by | 14/12/2023 · 12:00 am

GAME REVIEW – Alan Wake 2 (PlayStation 5)

By Marty Mulrooney

Alan Wake 2

Alan Wake 2 (stylised as Alan Wake II) is a third-person survival horror game developed by Remedy Entertainment (Quantum Break, Control, Alan Wake Remastered) and published by Epic Games Publishing. A sequel to the original Alan Wake 13 years in the making, this digital-only release set high expectations when it was finally announced at The Game Awards in 2021. On 27th October 2023, gamers around the world were finally able to continue their fight against the Dark Presence… and the end result was unexpected, to say the least.

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by | 17/10/2023 · 9:25 pm

GAME REVIEW – Midnight Girl (PC)

By Marty Mulrooney

Midnight Girl

Midnight Girl is a 2D point-and-click adventure game developed by Italic ApS, a Copenhagen-based indie game company founded by Thomas Ryder and Camilla Pedersen. Set in France during the mid-1960s, players take control of late-teen tomboy Monique, an amateur cat-burglar living in Paris who ends up crossing paths with a legendary thief called The Night Owl.

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by | 11/09/2023 · 8:08 pm

GAME REVIEW – The Many Pieces of Mr. Coo (PC)

By Marty Mulrooney

The Many Pieces of Mr Coo

The Many Pieces of Mr. Coo is a surreal point-and-click adventure game created by artist, 2D animator and director Nacho Rodríguez, previously the animation director of Ubisoft’s gamified, connected program O.zen. Described by publisher Meridiem Games as ‘a new take on the adventure game genre that will appeal to veteran players and newcomers alike’, players must take control of Mr. Coo in a strange and nonsensical world as he tries to find the three pieces of his body that have become separated – his head, torso and legs – and put himself back together again.

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by | 17/07/2023 · 8:30 pm

FILM REVIEW – Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny

By Marty Mulrooney

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Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny is the fifth and final major motion picture (for Harrison Ford, at least) in the iconic film series that started with Raiders of the Lost Ark in 1981. Arriving 15 years after Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, directing duties have this time been handed over to James Mangold (Logan, Ford v Ferrari), with the story focusing on a device called the Antikythera – Archimedes’ Dial – that could change the course of history.

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