Claire Phillips
Loves – sci-fi, gaming, movies, purple, photography, David Tennant, reading, doodling, writing.
Murasaki Baby Review
Murasaki Baby Developer: Ovosonico Publisher: Sony Platforms: PlayStation Vita Release Date: 17 September 2014 Price: US $14.99 Available Here Overview Young children are frightened of a lot of things, things that aren’t real, things that they don’t see and understand in quite the right way. Murasaki Baby tries to take those fears to an adult audience by putting players in contol of B...
Randal’s Monday Preview
Randal’s Monday Developer: Nexus Game Studios Publisher: Daedalic Entertainment Format: PC (Previewed), Mac Release Date: November 12th, 2014 Price: TBA Randal’s Monday is a point and click adventure game with a Groundhog Day style plot, an obsession with pop culture references, and a minor but deadly grudge against pigeons. Developed by Spanish team Nexus Game Studios, it’s clear from the ...
The Walking Dead Pinball Review
The Walking Dead Pinball Developer: Zen Studios Publisher: Zen Studios Platforms: PlayStation 4 (reviewed), PlayStation 3, PlayStation Vita, Xbox One, Xbox 360, PC, Mac, Android, iOS, Wii U Release Date: 26 August, 2014 Price: $4.55 Available Here Overview It seems that there is no stopping The Walking Dead. From its comic book origins the property has spread to nigh on every medium that it can ...
The Swapper Review
The Swapper Developer: Facepalm Games, Curve Studios Publisher: Curve Studios Platforms: PlayStation 4 (reviewed), PlayStation 3, PlayStation Vita Release Date: 6 August, 2014 Price: $22.95 – Available Here Overview The Swapper was first released on PC in May last year, gathering a decent amount of press and strong reviews. A year later and it has made its way to all of Sony’s machines...
The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky Review
The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky Review Developer: Nihon Falcom Publisher: XSEED Platforms: PC Release Date: 30 July, 2014 Price: $19.99 – Available Here Overview Trails in the Sky is an extremely traditional JRPG, packed with mechanics and characters that fulfil pretty much every trope and stereotype you would expect. The leads are two teenagers who are in love with each other but ab...
The Ratchet & Clank Trilogy Review
The Ratchet & Clank Trilogy Developer: Insomniac Games Publisher: Sony Platforms: PS Vita Release Date: 2 July, 2014 Price: $34.99 – Available Here Overview I first experienced the Ratchet & Clank series in the shape of Tools of Destruction, the first and (according to Metacritic) best last gen outing for the bot and Lombax duo. That these guys are up there with Jak & Daxter, Sl...
Chronology Review
Chronology Developer: Osao games Publisher: Osao games Platforms: PC Release Date: 13 May, 2014 Price: $9.99 – Available Here Overview Puzzle platformers are everywhere these days, with indie game developers and the Steam Greenlight programme combining to provide a constant flow. This one is from Danish developers Osoa games, and maintains another trend; mechanics based on the manipulation o...
The Trip to Italy Review
The Trip to Italy Studio: BBC, Revolution Films Distributor: Madman Entertainment Format: Cinema Release Date: 29 May, 2014 Overview Rob Brydon and Steve Coogan are back for another round of impersonations and silly banter, taking off on a tour of six Italian restaurants with naught but an Alanis Morissette CD and each other for company. The film is a follow up to 2011’s The Trip, and like i...
The Last Tinker: City of Colors Review
The Last Tinker: City Of Colors Developer: Mimimi Productions Publisher: Unity Games Platforms: PC (Reviewed), Mac, Linux, PlayStation 4 Release Date: 9 May, 2014 Price: $21.99 – Available here Overview The Steam page blurb for The Last Tinker: City of Colors lists Banjo Kazooie as one of the games inspirations. This colorful adventure certainly shares some spirit with the bear and bird (in ...
The Blackwell Epiphany Review
The Blackwell Epiphany Developer: Wadjet Eye Games Publisher: Wadjet Eye Games Platforms: PC Release Date: 24 April 2014 Price: $14.99 – Available Here Overview The Blackwell Epiphany is the fifth and final entry in Wadjet Eye Game’s point and click adventure series following on from The Blackwell Deception. Rosa and Lauren Blackwell have been saving souls with the help of wise ass ghost Joe...