Andy O’Flaherty reviews The Revenge of Shinobi… “In the year 19xx, the evil crime syndicate “Zeed” was reduced to rubble by the powers of stealth possessed by the Shinobi master, Joe Musashi. It seemed as if the world had returned to peace. But three years later…” You know the rest. Evil corporation somehow returns from […]
Video Game Review – The Nonary Games
Andy O’Flaherty reviews The Nonary Games… Have you ever read one of those ‘choose your own adventure’ books that were very popular in the 80’s and 90’s? Each page ends with a choice of how the story progresses – “If you want to go through the left door, turn to page 6, if you want […]
Video Game Review – Typoman Revised
Andy O’Flaherty reviews Typoman Revised… Isn’t it so annoying when you are trying to watch an episode of Countdown whilst simultaneously playing a dark and moody platform game? Well, thanks to the folk over at Brainseed Factory you can now do both! Welcome to Typoman. Originally released for the Wii-U in 2015, Typoman at its core […]
Revisiting Sonic the Hedgehog
Andy O’Flaherty takes a look back at the origins of Sega’s iconic mascot… Sonic the Hedgehog. Now there’s a name that stretches far beyond the realms of the video game medium. I guarantee that a large percentage of even non-video game players would instantly recognise him on sight. Indeed, even my 3 year old daughter, who […]
Video Game Review – Space Hulk: Deathwing
Andy O’Flaherty reviews Space Hulk: Deathwing… Ever since the original Space Hulk board-game was released by Games Workshop in 1989 there have been many computer games that have born the name, and pretty much all of them have been slow-paced strategic titles that require patience and planning to succeed. For those familiar with Space Hulk, […]
Video Game Review – Small Radios Big Televisions
Andy O’Flaherty reviews Small Radios Big Televisions… Small Radios Big Televisions, a new puzzle offering from Adult Swim games, surprisingly has absolutely nothing at all to do with radios, or indeed televisions. What it is to do with is classic point and click adventuring… and tapes. Remember them? Analogue media is the focus of this puzzling […]
Video Game Review – Party Hard: High Crimes DLC
Andy O’Flaherty reviews Party Hard: High Crimes DLC… Released in 2015 to mixed reviews, the original Party Hard was what could be best described as a stealth murder simulator. Viewed from above, you guided your tiny pixellated Michael Myers-esq character around various parties, slowly killing the guests without being discovered. Why? Because they were keeping […]
Retro Video Game Review – Mercs on the Sega Mega Drive
Andy O’Flaherty reviews Mercs on the Sega Mega Drive… Back in the mid 80’s the arcade scene was beginning to develop some momentum, rapidly moving on from relatively simple titles like Space Invaders, Defender and Pac-Man. As the technology improved games were beginning to develop a more cinematic and bombastic edge, obviously taking influence from […]
Retro Video Game Review – Super Metroid
Andy O’Flaherty reviews Super Metroid… Super Metroid. Anybody who owned a SNES back in 1994 is probably nodding their head right now while thinking “yep…. there’s one of the greatest games ever made right there…” Following on from the Game Boy’s Metroid II (1991) and continuing the series established by Metroid (Famicom – 1986), the third […]
Retro Video Game Review – Double Dragon II: The Revenge
Andy O’Flaherty reviews Double Dragon II: The Revenge on the Nintendo Entertainment System… There is an extremely high likelihood that the vast majority of people reading these words have at the very least heard of Double Dragon. The original arcade game, released in 1987, was a landmark title that revolutionised the way games in the […]
