Author: Ryan Easby

Developer & Publisher: Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment Genre: Action Adventure Reviewed For: PlayStation 5 Also Available On: PC, Xbox, Switch As a huge Star Wars nerd since I was a child, I’ve been looking forward to Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga since it was first announced. I remember getting Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy for Christmas one year, booting it up on my PS2 and falling in love almost instantly. To this day, it’s a core memory for me, and one that I was excited to replicate with the new game. The first thing that struck…

Ratchet & Clank has always been one of my favourite franchises, since I first got my PS2 as a child. Sure, I was a fan of Mario and Sonic, but it was always the Lombax and his tiny robot backpack intrigued me more than anything else. When I finally got a PS4 back in 2018, the remake of the first game (which was also technically a movie adaptation, but that’s too complicated so let’s forget that I ever said that) was the first game I got, and the first game I ever platinumed. So to say I was excited…

Astro’s Playroom Asobi Team Sony Interactive Entertainment PlayStation 5 Every new generation needs a proper introduction. Often, launch titles can be forgettable and lame (Anybody remember Knack? No? Well they made two of them. Somebody at Sony REALLY likes that IP), but when done well, a launch title can define the success of an entire console and the public image. And by god, Astro’s Playroom may be the best launch title/ tech demo ever created for a console. Yes, it’s THAT good. For what is ostensibly a tech demo, Astro’s Playroom is a decent length too. It took me…

Tales From The Dark Multiverse: Flashpoint #1 DC Comics Writer: Bryan Hitch Artist: Byan Hitch, Andrew Currie, Scott Hanna, Alex Sinclair, & Jeremiah Skipper I wasn’t a huge fan of the original Flashpoint if I’m going, to be honest. I mean let’s face it, who was? An altogether mediocre story that led to the dissolution of the DC Universe and the start of the New 52, which was just a set of mediocre book after mediocre book. I was hoping that Tales from The Dark Multiverse might breathe some new life into the book, maybe make me actually care about…

Crossover #2 Image Comics Writer: Donny Cates Artists: Geoff Shaw, Dee Cunniffe, & John J. Hill The much-hyped Image series continues! While Donny Cates is working over at Marvel as the architect of basically everything happening in the cosmic side of Marvel, between the pages of Thor, Venom, and King In Black (all absolutely amazing titles), he’s also over at Image working on Crossover, a series that seeks to ask what would happen if Superheroes crossed over into our world. Issue 2 is here, and I’m happy to report it’s as good an issue as the first. While the first…

 Cyberhook Blazing Stick Platformer Switch, PC Ever since Spider-Man 2 on the PS2, I’ve been fascinated with swinging mechanics in video games. Grappling hooks, actual webs, everything in between has always been a particular interest for me. I like the way they feel, I’m obsessed with how they interact with the world, with the way that monument travels and is held between each swing. Good swinging mechanics make me feel invested in the world, and almost always drown out any other flaws in a game for me. So when I saw Cyberhook, I was intrigued. Could they capture that…

BPM: Bullets Per Minute AWE Interactive PC First Person Rhythm Based Shooter I remember seeing the announcement trailer for BPM: Bullets Per Minute. My first thought was “If they can manage to pull off the promise of this trailer, this could be one of the greatest games ever made”. Indeed, Crypt Of The Necrodancer mixed with DOOM sounds like an absolutely bizarre mix on paper, but the trailer promised fast and frenetic rhythm-based gameplay combined with a gorgeous art style. Over the events of the last couple of months, I entirely forgot about the game until I was given a…

Banner of the Maid Nintendo Switch Publisher: CE-Asia Strategy RPG There’s a lot of good strategy games out there. The X-Com series comes to mind at the forefront of my mind, with games like Crusader Kings, Stellaris, Total War, Into The Breach, and more not far behind. These are all great examples of strategy games. Hell, these are not only great examples of strategy games, these are great examples of games in general. Some of these are displays of the best strategy games in history. There are some amazing strategy games out there. Banner Of The Maid is not…

Teenage Bounty Hunters Creator: Kathleen Jordan Starring: Maddie Phillips, Anjelica Bette Fellini, Kadeem Hardison, Virginia Williams, Mackenzie Astin, Shirley Rumierk Rating: TV-MA Runtime: 10 episodes Looking at the title, you’d be forgiven for thinking that Teenage Bounty Hunters was simply another teen drama in the same vein as Riverdale. Certainly, the marketing made it seem that way. In reality, Teenage Bounty Hunters couldn’t be more different from Riverdale and other shows of its ilk. The show follows two fraternal twins, Sterling and Blair Wesley, who are thrown into the world of bounty hunting after crashing their father’s car. In…

Bite The Bullet Mega Cat Studios Procedurally Generated Platformer/ Action-Adventure Graffiti Games After the severely underwhelming The Ambassador: Fractured Timelines, I’m not going to beat around the bush and say I was looking forward to playing Bite The Bullet. From trailers, I was interested but not to a point where it would become my next fixation. Little did I know, Bite The Bullet is far better than the trailers made it out to be, and far far better than The Ambassador: Fractured Timelines could ever hope to be. Described as a Run And Eat shooter, combat-wise, Bite The Bullet is…