⚔️🏰 Review: La Mulana 2 "Tough as old whips" 🏰⚔️ #indiegame #gamedev @LaMulana

Game Title: La Mulana 2

Developer:  Nigoro

Platform Reviewed: PC (Steam)

Having never played the original game or any of the remakes, I was thrust into the world of La Mulana pretty fiercely. 

Whilst tough by design, it also feels the closest game to capturing the same magic of Castlevania: Symphony of the Night that I’ve played in quite some time and obviously that’s a very good thing.

🕹️ Play Expo London 2018 - "A homage to the colossal retro gaming event that was Play Expo London 2018" 🕹️ #Retrogaming @ReplayEvents

"A homage to the colossal retro gaming event that was Play Expo London 2018!

Full of Arcade Cabinets, Retro Systems and tons of merchandise it was a retro gamers dream..."

⚽️ Episode 25: World League Soccer - 1991 - CLAB - SNES Football Games were Shite ⚽️ @dndn1011 #Retrogaming

⚽️ Strange things are afoot in the world of SNES football games as I investigate World League Soccer, is it Kick Off 2? Is it GOAL!? Is it Pro Soccer? Is it made by Dino Dini? Watch and find out....⚽️

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👹 Preview: Tanzia "Feels like a HD re-master of a PS2 game" 👹 #IndieGame #GameDev

Although Tanzia is a game that initially charms with its cute characters, vibrant colours, joyful sound track and strong introduction sequence, the actual playing of the game feels like a HD re-master of a PS2 game with floaty, weightless controls and repetitive game play that unfortunately takes away too much  fun from the title to make it a recommended purchase.

👨‍🔬 VR Review: Throw Anything "A dastardly scientist, known only as Scientist X, is trying to take over the world!" 👨‍🔬 @gazchap #IndieGame #GameDev @

Developer: Visual Light 
Platform: PC – SteamVR (reviewed using Oculus Rift + Touch) 
Throw Anything is developer Visual Light’s first release on Steam, coming out of Early Access on July 26th with the full game.

🕯️🔍 Preview: Lamplight City - "A unique adventure that draws from various sources and styles to create a world of its own" 🕯️🔍 #IndieGame #GameDev @GrundislavGames

Lamplight City (Preview) by Grundislav Games

It’s no secret that I’m a huge fan of adventure games in all forms, having enjoyed the genre over the last thirty years, sometimes a newly released game can be truly great but the tired reliance on illogical ‘use item on  other item’ puzzles and pixel-hunting can too often cloud over great writing and sumptuous, hand-drawn artwork.

🕹️ Review: Crossing Souls "The 80s are strong with this one" 🕹️ #IndieGame #GameDev

Game Title: Crossing Souls

Developer: Fourattic

Platform reviewed: Nintendo Switch

Rating: Ice Cool

There has been a wave of 80s-related games in recent times (as well as throughout all media) and Crossing Souls continues this trend unabashedly. 

Set in American suburbia, Crossing Souls tells the story of a group of children and their involvement with the mysterious Duat stone. 

A fun game with a strong aesthetic and great music, although the game play feels a bit light in certain parts, although the story is fun enough to keep the interest up.

⚽️ Episode 24: Tactical Soccer - 1995 - EA - SNES Football Games were Shite ⚽️ #Retrogaming

🎮 "Tactical Soccer from EA was an attempt at RTS in the Soccer Game world.......
it's safe to say that it didn't end well...." 🎮

🛄 Rich gets his hands on a Tough Case By Snakebyte for his Nintendo Switch 🛄 @snakebytegear

"Rich gets his hands on a Tough Case By Snakebyte for his Nintendo Switch"

🛠️ Review: Yonder The Cloud Catcher Chronicles "Think of a more sedate Breath of the Wild, where combat and puzzles are replaced with crafting and stone masonry badges" 🛠️ @squareblind #GameDev

"Think of a more sedate Breath of the Wild, where combat and puzzles are replaced with crafting and stone masonry badges. This is Yonder, a simple, yet engaging and relatively budget friendly title"

👾 80 Classic Films Pixel Art Gifs - "Which One Is Your Favourite?" 👾 #Retrogaming #80s

Angie's List recently ran an article which contained some amazing animated Pixel Art gifs...

