Hamish Inglis

FLASHSALE!: Shadow of the Tomb Raider – Xbox One Review

Shadow of the Tomb Raider is a gorgeous game with a compelling story, diverse characters and exhilarating action set pieces. It never fails to accurately set the right tone with its music and visuals and beating all the game’s challenges is rewarding, especially on higher difficulties. However Eidos Montreal’s creation...
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Posted Aug. 24, 2019

Morphies Law: Remorphed – Steam Review

On its surface Morphies Law is yet another, albeit charming, objective shooter. You have the red team and blue team, the generic array of guns and the game’s take on classic modes like team death match and capture the flag. However Morphies Law’s spin on the genre, its key growing...
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Posted Aug. 8, 2019

Dry Drowning – Steam Review

Dry Drowning is a noir, thriller visual novel with a dystopian cyberpunk setting. The choice effected story is engaging, the mysteries are well constructed and the art design is beautiful. However, the game shoots itself in the foot almost instantly with an unlikably evil protagonist that I can never quite...
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Posted Aug. 1, 2019

Heaven’s Vault – GOG Review

Heaven’s Vault is an intriguing puzzle game, with an engaging overarching mystery. As Aliya Elasra we must travel the Nebula in order to locate a missing university member whilst simultaneously discovering more about the game world’s ancient history and uncovering secrets of the past. Set in a far flung future,...
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Posted Jul. 27, 2019

Representation of learning difficulties in gaming

My dyslexia is not always the most noticeable of disabilities to those around me. There are the more than occasional misspellings and misspeakings, as well as my strange thought structures, but these are easily ignorable ‘individuality traits’. I will be the first to admit that at times, even I forget...
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Posted Jul. 8, 2019

Nelly Cootalot: The Fowl Fleet – Switch Review

Nelly Cootalot: The Fowl Fleet is a beautiful point and click adventure game with a quirky plot and charming characters. However, its simple puzzles and frustratingly clunky Switch controls do not allow this game to shine as brightly as it might have done. You play as Nelly Cootalot: pirate, adventurer,...
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Posted Jun. 28, 2019

Mobile gaming: a double-edged sword

Mobile gaming has come a long way in the past two decades. The now $63.2 billion industry, which makes up 47% of gaming’s total market value, is a far cry from the days of Snake on the Nokia 6110. Though perhaps because these humble beginnings are so fresh in the...
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Posted Apr. 28, 2019

Game of the Year 2018: Celeste

Celeste is a masterpiece that could have stood out for its expertly crafted levels alone, but its utterly relatable story of overcoming self-doubt put this game from Matt Makes Games Inc. at the pinnacle of the medium. You play as Madeline, a young woman who set out to conquer Celeste...
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Posted Jan. 9, 2019