Amid all the ultraviolence and samey sequels, a few genuine delights peeked out from behind the curtain at E3 2018. WARNING: THIS LIST DOES NOT INCLUDE CYBERPUNK 2077.
Category: Opinions
Games writing: when a hobby becomes work
Writing about games for a living? Sounds amazing, right? Well, like everything, it’s best done in moderation.
Nintendo Switch Online seems like a poor deal
Cloud saves, a few NES games and some smartphone app features are the sweeteners you’ll get when Nintendo starts charging you to play Switch games online – in other words, the bare minimum.
I am in awe of the superstar designers at EGX Rezzed
They say never meet your heroes. Just stand a few feet away from them instead and stare with your mouth open.
EGX Rezzed: first impressions
It’s halfway through day one, and the coffee has stopped working.
Getting ready for EGX Rezzed
I”ll be at EGX Rezzed for the whole weekend – but I’m already worrying how I’m going to fit everything in. If you’re going to be at the show, come say hi!
PlayStation 5? Noooooo, not yet!
It feels like I only just got my PS4. I’m in no rush to splash out on a brand new console.
Grainger Games has gone – another tragedy for the already hard hit north-east
It’s all gone, just like that. Grainger Games has shut its remaining stores. And it’s another grim disappointment to add to the hardships of North-East England.
As Grainger Games teeters on the brink things are looking gloomy for video games on the high street
Grainger Games is in trouble – and there are worrying signs about UK video game retailers in general.
Monster Hunter World deserves its record-breaking sales figures
This game is just so damn good I can’t stop playing it.
Why Forma.8 is brilliant and you should play it
Forma.8 was recently given away on PS Plus, and this metroidvania-but-with-spaceships has quickly become a firm favourite in The Manor.
Beholder is a funny yet brutal satire of living under an oppressive regime
Collecting useless information about tenants, like whether they enjoy chess, seems comical at first. But then people start dying.
From The Armchair: Metroidvania Marathon
I’ve spent most of my life wishing there were more games like Super Metroid, and now there’s a ton of them. Bring it on.
Wizkid’s on the wall
Bob’s best is finally shown off in all its glory.
Bob Wakelin’s best piece of video game cover art
RIP Bob Wakelin. He created some of the most iconic cover art of the eighties and nineties, but there’s one cover in particular that stands out for me – Wizkid.
Nintendo Labo: that crazy old Kyoto company wrong-foots us all yet again
When I heard that Nintendo was making a new announcement, I never dreamt it would be interactive cardboard toys. But now I want all of them.
From The Armchair: Bye Bye Baron
‘Tis a sad day, for Baron Richenbaum Fotchenstein is leaving us. Which begs the question, who on earth is going to review all the scary games now he’s gone?
From The Armchair: 2017 Achievements Unlocked!
As the dying embers of 2017 fall into the grate and 2018 roars into life, now is a good time to reflect on the achievements of the past year.
Gaming Trends We Could Do Without
Pointless collectibles, gated story content, questionable DLC practices, so-called ‘free to play’… No, just no.
It turns out there are a lot of angry people on the internet
A Twitter post on a bizarrely proportioned character in Xenoblade Chronicles 2 has generated a surprising amount of venom for something so trivial.