Horgihugh and Friends review

No matter how advanced technology becomes, the ways of old often prevail. WiFi down? Time to grab a book or dust off the Game Boy. Car won’t start? Either drag the bike out of the shed or start walking. Avid canine aviator Horgihugh finds himself in a similar predicament – after aliens frazzle the world’s technology, …

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Zarvot – Review

Zarvot is an odd mix. It’s promoted as the story of two cubes getting a present for their cube friend. Though mostly it’s an isometric shooter. But really it’s both. And also not quite either. Plus a bit of fiddly other stuff. First, some reassurance: the story element works really nicely. My main fear was …

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Mimpi Dreams – Review

There’s something to be said for the gentler pursuits in life. Like having a nice sit – what could be better? But gentle can also be pointless, like Radio 4 sitcoms. Which is Mimpi Dreams? LET’S FIND OUT. (An attempt at building tension, there. Not desperately easy in a review of a Switch conversion of …

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What can you get for a quid on the Switch?

Turns out those Gold Points you get for registering Switch games expire after a year. At least Nintendo had the good grace to tell me. So: what can I get with £1.16? Well, it changes pretty frequently, because it’s mostly games with massive discounts on a usual price of a few quid. When I spent …

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Five games we’d like to see on Switch

As much as we’d like to see the esteemed likes of The Witcher III, Overwatch and Battlefield 1 on Nintendo Switch, it’ll never happen. The system simply lacks the horsepower, and the fact that Nintendo has opted for cartridges probably doesn’t help the current software situation either. It appears the system has more in common …

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