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Tag: indie

Sniper Elite 5 sets its sights on the Hitman franchise

Sniper Elite 5 sets…

There’s nothing quite like the feeling of patiently lining up the perfect shot in a Sniper Elite game. You…
Kaiju Wars review – a gigantically clever strategy spoof

Kaiju Wars review –…

Toss Into The Breach and Advance Wars into a nuclear reactor with the contents of an abandoned VHS store…
Beautiful gardening sim The Garden Path is like Animal Crossing without the hussle

Beautiful gardening sim The…

The first and most frequent question the Garden Path makes me ask is ‘what now’. Left without direction, I’m…
“We don’t think it’s possible to capture every queer experience with a single work”: The philosophy of Unsighted

“We don’t think it’s…

Spoiler warning: This piece contains spoilers for Unsighted. Every once in a while, along comes a game I just…
Playdate first impressions – Quirky on the outside, not so much on the inside

Playdate first impressions –…

I’m not sure I’ve experienced such a quirky device since my days playing on a Barcode Battler in a…
Playdate review – a fascinating puzzle in itself

Playdate review – a…

Handheld consoles are the best part of games, I reckon. I love them more than any other aspect of…
Blood West is a spooky Western with great ideas

Blood West is a…

Death is pretty integral to videogames. Not in some fancy, high-falutin conceptual way, but as the default failure state…
Phasmophobia’s Easter update lets you hop around for eggs and ghosts

Phasmophobia’s Easter update lets…

Phasmophobia has gotten an update that lets players go on a little Easter egg hunt while they look for…
Chinatown Detective Agency review – a striking, neon-drenched setting, but mechanics come up short

Chinatown Detective Agency review…

I’ve always thought I’d be a fabulous detective. I suspect it’s a side effect of the endless true crime…
Glitchhikers: The Spaces Between offers ‘a space to reflect on the state of the world and on yourself’

Glitchhikers: The Spaces Between…

Night has enveloped the highway and your only companion is the music from the radio. A hiker stands on…