GAME REVIEW – Star Wars Episode I: Jedi Power Battles (PlayStation 4 & 5)

By Marty Mulrooney

Star Wars Episode I: Jedi Power Battles

Star Wars Episode I: Jedi Power Battles is a remaster of the side-scrolling action game originally released for PlayStation and Dreamcast in 2000. Now, 25 years later, developer and publisher Aspyr has restored Jedi Power Battles for modern platforms with new controls, bonus characters, couch co-op and more. Like the good old days, players can fight through iconic locations from Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace, using the power of the Force and their trusty lightsaber to complete the challenging 10-level campaign!

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GAME REVIEW – Loco Motive (PC)

By Marty Mulrooney

Loco Motive

Loco Motive is a point-and-click comedy adventure developed by Robust Games (an indie team based in London, UK) and published by Chucklefish (also based in London, UK). Set on board the Reuss Express, a 1930s express train, the player must take control of three unlikely heroes as they try to solve the murder of its owner, Lady Unterwald of the Wald-Bahn Rail Company.

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GAME REVIEW – PRIM (PC)

By Marty Mulrooney

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PRIM is a point-and-click adventure game developed by Common Colors (founded by Jonas Fisch from Frankfurt a.M./Germany) and published by Application Systems Heidelberg (Unforeseen Incidents, LUNA The Shadow Dust). It tells the dark yet humorous story of Prim, a young girl who – after her mother’s passing – discovers that her long-absent father is Death himself…

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GAME REVIEW – Inspector Waffles: Early Days (Game Boy Color, PC)

By Marty Mulrooney

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Inspector Waffles: Early Days is described by its solo developer Yann (Goloso Games) as ‘a top-down detective adventure with point-and-click mechanics.’ Inspired by classic Game Boy games – and with Game Boy Color as its lead platform – it looks and plays like a forgotten handheld gem from the ’90s, with players taking control of Waffles in his first days as an inspector in Cat Town. It launched today on Steam and Good Old Games, with the ROM version available on Itch.io and physical Game Boy cartridges available via Broke Studio.

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