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Zombies Ate My Neighbors: It Has Risen Again

Aug 4, 2021Aug 4, 2021 ~ Gareth Ellis ~ 2 Comments

Zombies Ate My Neighbors is a run and gun game that was released for the SNES and Sega Megadrive/Genesis back in 1993. In the game, you take control of one of two protagonists, Zeke, a 3D glasses-wearing boy, or Julie, a baseball cap-wearing girl, in order to rescue neighbors from hordes of zombies that want … Continue reading Zombies Ate My Neighbors: It Has Risen Again

It Takes Two (Review)

Jul 21, 2021Aug 19, 2021 ~ Gareth Ellis ~ Leave a comment

It Takes Two is a co-op adventure game that was released in March 2021 for PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S. Like the publishers previous game, A Way Out (see my blog this game here), there is no single-player option and relies on either online or local split-screen co-op. The story revolves … Continue reading It Takes Two (Review)

Star Wars: Squadrons (Review)

Jun 16, 2021Jun 4, 2021 ~ Gareth Ellis ~ 1 Comment

Star Wars: Squadrons is a space combat game set in the Star Wars universe. It was released in October 2020 for PC, Xbox One and Playstation 4. It was made available for free as part of a PSPlus subscription in June 2021. Set after the events of Return of the Jedi (the one with the … Continue reading Star Wars: Squadrons (Review)

Mass Effect and its Legendary Remaster

Jun 9, 2021Jun 7, 2021 ~ Gareth Ellis ~ 3 Comments

Mass Effect is a third-person role-playing shooter that was originally released back in November 2007 for XBox and later in December 2012 for PS3. The "Legendary" edition a remastered collection of the trilogy was released in May 2021 for XBox One, PS4 and PC. I was a little late to the Mass Effect party. I … Continue reading Mass Effect and its Legendary Remaster

State of Decay 2: Heartland – Good But Disappointing (Review)

Jun 2, 2021Jun 2, 2021 ~ Gareth Ellis ~ Leave a comment

*Possible Spoilers Ahead* Last week I posted a blog about the XBox game State of Decay 2 and said that I would be doing a further blog and reviewing the Heartland DLC, and here it is. State of Decay 2: Heartland DLC was released in June 2019 for free to anyone who owned the base … Continue reading State of Decay 2: Heartland – Good But Disappointing (Review)

Zombies Everywhere! – State of Decay 2 (Review)

May 26, 2021May 25, 2021 ~ Gareth Ellis ~ 3 Comments

State of Decay 2 is an open-world zombie survival game. It's the sequel to State of Decay (No kidding, eh?) by Undead Labs and it was released in May 2018 for XBox One. It's also had a rerelease for Xbox Series X/S in December 2020. State of Decay was a game that looked interesting from … Continue reading Zombies Everywhere! – State of Decay 2 (Review)

Let Nostalgia Commence: Streets of Rage 4 (Review)

May 19, 2021May 19, 2021 ~ Gareth Ellis ~ Leave a comment

Streets of Rage 4 is a side-scrolling beat 'em up and continues the Streets of Rage storyline from the previous games - particularly the one from the Japanese version of SoR3 (titled Bare Knuckle 3). It was released in April 2020 on XBox One, PS4, Switch and PC. This game picks up 10 years after … Continue reading Let Nostalgia Commence: Streets of Rage 4 (Review)

Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons (Review)

Mar 31, 2021Mar 31, 2021 ~ Gareth Ellis ~ Leave a comment

Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons was released back in 2013 and takes place in a fantasy world filled with mythical creatures such as giants, orcs and trolls. Brothers was a game that I came across years ago on the XBox. I played it a little back then but for some reason I put it … Continue reading Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons (Review)

A Way Out: A Prison Break for Two (Review)

Mar 17, 2021Mar 17, 2021 ~ Gareth Ellis ~ 2 Comments

A Way Out is an action-adventure game that was released in 2018 for PC, Xbox One and PS4. It has no single-player mode and is only playable using either local or online co-op, both of which employ a split-screen dynamic. The game follows main characters Leo and Vincent as they attempt to escape from prison … Continue reading A Way Out: A Prison Break for Two (Review)

Trophies: Yay or Nay?

Mar 10, 2021Mar 10, 2021 ~ Gareth Ellis ~ Leave a comment

To platinum, or not to platinum. That is the question - well, it's not really it's just a nice intro to a blog about trophy hunting. For ease of typing I'm going to generalise and call them all trophies. Don't come at me saying the Xbox doesn't have trophies, because we all know they're the … Continue reading Trophies: Yay or Nay?

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