When 900 words is too much and about 250 will do.
Starship Troopers: Extermination was in early access on PC in 2023 and was officially released to console and PC in Oct 2024. This 2024 release however resulted in it being sent into the wild with a fatal weakness.
That being, the very similar Helldivers 2 arrived 6mths earlier, and Helldivers is better than Starship Troopers in every single imaginable way.
So, a tough place to start from.
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Big thanks again to guest writer, Nina. Who sat down to a few sessions of scares, before flitting off for a month long holiday in Thailand!
When Until Dawn first released back in 2015, it was quickly considered the best-in-class thriller of its kind, especially in the mainstream space.
It makes sense, then, that Sony would want to put out a next-gen version of the game.
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Disney Lorcana, for me, has been a bit of a curveball. It came to us out of the blue and at the outset seemed like a good idea. I mean that card game in The Witcher games was good, wasn’t it?
The premise makes sense, a deck building card game that draws on the multifaceted layers of the Disney catalogue. I’ve grown up on Disney, and so have my kids so we were keen to see where this went.
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I have been playing video games for a heap of years now…(I’m getting so old). I can honestly say the most important change I have seen to this hobby I love, is the arrival of legit, top tier Indie Developers. They are brave, ingenious, and creative. They tread where big developers are too scared too, and offer such a massive array of experiences.
Exo One is the perfect example of this. Unique, beautiful, fun, and relaxing.
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Hypercharge Unboxed is a first-person shooter that combines engaging gameplay with elements of tower defense.
The game features richly-detailed stages, an awesome soundtrack, and perfect sound effects. However, it falls short in a few areas.
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The day that the esteemed editor of this site asked if I wanted to review Norton’s 360 Premium was the day that I found out that one of my email accounts had been compromised in a cyber attack on a New Zealand media organisation.
I think I had entered some competition to win some glamourous prize (as you do) and didn’t give entering my email address as a contact point a second thought. Turns out it was one of thousands caught in the compromising attack.
There was no harm done in the breach, but it did make me think about just how secure I was online, which is where Norton Utilities steps in.
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Ever since I bought a Valve Steam Deck last year (an original LED model, not the newer OLED one), I have tried to do much of my PC gaming these days on it.
An interesting game I like to play with my Steam library is “Will my Steam Deck play that?”
So when my editor asked if I was keen to review Guerilla’s PlayStation 5 game Horizon Forbidden West, which has been ported to the PC, I immediately asked … “Will my Steam Deck play that? – and it can but with a few caveats.
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It’s fair to say that the Prince of Persia series – first introduced to the world by game designer Jordan Mechner in 1989 – is perhaps one of my favourite series.
The Lost Crown has gone back to its roots (visually, at least).
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Back in May, I saw the first gorgeous gameplay trailer for Flashback 2 and I was SOLD! I played the hell out of OG Flashback on the Sega Mega-Drive and a modern take of this classic would totally be my jam.
Well….to say I am disappointed is putting it mildly.
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Fish Game you say?
I wasn’t sure what to think when the editor asked me to review early access code of a fish tank simulator – yep, another entrant in the simulator genre.
This time where you create fish tanks, populate them with a variety of fish and plants then work to ensure a thriving ecosystem develops – but you know what, it’s a supremely chill experience that I’m enjoying so far.
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Wartales is an open-world, tactical turn-based RPG and it surprised me out of the gate. It’s a subtle mix of Banner Saga, Baulders Gate and even some Skyrimesque freedom too.
Not what I expected from a game I had never heard of.
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