BrewOtaku – The Homebrew Gaming Magazine Review By Britt 📖 @brewotakumag #IndieGames

 📖 Physical gaming magazines are a beautiful thing, especially when they are focused on more specialist, niche topics as it adds to that sense of a community built purely on passion. Cue BrewOtaku! A hefty 78-page magazine that celebrates all thing homebrew, with each page packed to the gills with nothing but information about upcoming homebrew projects in the form of news, reviews, and interviews.

Running since January 2024, BrewOtaku is run by a small team that have their work cut out for them, judging by the sheer amount of games covered in each issue (it’s genuinely impressive!) Produced on glossy paper and currently stocked at Gaming Museum Wien in Austria, and RETRO Games in Germany, if -like me – you live outside of these areas, you can order the physical or digital copies online via this link.

The cover stories on one of the latest issues are the Monkey Island series of games, as well as S.E.U.C.K (Shoot ‘Em Up Construction Kit), as well as an interview with Francesco Terracciano (Straynus game studio, based in Spain) discussing their new game Cronela’s Mansion – which looks to be quite cool and influenced by Maniac Mansion – as well as a plethora of mini-coverage, and articles on both commercial and free games – more on that later.

Of Ash & Steel Quick Look Ten Minute Taster "Lost In Tutorial Land" ⚔️ @OfAshandSteel #IndieGame #GameDev

Rich ventures into the unforgiving world of Of Ash and Steel, a brutal open-world RPG where survival is earned, not handed out. No quest markers. No tutorials. Just you, a sword, and a kingdom that wants you dead.

🧠 ABOUT THE GAME:

Of Ash and Steel is a hardcore RPG set in a dark medieval world. With no handholding, no fast travel, and no mercy, it’s a love letter to the days when games didn’t care if you survived the tutorial !

[spoiler alert - I didn't survive the tutorial]

System Shock 2: 25th Anniversary Remaster – Rich’s Rapid Review 🎮🔫 @NightdiveStudio #IndieGame #GameDev

In just 3 minutes, I dive into Nightdive Studios’ remaster of the legendary System Shock 2.

Is it still terrifying? Does it hold up in 2025? And what’s been upgraded for modern players? From SHODAN’s chilling monologues to the claustrophobic corridors of the Von Braun, this remaster brings back one of the most influential immersive sims of all time.