Category: Reviews
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Things I’m Playing: Mundaun
But by this point it’s clear that it’s not just the maps which are drawn by hand. Either your notebook has bled out into the world, or the world has infested the papers in front of you.
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Recent Entertainment and Distractions
A quick round-up of recent things I’ve been entertained by.
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Backlog Review: The Space Between
Where do you go when you want to be by yourself? What places would you construct to escape to?
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Year of the Backlog: A Review / Take 2
Looking back over my list of games played, 2024 has actually been a great year for games. I’ve managed to get a good cross-section of big and small games, new and old, mainstream and indie, and across 3 or 4 different platforms.
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Playdate Review: Daedalus Versus Minotaur
It turns out labyrinths can also be a fun favourite for all the family!
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Playdate Review: Funny Racer
I wasn’t intrigued by Funny Racer on the Playdate as much I was unavoidably intertwined with it. Tiny cars. Twisty tracks. Let’s race.
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Playdate Review: The Keyper
The Keyper by Cool Lemon ClubYear: 2023Platforms: Playdate (Catalog, itch.io) Did you ever spend a merry hour or two as a kid drawing long, looping mazes out on paper? Wriggling worm-like labyrinths that barely forked, but hypnotised you with their never-ending curves that seemed to go on forever? The Keyper on Playdate took me back…
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Year of the Backlog: Year Walk
Year Walk is a bit of a gem of a game, a small but lovingly formed parcel of delicately aged delights. The quiet, crisp crunch of footsteps in the snow lends itself perfectly to the ominous ambience hanging over the landscape.
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Year of the Backlog: Zen Bound 2
Zen Bound 2 is a delicate experience where ledges and corners are your friends and enemies.
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10 Mins In: Pulpergeist (Playdate)
If you’re a fan of ghost stories and Film Noir then you’ll be right at home here.