Reality TV has a lot to answer for.  Not merely for introducing the world to the Kardashians but for ensuring that mentioning ‘Big Brother’  now conjures up images of a houseful of galloping imbeciles,  rathe...

No Man's Sky sets out to deliver an unprecedented level of player freedom but ultimately ends up grounded by its own repetitive nature. The game begins with your nameless character waking up on an alien planet, mere metres from hi...

Releasing a zombie game on to an already shambler-saturated marketplace may seem like utter folly but Zombie Night Terror's take on the end of the world will have you cackling with malevolent glee.   Zombie Night Terror is 40% act...

I knew very little about Demon's Souls when I spied it on the shelves of a second hand shop.  I'd heard it had something to do with the legendarily tricky Dark Souls series, but other than that, I didn't know what to expect. ...

Hollywood has long attempted to capitalize on the video game industry.  Yet  movie execs fail to understand the fundamental differences between the two mediums, reasoning that they can quickly leverage a successful gaming pro...

Inside does not dwell heavily upon its own narrative, instead leaving the player to apply their own interpretation to many of the game's events. As a result, there have been many theories espoused as to just what transpires during the ...

DISCLAIMER: Any similarity between the real Hideo Kojima and the Hideo Kojima in this story, or between any employee of Konami and mean old Mr Konami is purely satirical.  Dear Diary… Monday This is the best week ever! Unc...

Developed in a secret facility deep beneath the streets of Tokyo, Pokemon Go has taken the planet by storm! Yet no-one knows what the future holds for this runaway success.  Or do they? Because,  using only a twenty-sided di...

The release of P.T.  nearly two years ago,  occurred with relatively little fanfare.  However this Playstation 4 release,  touted as a demo of an upcoming horror game,  ended up becoming the casualty of one of ...

Tap My Katamari is not only the worst game ever to bear the Katamari name,  it's such an appalling title that I feel filthy for having experienced it,  as if I've spent the last few hours in a sewer crafting a Katamari from h...

I've had a taste for all things post-apocalyptic ever since I read Raymond Briggs' relentlessly bleak and utterly British graphic novel,  When The Wind Blows.  So my interest was immediately piqued when I stumbled across 60 S...

Day 3 The Red Knight's bloody assault dissuaded me from tackling the game for a couple of days while I completed Doom.  A quick google search also shed some light upon Demon's Souls'  open level design, explaining that that I...

Up until recently, the Dark Souls games were something of a mystery to me.  I'd heard tell that they were insanely challenging but had never really played them.  Yet, entirely by chance, I stumbled across a copy of the series...

As a fan of the original Mirror's Edge,  I had high hopes for Mirror's Edge Catalyst.  Unfortunately, like the city it takes place in, it's rather superficial and lacking in soul. Once again the game  casts you as Faith,...

While Hitman: Episode 2 – Marrakesh has its moments and is undeniably pretty, this new installment doesn't do a great deal to distinguish itself from previous chapters. Hitman: Episode 3 - Marrakesh  PS4/Xbox One/PC - Review...

I have seen the future and it is assless, thanks in no small part to Bethesda, creators  of Fallout 4.  Following their announcement that console-owning Fallout 4 players will be able to add user–created modifications t...

The original Postal succeeded in driving the mainstream press into an apoplectic rage, who devoted many column inches to decrying its controversial nature.  They took issue with the fact that the game's protagonist roamed around g...

As a longtime fan of the Hitman games, my heart sunk when I heard that the latest entry in the series was to be episodic in nature.  Surely there had to be something seriously amiss to warrant modifying the game's release model. &...

It's not unreasonable to commemorate the end of a much loved game series or bemoan the fact that it never reached a conclusion.  But for this month's 'Bloggers Wanted', I'd like to offer a counterpoint and argue that some stories ...

Crowdfunding has proven to be something of a mixed blessing. For every Pebble watch or Undertale, there are at least two  campaigns which have failed due, in part, to their mind-bogglingly bizarre nature.  However,  I re...

Game: IS Defense - Platform: PC - Price: £5.50 The problem with trying to be deliberately offensive is that you need to be constantly raising the stakes, lest people cease to become enraged by your activities. This is a lesson th...

While many retro-themed games harken back to the 8 and 16-bit eras,  Back in 1995 instead draws inspiration from the the 'survival horror' titles that graced the Playstation 1.  Indeed,  the game's Steam page boasts that...

"'You are leaving the mission area,' is a failure of games design." This wasn't a sentiment I'd openly expressed myself, but when I heard it voiced during one of GCN's Gaming Sins videos, it certainly struck a chord. On many occasions ...

Despite my initial reservations about the episodic nature of the game,  I'm happy to report that Hitman: Episode 1 represents a return to form for the franchise after the somewhat mediocre Hitman: Absolution. Hitman: Episode 1 ...

Steam is awash with generic first-person horror games, so I was surprised to discover a title that does something genuinely different with the formula.  More so because I stumbled across it entirely by accident, having received a game ...

Ask people to identify the moment at which the internet reached it's zenith and you'll likely receive a range of diverse responses. Some may even suggest that the internet h...

Whether you're a fan of the series or not, you've likely heard of the Five Nights of Freddy games. What you may not be aware of, however, is that owe their existence to another less favourably received game.  Creator Scott Cawthon's pr...

I sincerely hope no-one happens upon my review notes for This War of Mine: The Little Ones, because they don't make for pleasant reading. In particular, the words 'no more pills' and 'let Bruno die'  could be somewhat misconstrued. How...

Single? Spending Valentine's Day alone? Grumbling to anyone who'll listen that it's a wholly commercial date driven only by the greed of greetings card manufacturers? Then let me plunge you deeper into misery with this special Valentines Da...

I wasn't planning on writing a third Gaming's Beautiful People yet but having seen the devastation wrought by the Waifu Wars, I have decided to take a stand. No more, I say. No more shall Dtoiders go to ...