I Am Dead review – A fresh, feel-good perspective on death
Pause for the intriguing title, play for the tender exploration of how memory and mementos mean the dead are never truly gone.
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Category: Gaming
The Signifier review – A heady mix of cutting-edge tech and psychoanalysis
October 15, 2020
by Noelle Adams
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Afreud of AI? Machine learning algorithms and the unconscious mind entwine to thought-provoking effect in tech-noir mystery adventure The Signifier, out today for PC.
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Creaks review – A wonderfully weird puzzle platformer
July 16, 2020
by Noelle Adams
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Bird people, spiky shadow monsters and lumbering kaiju constructed entirely out of planks and nails. They’re waiting in Creaks, a surreal and visually striking puzzle...
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The Complex – From Bandersnatch to Bandages, Natch!
March 31, 2020
by Noelle Adams
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If TV and film viewing is feeling too passive for you right now, you might find some catharsis in interactive movie The Complex. This timeous...
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Fractured Minds review – A concentrated, clever exploration of life with mental illness
November 29, 2019
by Noelle Adams
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Living with anxiety, depression and other world-warping mental health issues. Cross-platform interactive short Fractured Minds is a powerful and perceptive experience that conveys what it’s...
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Close to the Sun review: Scratches that BioShock itch
November 20, 2019
by Noelle Adams
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It’s a mistake to dismiss first-person horror adventure Close to the Sun as a BioShock rip-off. Despite similarities to the 2007 fan-favourite, Close to the...
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Moons of Madness review – Waxes and wanes, but still worth a trip off-world
October 29, 2019
by Noelle Adams
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That’s no moon! Seriously, it’s a Dreaming One. Just in time for Halloween comes Moons of Madness, a first-person horror game that scratches a very...
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rAge Expo 2019 – Soldiering on with its focused identity and offering, for now
September 30, 2019
by Noelle Adams
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Taking place literally three days after Comic Con Africa, it was always going to be interesting to see how rAge 2019 fared. Was the expo’s...
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Telling Lies review – Honestly immersive FMV mystery-solving
September 9, 2019
by Noelle Adams
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If someone trawled through all your video calls and electronic communications, what kind of person would they find? Are you really one of the good...
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Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey review – Can you survive The Sim(ian)s Evolution?
August 26, 2019
by Noelle Adams
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Survival adventure leaps back ten million years to the dawn of humankind in Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey. Assassin’s Creed creator Patrice Désilets and his team...
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