I can’t remember the last time I played a game with as much commitment to a central idea as Life Goes On: Done to Death. This is a game with a devilishly simple core hook, but the way every single other aspect of the game ties into it makes this …
I’ve never finished Valkyria Chronicles. Back in 2008, when it first came out, I could barely get very far at all, but I thought this time would be different. I had hoped that Valkyria Chronicles Remastered would include some sort of easy mode, but even failing that, I thought that …
In some ways, Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End is the Uncharted series’ finest outing. It’s the most technically impressive, which, coupled with Naughty Dog’s famed art direction, has resulted in one of the best-looking games ever made. The systems at the core of Uncharted, and combat in particular, have received …
Gosh, it feels like an age since I’ve posted on Shindig. The last few months have been a whirlwind, in a good way: I got married, started a very exciting new job as a Hansard editor, and have just bought a house and am in the process of doing all the …
There’s always a lot of hype around really big LEGO builds, be it an official set like the 5,195-piece Ultimate Collector’s Millennium Falcon or a custom build like this 5,000-piece Jaeger robot from Pacific Rim. I’m just as taken with the opposite end of the scale, though; the sets that can capture the heart …
I went into Rise of the Tomb Raider with a lot of mixed feelings. On the one hand, I loved Tomb Raider a lot; it was a fascinating, excellent reboot of a franchise that, until then, I didn’t have a whole lot of care for. A follow-up comic series, written by the great Gail …
Last week, certain sections of the internet started to blow up with accusations of “censorship” Street Fighter V, because Capcom made a change in the latest build of the game. Before the change, there was a moment in the animation for Rainbow Mika’s Critical Art in which the camera focused …
As much as I love Melissa McCarthy, I’d not have seen Spy if it weren’t for the recommendation of a friend. In the lead up to the film’s release, I was bombarded with an atrocious trailer that made it look like some sort of gross, fatphobic disaster, and not being …
One of the best things about the recent surge in indie game development is the chance to hear stories from so many different voices; voices that are all but locked out from the traditional, AAA route. The relative accessibility of game creation tools, running the gamut of complexity from Twine to …
Tokyo Game Show is all wrapped up for this year, and if there’s one important takeaway from it, it’s that 2016 is looking amazing for fans of Japanese games, and JRPGs in particular. Between new announcements, new footage for previously-announced games, and one delay that everyone saw coming, this year’s TGS gave us …