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New Winchester – The heart of the Reach. Victorians dwell here in numerous different capacities. Be it political, industrial or otherwise. This is however, a new advancement in the Victorian age. Sunless Skies , currently in Early Access follows Failbetter Games previous instalment - Sunless Sea . It’s early twentieth century Londoners and indeed, London itself under the rule of her Enduring Majesty have passed…
We’re all looking for the same thing. That’s one of the first things that we’re told in Where the Water Tastes Like Wine, by Dim Bulb Games & Serenity Forge. That old chestnut of ‘losing in poker to mysterious opponent’ sees us out on the open road to repay our debt to The Dire Wolf (the vocal talent’s of whom, are provided here by Sting). Stories are what our canis lupus associate is asking for as payment,…
Read the full review Where the Water Tastes Like Wine - Introspective (Spoilers)
Meta-style storytelling and humour in video games has been with us for a while. It’s not necessarily reached the point of becoming a tired shtick, but it's always good to see a particular title embodying it effectively. Legendary Gary by Evan Rogers is one that a lot of us are going to be able to relate to, as a good portion of the game is, well, about Gary playing a video game. We’re dropped into Gary’s room from…
A long form video introspective review that I wrote not too long after the switch release. This is based on the PC Weird Autumn version. Mae arrives at the town’s bus station at night; no parents, compounding perhaps that they don’t care. Did they ever care whilst she was in college? This could be part of why she felt alone or maybe she shut them out and they gave up trying. Either way there was clearly no contact…
