I have a total thing for Vampires, I grew up with Buffy on my TV and reading Anne Rice before finding (and falling in love with) The Sookie Stackhouse series (aka True Blood) so I get a bit exciting by anything remotely neck-bitey adjacent. I think the peeps in Lurkit knew this because VTM - … Continue reading Vampire The Masquerade – Bloodhunt
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Will you Snail?
I've developed a thing for snails. Wait, that sounds wrong - but after Nobody Saves the World, I appreciate that snails have a fair and valid place in games rather than being garden lurkers who munch my plants and leave shiny trails everywhere. House Shiney is HUGE on platformers too, so when we saw this … Continue reading Will you Snail?
Zombie Rollerz: Pinball Heroes
Gamers of a certain age (like me) might have incredibly fond memories of the Windows pinball game 3D Pinball Space Cadet. Digital pinball games can be magical when they are done right, as my long standing love for this game shows. So colour me intrigued when I saw a zombie based one and thought what … Continue reading Zombie Rollerz: Pinball Heroes
Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands
As far as I am concerned the best DLC from Borderlands 2 was Tiny Tina's Assault on Dragon Keep, that is a hill I am prepared to die on, leave me there, know it was worth it.It was such an epic and funny breath of fresh air in what was already an epic game and … Continue reading Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands
Survival quiz CITY
This crazy colourful game captured my attention as it was something new I could bring to my community and play with them. I was more than over joyed when I was able to get not ONE but TEN keys via Lurkit for this game and you can see us play it for the first time … Continue reading Survival quiz CITY
Backseat Gamers
I’ve been aware of this annoyance for years, but I thought it was just concentrated to my household when I was young, where mum would walk by me sat on the floor playing Tomb Raider and ask why I was taking the long way round when there obviously an easier way out (she wasn’t aware … Continue reading Backseat Gamers
Propnight
I think by now you guys are well and truly versed in my love-hate-love relationship with Dead by Daylight but sometimes those hate phases really vex me and I wonder if the game (or elements thereof) could be done better. When I saw this game I was drawn to the fact its both similar and … Continue reading Propnight
Humble Choice – March
Another month, another epic offering from Humble.The is the second month in a row where there are a reduced number of games to choose from but I think we can all agree the quality is outstanding! Desperados IIIStealth in the wild west, noice. This is a prequel to the Wanted dead or alive game within … Continue reading Humble Choice – March
Purry Furry Adventurry
The title drew me in, as did the idea I was cat going to wreck the city trying to escape my owner (I was assuming she was some overbearing Elmyra Duff type, so I decided to give it a go. You can see my first play here. What immediately made us giggle where the graphics. … Continue reading Purry Furry Adventurry
Mongrel – Early Access
You know I love South Park, right? So when the main premise of this game is dealing with trouble makers who get flushed down the toilet (howdy-how!) - I had to. You can see my first play here. The story for this game is dark and detailed, but we love it. The intro video was … Continue reading Mongrel – Early Access
Kamikaze Veggies – Early Access
I remember learning what Kamikaze meant when I was about 12. I was a on report at school for being a little shit and my music teacher at the time asked my why I was on a Kamikaze mission to get myself into as much trouble as possible.Now I can do it as a vegetable... … Continue reading Kamikaze Veggies – Early Access
Warcos
I chose this one on Keymailer for Duck to play and review - its way more his bag than mine but after our first play you'll see why it is I am doing the review instead.You can watch the futile 13 minutes here, its worth if only for the comedy of Ducks commentary. After it … Continue reading Warcos
Hidden Deep
Creepy tunnels? Possible death? Two-play local co-op so I can throw a rubber chicken at duck when he gets us killed?Sign me up! You can see our first play here. This game lied to me from the very start. Rich dark sci-fi story. The story pays tribute to 80's and 90's games and movie classics like … Continue reading Hidden Deep
Humble Choice – February
I know its later into the month BUT here are Febs games from Humble. Borderlands 3 & Borderlands 3: Directors cut PSN gave you the Tiny Tina DLC as a stand alone game this month, Humble goes TWO better with both the full version and the directs cut of this epic 2k game. The directors … Continue reading Humble Choice – February
Olli Olli World
Not since the days of Tony Hawk's Pro Skater and (what I felt was the superior) Grind Session, have I played a game involving skateboards. So after a nearly 20 year break from the genre I was interested to see this colourful offering pop up on keymailer, naturally I asked for it and was lucky … Continue reading Olli Olli World
Dying Light 2: Stay Human
7 years after the first game, we finally get a sequel to the epic parkour zombie survival franchise.I loved the first game, so was very excited to play this at midnight on launch, you can see that here. Sadly I am suffering from performance issues with the game, and not because my machine can't take … Continue reading Dying Light 2: Stay Human
Crystal Clash
Two words - tower defence. At least that's the lie I was sold when I found this game on Keymailer. You can see my first play here. I'll be honest, it lasted longer than it should have done. According to the game blurb it boasts: Completely free-to-playFucking good job to be honest.Short, intense 2v2 and … Continue reading Crystal Clash
Chrous
Chorus is (for Cat) was a unique Keymailer get as its not only the first console game she has gotten, but also the first non-indie title. Having especially enjoyed Maneater as one of the more recent Deep Silver offerings, and previously playing their games Saints Row, Killing Floor 2 & Dead Island; We were both … Continue reading Chrous
Noble Fates
This game had a main page on keymailer splash, and it was the graphics that drew me in with the little green people and the fun premise, you can see the first play here... the first play of lies, and the last play because so many fucking sighs. In theory this game means you are … Continue reading Noble Fates
Brain Bait
Since I have started reviewing indie games, I have developed a soft spot for these little casual action puzzle type games, so when I saw this on Keymailer, I had to give it a go.The release day was scheduled for Jan 11th 2022, but at midnight it wasn't ready to download, and at Midday it … Continue reading Brain Bait
Cloud Escape
I was initially drawn to this on keymailer as we have had a few games recently in house Shiney that have claimed to have great jumping mechanics and have truly and spectacularly failed. I needed a game to do what it said in terms of jumping, and I think you can see from our first … Continue reading Cloud Escape
Trash Sailors
I saw this game on keymailer, and was instantly drawn to it for the premise and the graphics. I know I give people who play Seas of Thieves a hard time but this looked way more fun. You can see our first playthrough here. Graphically this game is gorgeous and I really love the style. … Continue reading Trash Sailors
Red Cap Zombie Hunter
This game initially got me in as it had the whole cute old school shooter thing going on with Plants v Zombies (original game) vibes. You can see what we managed of a first play here, but I warn you now, the rage quit is real.The limited intro doesn't really give you much to go … Continue reading Red Cap Zombie Hunter
Babyquick: Adventure of the moon dragon
When you scroll on keymailer looking for fun, what do you look for? Me? I look for fun, nostalgia and something I might be able to complete. So when I saw this offering from TheAmanStudios I did a little squee and requested. In terms of response to my request, not only was the turn around … Continue reading Babyquick: Adventure of the moon dragon
Stuffed
When I saw this on Keymailer I was instantly taken with it, when I read the page and saw I could play it with Duck, that was me sold. So I asked and received within a few days. SO MUCH EXCITE!I love the idea that this is like Toy Story toys gone bad and when … Continue reading Stuffed
Planet Shiney 