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Journey over the Misty Mountains old, to dungeons deep and caverns old. Where the Wicked Wyrm guards his hoard, not of gold but shiny cardboard. A little over three years ago, we took our first steps into the lands of Middle-earth, now we have returned for an unexpected journey. The Hobbit originally started as a children’s story and quickly grew to be the first novel featuring a universe that has captured the hearts of millions of readers.

Inspired by Nintendo 64 classics, this solo-dev has created a detailed throwback FPS . See the details in our Agent 64: Spies Never Die Review! So many games nowadays pay homage to their inspirations. Others go so far as to be spiritual successors, emulating so much of what made those games great, with a modern lens. One such bygone is the FPS of the fifth generation of consoles – when the genre became more focused and benefitted from the jump in graphics.

If it walks like a duck and plays like a platformer, it must be our Dodo Duckie review! Get quacking and discover a new perspective in this adorable indie game. After reviewing games like Doom, Assassin’s Creed and The Mound, it’s nice to sit back with a relaxing platformer about a duck. If you’re getting tired of normal platformers, it might be time to get a new perspective.

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Write a story of your own in our A Storied Life: Tabitha review! Good cosy point-and-click investigative puzzle titles are hard to come by, yet a dime a dozen. Either they’re not cosy, or the puzzle sections are kind of rubbish; sometimes the game is full of bugs and other times it just seems cheaply made. A Storied Life: Tabitha promises cosiness, puzzle elements and a story on top – can it hold up to its promise? Collecting all the stories in A Storied Life: Tabitha.

Grab your closest compatriot and join us for some cocktail party banter with our Cultured Swines review! PAX Aus 2025 was such an awesome event, as it is every year; getting to experience the new and upcoming games is easily my favourite part about doing these reviews. Last year I got to experience a simply awesome game that took home the prize of our number 1 pick for new tabletop games. Cultured Swines is all about the art of schmoozing and being able to see if you can talk the talk.

Travel to the woods to find a reclusive actress and uncover deeper meaning in an abandoned slasher franchise in our Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma Review! After wowing the film festival circuit with their feature film debut We’re All Going to the World’s Fair in 2021, rising filmmaker Jane Schoenbrun was able to get the attention of production companies like A24 to help create her sophomore feature I Saw the TV Glow in 2024.

How does this beast of a drawing screen size up against its big-brand competitors? Find out in our XP Pen Artist Pro 19 (Gen 2) Review! When it comes to drawing tablets and screens, there’s a heap of different options out there and some of them can be eye-wateringly expensive. Enter XP Pen and the Artist Pro 19 (Gen 2), a marvellous little unit with a lot of care for design and quality. Does it hold up compared to similar units on the market?

Lilly Kirchner-Wilson Lilly is from Germany and currently living in Scotland. Apart from cosy and puzzle games, such as Animal Crossing and Professor Layton, Lilly discovered her love for JRPGs when she played Final Fantasy X on her sister’s PS2 for the first time. She now enjoys relaxing on the couch by either building up her Animal Crossing town, solving logic puzzles, or slaying Cactuars with effective magic attacks.

For players searching for a fantasy experience built on warmth rather than warfare, Allrest Inn may become the most inviting destination of the year. For decades, fantasy games have cast players as heroes destined to save kingdoms, as is the usual these days. Armed with enchanted swords and impossible destinies, we’ve fought dragons, toppled tyrants and become legends. But what happens after the battle is won?