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Gungrave VR: Loaded Coffin Edition – PSVR | Review

By John Hay
| 7th December 2018
| PSVR, Review
| 0

I love VR games that push boundaries and try new things to actually make VR an interesting platform. What I don't like is when things just tack on things like VR (or 3D) for the sake of a gimmick. Sadly Gungrave falls into the latter. Gungrave VR Loaded Coffin Edition…read more >

All I want for Christmas

By John Hay
| 1st December 2018
| Opinion
| 0

It's the most wonderful time of the year. Christmas, that time every year where we all seem to eat too much, family gatherings are a plenty and most of all if we are lucky there are some new games or even better a new console under the tree waiting to…read more >

Just Deal With It – PS4 | Review

By John Hay
| 30th November 2018
| PS4, Review
| 0

Just Deal With It is a new offering in Sony's Playlink series of games, this is a series of games that use your smartphone as a controller and can offer a party experience with everyone having their own controller. Having your own screen is obviously important when playing local multiplayer…read more >

YouTubers Life OMG! – PS4 | Review

By John Hay
| 28th November 2018
| PS4, Review
| 0

OMG life as a YouTuber is so hard. Who knew? YouTubers Life OMG plops you down into the life of a mega-famous YouTube star who is narrating his life from his humble beginnings living with his mum while making videos on his crappy little webcam, right through to success at…read more >

Ride 3 – PS4 review

By John Hay
| 28th November 2018
| PS4, Review
| 0

I can't confess to being a huge motorbike fan in real life or gaming. My wife wants one in real life, I'm quite the deathmonger when it comes to talking about it. When it comes to game’s I tend to pass them by, with the last I bought being Driveclub…read more >

Achtung! Cthulhu Tactics – Xbox One | Review

By John Hay
| 20th November 2018
| Review, Xbox One
| 0

Those pesky Nazi's messing around with the occult and trying to make more powerful soldiers to win the war at any cost, what are they like? You think they would have learned from all that stuff with the ark of the covenant. Achtung Cthulhu Tactics is a turn-based strategy game,…read more >

Swords and Soldiers 2 Shawarmageddon – PS4 | Review

By John Hay
| 13th November 2018
| PS4, Review, Switch
| 0

In an ancient time, warriors will do battle, blood will be spilt on the battlefield, souls will be cast off to Valhalla as you command your troops against demons and Majin all in your quest for some tasty shawarma!?!?.... Wait, shawarma, all this death and destruction for a kebab???... Pffft,…read more >

Confessions of a recovering trophy addict

By John Hay
| 13th November 2018
| Opinion
| 2

What happens when something you once found fun becomes all consuming and takes over almost every minute of your free time? That was me and my relationship with trophies, now that I have overcome that particular addiction I have decided to note down a few words around this addiction that…read more >

Five Tips to Beat Your Backlog

By John Hay
| 11th November 2018
| Opinion
| 1

Remember when you were young and you used to complete game after game without a care in the world, you were the master of your domain, happy munching mushrooms and racing around collecting gold rings, your only concern being your parents telling you to go outside and play properly. You…read more >

Tetris Effect – PS4 | Review

By John Hay
| 9th November 2018
| PS4, PSVR, Review
| 0

The Granddaddy of all puzzle games has just been pulled into the 21'st century. Over the years there have been a few attempts to reinvent the Tetris formula with Puyo Puyo Tetris being the latest, and while sometimes it works, more often than not it's the base Tetris experience that…read more >