There’s a few blind spots in the gaming history, certain genres that I never really tried and kind of missed the boat on. Some I’ve…
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Single screen local multiplayer games had something of a resurgence over the past 5 years, games like Gang Beasts, Overcooked, Nidhogg and Ultimate Chicken Horse…
At this stage it’s quite apparent that the only times I ever use the NSFW in the title is when I’m talking about the latest…
There’s a weird disconnect when I watch kids adventure films like Goonies or series like Stranger Things. If I was in either of those situations…
It’s wonderfully easy to see the three cultural touch points that inspired Hong Kong Massacre; Hotline Miami, Max Payne and the Hong Kong action films…
It’s probably worth confessing at this point that I have never played XCOM, or rather the modern XCOM, I did dabble with the series back…
Some of my earliest gaming memories include watching my dad play Elite on the BBC Micro. Something about that wire-frame game always stuck with me;…
I’ll start as I always do with a review of something Early Access on Steam, I realise a review of a game that itself acknowledges…
As a rule I try not to say game X is like game Y in my reviews, it always seems reductive and I often have…
I’m not going to lie, my PSVR went from being one of my more used gaming items to being a bit of a dust collector…
It’s often easy to look at the term ‘spiritual successor’ as something that’s just thrown around to avoid legal trouble with a game’s IP holder.…
With Cyberpunk 2077 creeping it’s way into the subconscious of the gaming community, thanks to a break in the dam that was their marketing strategy,…
Up front I’m going to say that this review is potentially Not Safe For Work! Images whilst not offensive to most will at the very…
This site is a self indulgence for me, it’s a creative outlet where I can talk about what I love. But there’s a certain genre…
Before I start this proper it’s worth noting that Green Hell is in Early Access on Steam currently, each publication is going to decide whether…
I feel like I’ve spoken a hundred times about genre mash-ups recently here on Pixelbedlam, usually it’s just a couple of game styles that are…
Starting something is hard, I’ve written 3 different introductions to this review already. With games it’s especially hard to find that balance between introduction and…
Metroidvania was one of those terms in gaming that just had no effect on me, that is until about a year ago. I knew what…
The launch trailers for many consoles in retrospect look more than a little bit silly. The Nintendo Switch reveal trailer especially is all kinds of…