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The Orville Season 2 – Ep 4 Review

Warning: The following review contains spoilers for The Orville’s Second Season, particularly Episode 4. Read on at your own discretion. Last week’s episode of The Orville was very bittersweet, as Halston Sage’s Alara left the show. There’s always room for her to…

Xbox Games Showcase July 2020 – Round Up

Warning: The following article may contain embedded and linked videos that may feature strong language that some readers may find upsetting. Discretion is advised. Remember when E3 was just a couple of days? Those were good days, those were the days that…

CARRION (PC) Review

When I first learned of CARRION’s existence, I was quite enthralled to see its unique premise as fleshed-out as it was. More than just a gimmick game, taking full control of what would regularly be considered the enemy-held promise to be a…

Next Up Hero & Tacoma Free On Epic

It has been an odd one for news this week, as it both poured out of Ubisoft, and was scarce at the same time. Some of it was angrily scribbled in editorial, on the hypocrisy of a now-resigned Ubisoft Exec that claimed:…

Void Terrarium (Switch) Review

If you’ve followed Phenixx Gaming for any length of time since we started, you’d know that I am a fan of NIS America titles. I’ve played and reviewed a fair few of them. I also am a fan of Dungeon-Crawlers and Roguelikes…

Doctor Who Series 2 “Fear Her” Review

To Doctor Who fans there are very few words that precisely strike fear in the hearts of all of them at once. “Paul Chuckle is The Master,” “Chris Chibnall is your new showrunner,” and “Fear Her,” it terrifies the Christ out of every…

Underhero (PC) Review

Underhero by Paper Castle Games is a 2D side-scrolling game with RPG and platforming elements. You play as a nameless, masked minion to the kind of cartoony overlord boss most video games ask you to defeat. Underhero plays with and bucks familiar ideas…

NHL 21 is Next-Gen Compatible

NHL 21 is set to release this October for the Xbox One and PS4. For a while now, fans wondered if next-gen versions of the game would release as well. EA Sports is now confirming that they are forgoing a next-gen version.…

Neon Abyss (Switch) Review

I am a huge Roguelike fan. I started out with Dungeons of Dredmor and then moved onto Rogue Legacy and The Binding of Isaac. In recent years I’ve gotten into Enter the Gungeon, Slay the Spire, and plenty of other roguelike titles.…

Women and Queerness in Horror: The Perfection

Warning: This article contains spoilers for The Perfection, mentions of sex and violence, mentions of self-harm, and mentions of child sexual abuse and rape. Last week, I talked about the meandering, lesbian-fear-inflected Single White Female. I went into all the ways it…