Review: Absolute Drift (PC, Mac)
I can’t stop playing *Absolute Drift*, and in order to properly explain why, I have to tell you a little story. My first car was a Renault 19 TXE Sport. […]
Review: Galak-Z (PS4)
*Spelunky* has a lot to answer for. Ever since it single-handedly championed procedurally-generated levels back in its enhanced 2012 version, many other games have been lining up to try and […]
The Problem With Bored Ghostbusters
There’s a new *Ghostbusters* movie incoming, one that fills the boots of the titular paranormal exterminators with female ankles and has *Bridesmaids* and *Spy* director Paul Feig using his comedy […]
Crowdpleasing: The Problem With Guitar Hero’s New Perspective
How the franchise’s return has got its outlook completely wrong. In a past life – a time before Canada and babies – I was playing the last notes of my […]
Dak Vs The Empire
The moment all our *Star Wars* hope died. I hadn’t meant to buy Dak. I mean, who wants to buy Dak? No-one, apparently. He stood there in his tiny box, […]
Review: Crimsonland (PS Vita)
As I got into bed last night I slipped my hand under the covers and something buzzed against it. I instinctively yanked my arm away while something black and striped […]
A Flower On A Step – The Pointlessness of Nintendo
“Stop!”, shouted my wife. “You need that!” We’d been playing The Legend Of Zelda: Wind Waker HD for about an hour, working through Dragon Roost Island – the first real […]
Focus On Design: Medal Of Honor (2010)
There’s always been a problem when writing reviews: by their very nature, they’re unable to be objective. Every single human being on the planet perceives things differently, yet some choose […]
Review: X-Men: Days Of Future Past
The latest *X-Men* film is a spectacular affair, a high-budget and frequently hilarious reassertion of the franchise after the dreadful *X3: The Last Stand* and *Wolverine* movies. It features all […]
Review: Under The Skin
You can put it away now: the idea that the unnervingly attractive Scarlett Johansson only became a superstar due to the fact that she is the human embodiment of a 1940’s bomber […]
Simon Best 