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The Crew 2 (PS4) – Review

I hate multiplayer games. I hate people online, as they will either stick to you like glue for no reason, hit your character model even in co-operative mode, or try to kill you. I’ve never found the enjoyment in multiplayer unless I…

Satisfactory Alpha Weekend Thoughts

A while ago I would have streamed Factorio and eventually Satisfactory; I am glad I haven’t done so, as I don’t play these games in the most optimal way to appease internet comment sections. If there are grandmasters of Tetris, those that…

Humble Bundle is Offering Grid 2 For Free

A long, long time ago, two generations before now, racing games were still part of the bread and butter of video games. The PlayStation 2 was awash with Need for Speed, Gran Turismo, Midnight Club, FlatOut, Crash Tag Team Racing, TOCA (which…

Pro Evolution Soccer 2019 (Xbox) Review

There is a strange number of my articles that start with a “Back in my day…,” story. This review will not deviate from this pattern either, as back in my day the only sports I cared for was when I played sports…

Spec Ops: The Line (PC) – Review

I hate war shooters, and I have since I was a child. For my 10th birthday, I had been given the recently released Nintendo Wii and several games, including Call of Duty 3. This was my first foray into the genre now…

MP Spark Debate on Rape Day & Steam

Video games have been catching a lot of headlines in recent weeks. THQ Nordic, the publisher responsible for Wreckfest, Satisfactory, Darksiders 3, and Several others hosted a Q and A session on a site called, 8 Chan. A site which is known…

The Witcher 3 Should be Ported to the Switch

As I’m sure so many have, I enjoyed The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt and gave it high praise. As someone without much interest in high fantasy or RPGs previously, I oddly found The Witcher 3 engaging, fun, and compelling. Admittedly I didn’t…

Run The Jewels – Defining The Decade

Every decade has music that defines it for specific people, sometimes spanning out into genre, sometimes it is an artist that defines other artists. For Folk music, many would turn to Bob Dylan. When asking for a Rock group, it is Queen.…

Watch_Dogs 2 (PS4) Review

I have nothing but burning hatred for the first Watch_Dogs and Aiden Pearce. Like most, I saw the hype, I saw some of the “hacking,” and I thought: “Damn, maybe this will be the open-world I can interact with, bend, and break,…

Nintendo to Release VR Labo for Switch

The Nintendo Switch has been praised highly for its versatility, large games library, and other things. Now it seems the system is becoming even more versatile. About this time last year, it was announced that Nintendo was to launch something new called…