First up I’ll admit I jumped into Rain on Your Parade based purely on recommendations from a recent Kinda Funny XCast which compared the game to Donut County and that effectively sold me. Seeing as it had also arrived on Xbox Game Pass it wasn’t long before I […]
One thing that Disney+ has been doing right for me since its launch is serve up the kinds of shows that I’m all-in for. First it was with Star Wars thanks to The Mandalorian and the final season of The Clone Wars and now it’s Marvel’s turn with […]
Back in 2016 when Homefront: The Revolution was first released its Red Dawn type of setting (a reboot of an earlier game of the same name) there was potential for it to become a franchise in the making. Unfortunately there were a number of negative reviews based on […]
After my positive experience last year with narrative driven games I find myself again playing another one in Night Call, from Monkey Moon and Blackmuffin Studio, which feels more old school in its storytelling approach but wraps it up with some good writing and an appealing presentation. The […]
Having a new Square Enix game launch on Game Pass (console) with all the other platforms was big news and judging from the amount of people I see playing Outriders already it was a very savvy move for establishing the new IP. Created by People Can Fly, the […]
Nintendo have been on an amazing run on releasing hardware that provides nostalgia in new form factors with both the NES and SNES Classic Mini consoles. I’ve yet to be swayed by these (yet) but their Game & Watch throwback has been the hardest one to ignore with […]
With the Series X/S update for Control Ultimate Edition finally out I finally dusted off my copy of the game which had been sitting in my backlog for a few weeks now and gave it run through. In that short time it didn’t take long for me to […]
An island utopia in lockdown, a mission gone wrong, a betrayal and a Ghost on the run… and that’s just what you start off with in Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Breakpoint. Though I was late to the party with the game’s predecessor Ghost Recon Wildlands I enjoyed it […]
It was surprising just how many years players had to wait for Borderlands 3 to arrive. Considering the popularity of past games and how well developer Gearbox has supported them but it finally arrived in 2019 followed a year later by an Series X/S enhanced update. With that […]
Being inspired by a parody Twitter account (see Wikipedia) is not the usual way games get made but with Donut County by Ben Esposito that’s exactly what happened. And it’s impressive that it all works too! The story revolves around the town of Donut County which is being […]
The story of one person’s attempts to make their Rampage Arcade1Up cabinet do more.
A look back at some of the games we've played on Xbox One over the years.
Our own tips and experiences while trying to make a living out in the black.
The Late Night Session 