Bus Simulator 27 (PC) – Review
BUS! As good a name as any for a company. It has been a few years since I last played a Bus Simulator title, if you discount the title from the developer of the previous release in the series. Now, with the…
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Tiny Eden (PC) – Review
As it turns out, Jack, there is a need for a set of garden shears up in the high flats after all. Tiny Eden is set in a near-future version of somewhere in Asia after the bees disappeared. The setting may be…
Ugly Betty “Jump” – Review
Sure, get in the EIC and Creative Director of Elle alongside Naomi Campbell to guest star, and someone else who looks like she has an English sister called Annie. I’m giving myself that “long” opener because it is only the fourth of…
Starsand Island (Switch 2) Review
In 2024, a Chinese developer called Seed Sparkle Lab launched a Kickstarter campaign to develop a farming sim with deeper life-sim elements. Coupled with an anime aesthetic, the developer sought to have players write their own “life story” through how they spend…
Ugly Betty “The Kids Are Alright” – Review
To quote Edwin Hawkins, oh happy day! Returning for only her third episode of Ugly Betty before leaving after “The Wiener, the Bun and the Boob,” which once again should have that Oxford comma. It is Wendey Standzler, who previously did Monk,…
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered (Switch 2) Review
In April 2025, Bethesda and Xbox Game Studios launched The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered. With a few quality-of-life adjustments and a fresh Unreal Engine 5 coat of paint over the entire game, we saw a glimpse of a new kind of…
Combolands (PC) Review
The creation of Balatro was the death knell for my productivity. Not because of Balatro itself, but because of the inevitable deluge of a gameplay loop that is just so engaging I don’t want to stop playing. Combolands, developed by the creators…
Puppergeist (PC) Review
Warning: The subject of this review contains discussions and depictions of animal cruelty and neglect. Reader discretion is strongly advised. Even someone as cynical and jaded as I am can hugely benefit from the catharsis of having a good, thorough cry every…
Ugly Betty “Betty’s Baby Bump” – Review
I swear, I’m going to kill someone by the end of this review. I don’t know who, but it certainly won’t be Claire. It will feel odd if I moan about direction this week, as “Betty’s Baby Bump” was Linda Mendoza’s only episode…
Madden NFL 27 (Xbox Series X) Review
Madden NFL 27 and EA College Football 27 both release within weeks of one another now that EA is publishing two titles ahead of football season. It’s not necessarily like they’re competing against one another; each league has its own fandoms. Football fanatics will probably…