Ian

About Ian

Ian likes his games weird. He loves his Vita even if Sony don't anymore. He joined the PS4 party relatively late, but has been in since day one on PS5.

Blood Bowl III comes to us from Cyanide Studio and is published by parent company Nacon. Despite that, this is very much a work-for-hire project for Nottingham based Games Workshop aka Warhammer. The first Blood Bowl was released in 2009 with the sequel, the imaginatively named Blood Bowl 2 coming […]

Blood Bowl III – PS5 Review

March 2, 2023 in PS4 / PS5 / Reviews tagged blood bowl / cyanide studio / dice roll / Games workshop / nacon / no fun league / turn-based / Warhammer by Ian

From developer Wildboy Studios and publisher Untold Tales comes a comedy romp through the halls of the Norse gods. Rather unexpectedly, Atone: Heart of the Elder Tree is a point and click adventure with a script worthy of LucasArts at the height of their powers. Only kidding, it’s a generally […]

Atone: Heart of the Elder Tree – PS4 Review

February 17, 2023 in PS4 / Reviews tagged freya / loki / norse / odin / rhythm action / sexy dancer / ygdrassil by Ian

Yuppie Psycho : Executive Edition to give its full title, chronicles the first working day of a guy called Brian Pasternak at a company called Sintracorp. Developed by Baroque Decay and published by Neon Doctrine, this is ostensibly a survival horror game, though it’s very dialogue and plot heavy. His […]

Yuppie Psycho : Executive Edition – PS4 Review

February 9, 2023 in PS4 / Reviews tagged brians of the world unite / job for life / sintracorp / survival horror / yuppie psycho by Ian

Turnip Boy Commits Tax Evasion could well have been a Ratalaika effort for the almost generic title. Though we’re glad we didn’t dismiss it out of hand as it turned out to be a pleasant surprise. Coming from Massachusetts-based dev Snoozy Kazoo and publisher Graffiti Games, as increasingly seems to […]

Turnip Boy Commits Tax Evasion – PS4 Review

January 27, 2023 in PS4 / Reviews tagged rip it up / rutabaga / snooty kazoo / steckrübe / tax evasion / turnip boy / wee papa girl rapa / you little ripper / カブ by Ian

The Legend of Tianding comes to us from Creative Games & Computer Graphics Corp in conjuction with Taiwan Tech (aka National Taiwan University of Science and Technology) and Taiwanese publisher Neon Doctrine. So far so Taiwanese! According to Wikipedia, this is a fleshed out version of a 2004 Flash game which […]

The Legend of Tianding – PS5 Review

January 22, 2023 in PS4 / PS5 / Reviews tagged chives / les / liao tianding / period piece / taiwan / you wouldn't let it lie by Ian

Alfred Hitchcock – Vertigo is a game we didn’t necessarily expect to see. Coming from Spanish developer Pendulo Studios and longtime French publisher Microids, this is a mystery adventure with occasional QTEs based on the premise of Hitchcock’s film. Rather than closely following the plot of the Jimmy Stewart 1958 […]

Alfred Hitchcock : Vertigo – PS5 Review

October 14, 2022 in PS4 / PS5 / Reviews tagged collywobbles / hitchcock / lets get ready to rumble / microids / pendulo / psych / vertigo by Ian

Little Orpheus from semi-indie dev The Chinese Room and publisher Secret Mode, tells the story of the hapless Ivan Ivanovich as he’s interrogated by an incredulous general after the event. You see, Ivan is somehow being held responsible for the loss of the titular nuclear device in the centre of […]

Little Orpheus – PS4 Review

September 28, 2022 in PS4 / Reviews tagged apple arcade / chinese room / episodic / little orpheus / nuclear wessels / prokofiev / secret mode by Ian

Wayward Strand, from developer Ghost Pattern, takes part during a very specific window of three days in early 1978. Friday 27th January to Sunday 29th January in fact. It’s also very very Australian. It’s not quite the stereotypical Joe Mangel “you little ripper, let me get the ute!” levels of […]

Wayward Strand – PS5 Review

September 18, 2022 in PS4 / PS5 / Reviews tagged flying hospital / rack off you dag / straya / wayward strand / you flaming galah by Ian

We originally reviewed Biomutant from developer Experiment 101 in May last year, now we’ve a PS5 version to cast our eye over. Though we wish we’d just waited and got the free PS5 upgrade that all other owners have now got too. Due to our having played the EU version […]

Biomutant – PS5 Review

September 18, 2022 in PS5 / Reviews tagged biomutant / experiment 101 / ps5 port by Ian

Let’s get the obvious out of the way first. Cloudpunk, from Berlin-based developer Ion Lands and publisher Merge, is very much aping the neon lit vibe of Blade Runner. RIght, that’s done with. There’s another cinematic feel we got from the way traffic interacts with you and flies at multiple […]

Cloudpunk – PS5 Review

August 28, 2022 in PS4 / PS5 / Reviews tagged cloudpunk / ion lands / nivalis / not blade runner honest by Ian

Cursed to Golf is a pretty good back of a napkin description really. You’re trapped in golf purgatory after having been sent to limbo having been struck down in your prime. From dev Chuhai Labs and publisher Thunderful we have an arcade golf game with a cute exterior that belies […]

Cursed to Golf – PS5 Review

August 24, 2022 in PS4 / PS5 / Reviews tagged chuhai labs / golf / my god this is hard / ooh stick you your momma too / sainsbury's security like I'm dead scared / sticking it to you / thunderful by Ian

Voyage is the latest from Ratalaika, developed by Swedish brothers Johan and André Steem, otherwise known as Venturous. Originally known as Yonder, Voyage is a game with a long gestation having been around since at least 2015, if not longer. Voyage is something of a departure from Ratalaika’s usual fare […]

Voyage – PS5 Review

August 11, 2022 in PS4 / PS5 / Reviews tagged desireless / obtuse / ratalaika / voyage by Ian