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If you like chess and robots, you need to play Mechabellum

If you like chess…

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I look at my robots, and I mull. I’ve got tanky Steel Balls serving as a mobile frontline, buffered…
Towers of Aghasba offers mindless pleasures and tiny hippos to pelt with fruit

Towers of Aghasba offers…

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I spent a lot of this morning throwing fruit at a tiny hippo. Sometimes the hippo ate the fruit,…
This Vampire Survivors-like is a knock-out blend of Jackie Chan martial arts and the prop flinging of Yakuza

This Vampire Survivors-like is…

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I used to hate it when I’d see Vampire Survivors clones. I unashamedly loved that game and its lo-fi,…
Speedball is back from the dead, but don’t get too excited

Speedball is back from…

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Perhaps some games are better left in the past. After all, many are born from the technological limitations and…
In Toilet Spiders, there sure are a heck of a lot of toilets, and a heck of a lot of spiders

In Toilet Spiders, there…

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With a name like Toilet Spiders, it’s not exactly hard to work out what’s going to be creeping you…
Kill Knight’s twin-stick carnage asks an awful lot of you – but it’s very much worth it

Kill Knight’s twin-stick carnage…

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Twin-stick shooters are a fascinating contradiction. These are games in which you move and shoot while the hordes attack.…
Spare a thought for poor Concord, a kind and earnest shooter sent out to die

Spare a thought for…

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Has there been a more competitive time to release a video game? Possibly. Without resorting to blunt totting-ups of…
Pixel art adventure Arco’s really good fun – but it’s also very buggy at the moment

Pixel art adventure Arco’s…

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I’ve been playing Arco on and off for the last few weeks on Switch and PC. I’m loving it…
Dredge’s The Iron Rig DLC holds up a mirror to Still Wakes the Deep, and comes off slightly worse for wear

Dredge’s The Iron Rig…

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In the roiling waters of the northern sea, a mysterious oil rig has appeared whose lights can be seen…
The magnificent pitch of Super Dungeon Muncher is a sketch of future greatness

The magnificent pitch of…

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I’m not ashamed to say this: one of the easiest ways to make me excited about a game is…