These cool pixel art gifs are Floor Plans from classic 80's films such as Ghostbusters, Back To The Future and Karate Kid!

There are 7 in total, which one is your favourite?  

Source: www.angieslist.com

⛪️ The Video Games Hall Of Shame - #3: "Rich from Games Freezer Confesses About A Video Game Beginning With Z and one with a D!" ⛪️ #Retrogaming

The list of shame for me is a list of those video games that you almost feel like you should've played by now because everyone else loves them or you know you'd love but just never got round to playing them.

Maybe you feel like you've played the game because you've seen so many videos and pictures but then realise that you never actually played the game and maybe just watched someone else play it?

⚽️ Episode 23: Super Soccer Champ - 1992 - TAITO - SNES Football Games Were Shite ⚽️ #Retrogaming

🎮The Arcade version of Soccer Champ by TAITO was one of my fave Arcade Games in the Arcades of the 90's.

It drew me in with its outrageous presentation and easy to play gameplay.

Will the remastered SNES Super version be a TURD or a TRIUMPH?🎮

👮🏻‍♂️🚨The Video Games Hall Of Shame - #2: "Dylan From Arcade Attack Comes Clean On His Video Gaming Crimes" 👮🏻‍♂️🚨 @arcadeattackUK #Retrogaming

Dylan's "Where the hell were you?" top 5 games of shame...

It's hard to top Rich's list that he kindly did for Arcade Attack but here goes!

🕹️🕵The Video Games Hall Of Shame - #1: "Matilda Tells Us Her Guilty Video Gaming Secrets" 🕹️🕵 #Retrogaming @Bhaal_Spawn

As games players, we all know that it’s impossible to play all the games in the world. 

Hell; its often impossible just to play all the games we actually buy!

I regularly buy games in a Steam sale which I know will download straight to the back of the queue; confused and surprised, having expected to immediately be mummy’s, new baby. 

But NO; they wait an eternity, naked in cold oblivion.

But those games are the lucky ones. 

Sometimes, some games pass you by completely and don’t even get to your list in the first place.

Either way, these are the games which I have never played and which cause me shame.

🧠🤯 Review: Esper - "The PSVR Telekinesis Is Strong In this One" 🧠🤯 #PSVR

Esper is a VR puzzle game that uses telekinesis to test your skills in solving unique 3D puzzles to progress through the game.

You are a trainee in a government-funded retro spy institution that evaluates new recruits telekinesis powers. 

You start the game on your first day in the government centre undergoing telekinesis assessment tests, checking how well you can use mind powers to carry out your spy missions.

🧐 The Spectrum Retreat - PS4 - Ten Minute Taster 🧐 #GameDev #IndieGame

"There's something sinister about a hotel with no guests apart from you and a bunch of faceless mannequin robots which talk to you....WELCOME TO THE HOTEL PENROSE!" 

⚽️ Episode 22: World Cup USA 94 - 1993 - US GOLD - SNES Football Games Were Shite ⚽️ #Retrogaming

🎮"The World Watched As USA 94 Kicked Off Without Graham Taylor's England...Could US GOLD Make Up For The Lack Of England With A Great Football Video Game?....."🎮

🏙️ Review: Unavowed "An alternate New York so good, it’s hard to leave" 🏙️ #GameDev #IndieGame @WadjetEyeGames @BrittRecluseuk

Developer: Wadjet Eye Games

Platform Reviewed: PC (Steam)

Rating: Ice Cool

Having been a fan of Wadjet Eye Games for years, I must admit that I just assumed that Unavowed would continue their streak of making great games with the foundation solidly placed on an involving narrative set in an immersive world. 

As impressive as their oeuvre has been over the last decade, with pinnacles of the graphic adventure genre such as Technobabylon, Gemini Rue and the Blackwell series, their hit streak continues with what could possibly be my favourite game thus far, Unavowed.

🕹️ Levelling Up in Liverpool "The immortal question, The Beatles…or Heavy Nova?" 🕹️ #Retrogaming

 

Recently, I was invited by a close friend to accompany him on a trip to Liverpool as he wanted to stay at the Hard Day’s Night hotel, a keen Beatles fan, he was KEEN to fully immerse himself in The Beatles culture that the wonderful city of Liverpool is so (rightly) proud of.