Tag: Now Playing

30 years later, I’ve finally played a Simon the Sorcerer game – was it always this naff?

30 years later, I’ve…

Permit me to take you on a journey back to 1994. As I’ve mentioned before, it was the year…
Warren Spector studio’s cheap as chips co-op heist adventure Thick as Thieves is wonky, conspicuously incomplete, and a surprisingly good time

Warren Spector studio’s cheap…

Thick as Thieves feels like it has a story to tell. And not just the one about talking effigies…
Yooka-Replaylee brings big improvements to the retro throwback, but loses some of its old-school charm along the way

Yooka-Replaylee brings big improvements…

I came late enough to the original Yooka-Laylee that, by the time I was acquainting myself with its titular…
Absolum, from the publisher of Eurogamer Essential Streets of Rage 4, is a brawler that lets you cash-out a combo – and it’s brilliant

Absolum, from the publisher…

Having spent night after night throwing myself into Absolum, I remain hopelessly charmed by it. A spirited fantasy that…
Paralives feels like the perfect tranquil tonic to the chaos of The Sims

Paralives feels like the…

Paralives gets off to a lovely start. We fade up to see the camera tracking a moving train as…
The Sims 4’s Adventure Awaits expansion is exactly the kind of getaway I’ve been looking for

The Sims 4’s Adventure…

In this, the year of unmitigated bullshit, a bit of a jolly holiday away from it all’s probably what…
Consume Me review

Consume Me review

“Just think of it like a video game”, Consume Me’s increasingly put-upon protagonist Jenny tells herself early on as…
Lovecraft gets the Indiana Jones treatment in Call of the Elder Gods, but is something missing in this Call of the Sea sequel?

Lovecraft gets the Indiana…

For all its rip-roaring Indiana Jones adventure, its ancient civilizations and pulpy supernatural peril, Call of the Elder Gods’…
Super Mario Galaxy 1 + 2’s ports bring two all-timers to the Switch 2, but I wish Nintendo made that just a little easier to celebrate

Super Mario Galaxy 1…

While Super Mario Galaxy has appeared on Nintendo Switch before, via 2020’s Super Mario 3D All-Stars, this week’s re-release…
In Moves of the Diamond Hand, the vibes so far are transcendent

In Moves of the…

Cosmo D’s latest game Moves of the Diamond Hand is a direct sequel to Betrayal at Club Low, and…