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Towers of Aghasba offers mindless pleasures and tiny hippos to pelt with fruit

Towers of Aghasba offers…

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…

I used to hate it when I’d see Vampire Survivors clones. I unashamedly loved that game and its lo-fi,…
Hytale’s early access launch isn’t quite ready to step out of Minecraft’s shadow, but as a block-loving survival fan I’m still having a blast

Hytale’s early access launch…

I did not anticipate it’d take me an hour to start my first game of Hytale after loading it…
Speedball is back from the dead, but don’t get too excited

Speedball is back from…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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