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Dredge review: Fishing the deep, dark depths

Mar 24, 2023 Gerard Campbell 1470 Views Adventure, Dredge, Fishing, indie game, mini-game, Sinister, Spooky

I usually find that when I think about a game at lot when I’m not playing it.

Trying to find solutions to mysteries, mulling over exactly what did that cryptic conversation with a character mean, then I’m usually smitten with that game.

For me at the moment, that game is Dredge, a “fishing” game from a game development studio in my home town in New Zealand, that has buried itself into my mind and I can’t stop thinking about it, I can’t stop playing it.

I’m smitten with this indie gem.

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Returnal PC (review)

Mar 12, 2023 Gerard Campbell 1374 Views alien planet, Hard, PC, Returnal, rogue-like

Returnal will run well on an ageing GPU like an RX580, which means it still has some life left in it. Sure, it won’t look as good as a card that can push the high frame rates and do ray tracing without breaking a sweat.

More importantly, it’s actually playable on our ageing RX580.

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Dredge developer interview: A fishing RPG with a sinister undercurrent

Feb 26, 2023 Gerard Campbell 3517 Views Drege, Fishing, indie game, Kiwi, Sinister RPG, Small Team

Gerard Campbell caught up with the team behind Black Salt Games.

A young development studio based in Christchurch, New Zealand, making waves with its debut game, Dredge.

Two years in the making, and coming from fledgling game development studio Black Salt Games, comprising the talents of Joel, Nadia, Mikey and Alex.

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Startup Company, PS5

Feb 15, 2023 Richard Armitt 1116 Views Business Simulation, Busy Work, Commerce, Sandbox, strategy

Startup Company Console Edition brings a successful business sim to consoles after a strong outing on Steam. Danish devlopers Hovgaard Games have obviously laboured over this title with love.

Starting from the ground level with minimal investment, the aim is to manage your business empire “to the moon”. Interestingly the simulation is heavily geared towards the Social Media / Online Sales platforms we are familiar with.

On paper this game should be right up my alley, should be.

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Wavetale: Surfing the seven seas

Jan 29, 2023 Gerard Campbell 944 Views Adventure, Aquatic, Boss Fights, Thunderful Games, Wavetale

In Wavetale, you play as Sigrid.

A young girl who lives on an island above a submerged city of Strandville that lies in an island archipelago.

Wavetale was first released on Google Stadia in 2021 but has now made its way to PC, and is predominately platforming with a smattering of combat.

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Midnight Suns, review

Jan 8, 2023 Dylan Burns 1178 Views 2k, Button Mash, Firaxis, Marvel, RPG lite, strategy, turn based, XCOM

Midnight Suns is a big game and it came to us late in the year. So we thought it was best to let Dylan and Guy have a crack over their Christmas breaks. They put their heads together and well, at the least, I feel seen…

Thanks to 2k for supplying the codes and the team for putting in the time.

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The Entropy Centre Review, by a diehard Portal fan-girl.

Jan 7, 2023 Guy 1055 Views Entropy Centre, Environment, FPS Puzzle, Portal, Puzzler, Stubby Games

Guest writer Nina, returns to the fray with a detailed looks at this Indie Portal wannabe, The Entropy Centre.

I need to come clean: I am an absolute diehard Portal fan. Proof of this can be found in one of my earliest Koru-Cottage pieces, where I essentially spent a paragraph riffing about how Portal 2 was one of the best narrative experiences I’ve ever had.

The announcement of The Entropy Centre, developed by indie dev Stubby Games, reawakened that Portal-shaped spark in my gamer heart that had been dormant for years.

But when I was given the chance to review it, I became apprehensive.

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Xmas Gift List, 2022

Dec 9, 2022 Richard Armitt 1714 Views Amiga, ATARI VCS, EPOS, JBL, Lego for Adults, Logitech, Norton, NUC mini PC, OldSkoolPixels, Stream Mic, Trueforce, XBOX SERIES S

Xmas Gift Guide this year? We hear that a lot.

So maybe, in this crazy post pandemic love-in we should give it a go, before we get to the end of “Cost of Living Level” Boss.

Here are a few things worth considering for Gamers, Friends of Gamers and/or the Family members we’ve kicked off the couch.

Please note – any links will be for information, not comission.

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Save Room, Switch Review

Nov 30, 2022 Richard Armitt 1099 Views Inventory Management, Puzzler, Single Screen, Switch

Save Room will appeal to a certain type of Gamer. When it floated by me on an email, I knew straight away I was one of them.

If you’ve ever been swamped by a cluttered inventory screen in your games, or just enjoy keeping it tidy then Save Room is for you.

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Gotham Knights, Review

Nov 26, 2022 Guy 1753 Views Batman, Beat EM Up, MMO, Open World, Third Person

Gotham Knights, oh, how the mighty have fallen. WB Games in conjunction with the geniuses at Rocksteady Games crafted the best super hero games ever made.

The Batman Arkham games revolutionised 3rd person brawler games and still hold up today. However, with Rocksteady moving onto a new I.P and WB Montreal now taking up the “Batman Universe” games, we have as a result received Gotham Knights.

And Oh…how the mighty have fallen.

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WRC Generations, Review

Nov 25, 2022 Guy 1699 Views Driving, Logitech, Off-Road, Rally, WRC

I am a massive Rally Motorsport fan, both IRL and in video games.

Colin McRae Rally on the PSOne is still one of my all-time favourite video games. In recent years, Rally fans have only had two IPs to choose from. ‘Dirt’ from Codemasters and the official “WRC” titles from Kylotonn (KT) Games.

But with EA swallowing up Codemasters last year, and then taking the “WRC” licence from Kylotonn from 2023 onwards. 2022s WRC Generations is the last outing for the WRC franchise under KT. So, how did their WRC swansong stack up?