Crane, Chaos, and Comfortably Familiar Carnage – Dying Light: The Beast (Review)

Oct 8, 2025Oct 8, 2025 ~ Gareth Ellis ~ Leave a comment

Dying Light: The Beast launched in mid-September 2025 for PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X/S, and it immediately feels like a homecoming. Stepping back into the role of Kyle Crane is genuinely satisfying—almost like the series finally remembered who its heart belonged to. After the shift in focus in Dying Light 2, having Crane back … Continue reading Crane, Chaos, and Comfortably Familiar Carnage – Dying Light: The Beast (Review)

7 Days to Die 1.0 Hits Consoles: A Survival Game that Nails the Apocalypse

Jul 31, 2024Jul 31, 2024 ~ Gareth Ellis ~ Leave a comment

7 Days to Die was released on July 29th 2024, for Playstation 5, Xbox Series S/X and PC. Although this is supposed to be the full release of 7 Days to Die for the latest consoles, it is still technically a beta version with some features still under development. However, this has not led to … Continue reading 7 Days to Die 1.0 Hits Consoles: A Survival Game that Nails the Apocalypse

Purrfect Gameplay: Stray (Review)

Jul 20, 2022Jul 20, 2022 ~ Gareth Ellis ~ Leave a comment

First off, I apologise for the title; it had to be done. Stray is an adventure game that was released on 19th July 2022 for Windows, PlayStation 4, and PlayStation 5. In the game, you take control of a cat that has fallen into a world of robots as it traverses the new environment to … Continue reading Purrfect Gameplay: Stray (Review)

TMNT: Shredder’s Revenge (Review)

Jun 29, 2022Jun 27, 2022 ~ Gareth Ellis ~ Leave a comment

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge is a side-scrolling beat-'em-up that was released on 16th June 2022 for Windows, Linux, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation, and Xbox. The game uses the 1980's animated TV show as its inspiration and borrows its style from the '80s and '90s arcade and console games. In addition, it sees the return … Continue reading TMNT: Shredder’s Revenge (Review)

Back to School Is Out In the World

Jun 27, 2022Jun 27, 2022 ~ Gareth Ellis ~ Leave a comment

The second book in the Creatures series, Back to School, was released on Saturday (well, the digital version anyway, the paperback has been out a few days longer), and it was the most successful launch of any book I have published so far and combined with the pre-orders it meant that over the weekend I … Continue reading Back to School Is Out In the World

Update + New Book on the Way

Jun 10, 2022Jun 10, 2022 ~ Gareth Ellis ~ Leave a comment

It’s been a busy few months, what with university, writing, and other stuff, so as much as I wanted to revive this blog sooner, I just haven’t had the time to sit down and write anything worth posting. But now, with the imminent release of the second book in the Creatures series, Back to School, … Continue reading Update + New Book on the Way

Friday Delight

Apr 16, 2021Apr 16, 2021 ~ Gareth Ellis ~ Leave a comment

Friday again. Another week is done. It’s the weekend and all that jazz. It’s been another long week at this end. Things with the house are slowly drawing to a close as we’re hoping to be in by the end of April. And my third book, Blindsighted, was released on Wednesday. I spent the bulk … Continue reading Friday Delight