Some of you may have noticed that whilst I have played at least 7 new games as part of first play Thursday recently - I am yet to follow these up with reviews. Sadly, the bottom line is I haven’t enjoyed a huge amount of the new games recently. Rather than just force myself to … Continue reading In the mood to review
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Árida: Backland’s Awakening
ARIDA: Backland's Awakening is an open world game that I was really looking forward to, I saw on Keymailer and immediately requested it. It's a desert/backlands survival game where you have to keep tabs of your food and hunger while trying to reach a specific place, also picking up side-quests along the way. (Reminding me … Continue reading Árida: Backland’s Awakening
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
Citywars Tower Defense
I love tower defence games, I really do. One of them (geoDefense) was the WHOLE reason I brought my first iPhone back in 2008, yes really.They are addictive with the right amount (when done properly) of strategy and puzzle fun where you can really find ways to efficiently beat every wave or level. At least … Continue reading Citywars Tower Defense
Alchemy Garden
I am completely in love with this game, and the game is still in Alpha. How is this possible? Oh yeah, a combination of things I've always loved, a concept that's always worked and the fact that the dev/devs are seriously putting in a lot of effort into the game. This game certainly enters my … Continue reading Alchemy Garden
Hidden Shelter
Back ages ago, before I'd even met @shineycat, I played a game called Pacify with one of my old buddies on her stream. She absolutely crapped herself, while I remained completely calm for most of the game. Also, under reacting to the ghost chasing me, which led to my friend getting more of a fright … Continue reading Hidden Shelter
Midnight: Submersion – Nightmare Horror
I think the steam review by nbartley1998 sums this game up completely. "Load gameConfused immediatelyWalk outsideNo directiveGet punched by slappy the dummyUninstall game10/10" Once again, another horror game that I was excited to play, once again another horror game that I have uninstalled and will never touch again. Keymailer once again has supplied me with … Continue reading Midnight: Submersion – Nightmare Horror
Ratropolis
Ratropolis takes the cake from Castle On The Coast from me for "best game I've received from Keymailer yet." in the grounds that I am playing this game off-stream and really am enjoying it. Castle On The Coast is still by far a better game, but due to me getting motion sickness and Ratropolis being … Continue reading Ratropolis
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
Fisherman’s House
I am an avid lover of horror games, ever since way back in 2012 I found Markiplier's first ever SCP - Containment Breach video, where he had streamed his very first interaction with the game.Since then I was a regular watcher of not just his content, but horror game content in general. Watching people play … Continue reading Fisherman’s House
Berserker’s Descent
Keymailer strikes once again with a lovely looking indie game for me to have a look at, and this time, when a game says it's "hand-drawn" you can just about smell it through the screen. Berserker's Descent is a 2D sidescrolling, zone arena-type game. In each instance of the game the map and what you … Continue reading Berserker’s Descent
Do Animals Dream?
Do Animals Dream? The question that's asked in the title of the game is not expanded on in the way you might think. The game is nothing to do with dreaming in the sense of what happens when you're asleep, but more to do with hope and aspirations of animals.Even so, that's not really the … Continue reading Do Animals Dream?
Perfect Heist 2
Another game from Keymailer, this time I was hoping for a good, fun experience, akin to PayDay 2 but a little more lax and a lot more goofy.While I can definitely say that this would've been the case if it wasn't for the fact that the game is only suited for multiplayer. Now, I can't … Continue reading Perfect Heist 2
Castle on the Coast
Now this game, before I say too much, is by far one of the best games I've got from Keymailer in the entire time I've been reviewing games. Castle on the Coast brings me back confusing memories of my childhood, playing on my cousin's "whatver-thefuck-that-console-was" playing a Mario game, akin to Mario64 (it maybe was … Continue reading Castle on the Coast
Computer Tycoon
After loving Start up Panic and be reminded of how much I loved Game Dev tycoon, seeing this pop up was an obvious choice. You can see my first play here. This has got the vibes of the Windows 3.1 era of development and way back to the times when Jobs, Gates & Wozniak actually … Continue reading Computer Tycoon
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
Reds Adventure – A Seasons New Beginning
You know we love a good platformer in house Shiney and its been a little while since we played one. So when I saw this on Keymailer I was curious and had to give it a go.You can see our first play here. This was not the magical joy of platformer like Auro the Bunny, … Continue reading Reds Adventure – A Seasons New Beginning
I’ve Seen Everything
If you know the channel I suppose you could say with my enormous propensity to overshare that you have in fact probably heard everything by now (you haven't, there is always more) but have you SEEN everything?No?We haven't either so when Keymailer popped up with this offering, of course we had to get it. You … Continue reading I’ve Seen Everything
Alwa’s Legacy
Starting off with the sequel to Alwa's Awakening, what a joy and what a delight after playing the first game. From their game in 2017 to this release in 2020, Alwa's Legacy is one of the games that I can say visibly and thoroughly improves from the first game to the second. Nearly every point … Continue reading Alwa’s Legacy
Super Clown: Lost Diamonds
Keymailer, as much as you save me from having to pay for the trash that consumes Steam's indie section, you could not save me from this. Super Clown: Lost Diamonds was another one of those, "Ah, that will be super easy to play, looks like it has a low skill requirement and made with leftover … Continue reading Super Clown: Lost Diamonds
Nelson and the Magic Cauldron
This is not a game I would have usually requested but I was quite happy to see the little 'pre-approved' labelled on it when scrolling through keymailer, so I decided to have a look. You can see my first play here. I was surprised to find this was the second game in this series. Why? … Continue reading Nelson and the Magic Cauldron
Not for broadcast
Having really enjoyed Organs, Please the idea of being a media puppet master totally appealed to me. So I requested this from Keymailer to see what it would be like, you can see my first play here. Not since the 2015 Need for Speed game have I seen live action people in a game, and … Continue reading Not for broadcast
Planet Shiney 