When Luigi and pals – Mario, Princess Peach and a trio of Toads – are invited to a shiny, grandiose hotel, it seems a bit of respite from the daily duties of jumping on the heads of goombas, breaking bricks and saving princesses. It probably also gives the Italian labourers a bit of time away from the vocation that away from the plumbing that’s listed in their job descriptions, but we never actually see them do. A bit of a break in a swish hotel! Who could say no?

What’s the difference between finding something and discovering something? On the surface “find” and “discover” are synonyms of each other, almost interchangeable within different contexts but if there’s anything my degrees have taught me it’s that the English language is full of stupid bullshit so I’m going to tell you that I think there’s a fundamental difference between the two …

So here’s how I view a successful remake in a context that applies to anything, not exclusively video games. If you’re given the opportunity to remake a film, a play, a video game or just your aunt’s overly-quirky fashion sense you have every right to fix what was wrong with the original product. I admit, it can be a fine …

NERF's latest blaster is a one-handed beast that just so happens to have the most satisfying bolt action in foam gun history.

Fujifilm's latest camera is a tiny yet powerful beast that combines retro design with bleeding edge technology.

Old at heart but young in spirit, The Outer Worlds is a vibrant and stunning new chapter from Obsidian that doubles down on what the studio does best and throws in some surprisingly fun gameplay on top of that.

I’ll be the first to admit that I’m a sucker for aesthetic consistency. I enjoy art that values style and showmanship over content and while those things are often not enough for me to overlook something horrendous, they do soften what would be a spine-shattered fall in quality. Susan Sontag best described this type of style with “Camp Theory” which, …

Autonauts is a colourful, creative and energetic game of automation and colonisation, whose cute facade is home to some truly engaging coding that never gets too complex.