Lisa Pollifroni
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Venba
The sizzle. The steam. The aromas. The anticipation. A home-cooked meal that is made with love by someone you care about can make you feel safe, cared for and blissful. Venba is a short, narrative-focussed, casual cooking game where the protagonist cooks to show love for her family, and their...
From playing many LEGO adventure games in my time, I was pretty excited to see what LEGO could do with an open world racing game. LEGO 2K Drive isn’t the first time LEGO has explored the world of racing; in 1999 they released the single player LEGO Racers and its...
They make you sweat, over-think, change your outfit multiple times and contemplate just staying in with your dog and Netflix instead. First dates are either adored or hated, and for obvious reasons – they can be absolutely terrifying! Ten Dates is your way to live vicariously through a young Londonite...
Evil West
There’s something special about the feeling of the Wild West; the unease yet beauty of the landscape, the dog eat dog nature of survival, the cowboy hats. This year, there have been a few Western games that rebuild the world of the dusty, savage landscape of 16-1800s America into one...
When the word “Borderlands” is uttered, it most likely conjures up images of the looter shooter trilogy, not the 2014 narrative adventure Tales from the Borderlands. Though they are set in the same universe, the two contain very different playstyles, with Borderlands being a first-person shooter with RPG mechanics whilst...
Do you remember New Years’ Eve 1999? The Prince song was played on repeat for weeks beforehand, we were all scared that everything would collapse, the new millennium was looming, and teenage me was half petrified half exhilarated by the prospect of welcoming the 00s. Serial Cleaners, the sequel to...
When Destroy All Humans! 2 was originally released back in 2006, the world was a very different place. The “#MeToo” movement was yet to occur and “toxic masculinity” was a term that was nowhere near as common as it is in 2022. Therefore, Destroy All Humans! 2 Reprobed is very...
It’s amazing how we can simply look at an item and be catapulted into an array of memories that centre around it. Maybe it’s a pencil we used in an important exam, or a coffee mug from a trip overseas—just our interactions with these pieces allow our mind to conjure...
Arcadegeddon
It’s hard not to glance at Arcadegeddon without thinking it looks like a hell of a lot of fun. The world and the characters appear like they’ve come straight from a sci-fi inspired Saturday morning cartoon show; with big plasticine hair, shiny skin, and neon-splashed outfits with streaks of intense...
Can one tiny change in an event completely alter someone’s life? I’ve always been fascinated with that question. If I left home for work an hour earlier one day, or if I didn’t go out for lunch that day, could it possibly vary the course my life was taking? Eternal...
Back in 2018, developer Sengi Games announced their “botanical action adventure” The Serpent Rogue. Now, four years and a worldwide pandemic later, their game where you play as a plague doctor is released. The protagonist is dubbed “The Warden”, but they wear the traditional mask and hat of the physicians...
FAR: Changing Tides opens in a surprisingly intimidating way for a game that’s often so relaxing and tranquil. You, as a tiny protagonist with no name, are thrown into a large body of water with debris laying all around you. It takes you a while to get to your ship,...
