision dropped the official Crash Bandicoot 4: It’s About Time trailer on us...

 JumpCut PLAY 

August 24th 2020

Regina: The Character That Defines Pixie Poison

Winter 1999. The last months of the year and the end of the millennium. I always find that a Broken Sword quote is able to set almost any scene perfectly. The Euro had been established, Bill Gates had become the richest person in the world and Sega had introduced the Dreamcast to the US market...

 Normal Happenings