I wasn’t too sure watching the trailer for Ball x Pit if it was going to be a fun enough game, or something exceptional. Watching some of the publicity videos for it from Devolver had me curious enough to check it out, and man, I am glad I did. This chaotic indie game is one of the places you can sink far too much time into, far too easily. So what even is Ball X Pit? https://youtu.be/18pHUtXzF2w Imagine a Brick Breaker game where the bricks are enemies that move down towards you trying to kill you, and you will start…
Author: Blair Loveday
If you’re totally new to Disney Lorcana, or even TCG’s in general, then it can be hard to know where to start. Do you buy some packs? What can you find and where? So many questions. Well, Lorcana has a new starter product for collectors with the new Collection Starter Set alongside a new Gift box. So should you pick them up? What’s in the Fabled Collection Starter Set? This is a fantastic little box. It comes with 4 Fabled boosters, an 80 card folio, and a Tinker Bell – Giant Fairy promo card. The folio is a smaller folder…
Many will know that the Super Mario Galaxy games are well-loved classics. But if you are anything like me, you will know it, but not feel it. That’s because they were both released on the Wii, and I never had one of those. Well, now they have been brought to Switch 2, meaning numpties like me can fill the galaxy-sized holes in our hearts. Taking these games on for the first time! https://youtu.be/tTYux25TW8Q That’s always the weirdest thing going into a game like this. Fans of the old games will know what to expect and appreciate their upgrades. For me,…
When Ghost of Tsushima released I was a little skeptical about how great it might be. Sure, Sucker Punch made some open world games, but this was ambitious. Well, it caught me off guard how excellent that game was, and so going into their new release, Ghost of Yōtei, I had some damn high expectations. By some miracle, they managed to meet them! Meet Atsu https://youtu.be/AgTYIkr-GR0 You take the role of Atsu, a chippy young woman who has had a fantastic life. Her whole family was slaughtered as a child, and she got to watch her mother get burnt by…
After Final Fantasy, I started having some high hopes for the new Universes Beyond set. The flavour, the art, the set design, the cards mechanics – everything was a home run. Then Magic went back in-universe with Edge of Eternities, which was yet another absolute banger of a set. So surely there had to be an underwhelming set eventually, right? Unfortunately, yes, and we have it now. It’s not bad; it’s not brilliant. Was that a bit negative? It’s a hard line to walk here, as there is a lot to like about the set, and I will go through…
Kirby and the Forgotten Land was a surprise hit for me in 2022. I had dabbled with and enjoyed Kirby plenty enough, but this 3D platformer absolutely sucked me in from start to finish. Well now Kirby and the Forgotten Land is back for Switch 2, and it comes with a Star-Crossed World package. The question is, is it worth the upgrade? Kirby and the Forgotten Land https://youtu.be/Q5peJd37J-k If you haven’t played it yet, Kirby and the Forgotten Land is a banger. You play Kirby, a little pink … thing that loves to eat. Kirby can suck up enemies and…
Lorcana has been going for two years now, or in the case of ANZ, over one year. This has included eight sets of awesome cards and even more awesome art. But now there is a new set in town with a whole lot of reprints and the first case of rotation for this card game. So what does that mean for playing the game, and what is the new set, Fabled, like? What is a rotation? If Lorcana is your first TCG, or the first you have played constructed in, then this may be a new concept to you. In…
Super Robot Wars is a series that has been around for a while. Despite that, I have never even touched one, but an anime crossover tactical RPG sounds so me. So with the latest release, Super Robot Wars Y, I wanted to give it a try! https://youtu.be/QgYi233lr74 The first thing I will touch on is the story, as there is a lot. It starts off with Lelouch from Code Geass getting killed. All hell breaks loose, and the character you chose goes into battle. Quickly they are helped by a Gunam mech, and boom, the tone for the game is…
When you think of shows like Blackadder, you can’t help but be blown away by the brilliant and clever wit and writing. They are ageless in their humour and I can watch Blackadder over and over again. Well, there was another fun little sitcom that started in 2016 from Ben Elton’s brain called Upstart Crow that you need to add to your collection. https://youtu.be/d6Q4Fau3hoY Upstart Crow follows the life of a little-known writer, William Shakespeare. Well, not his life. He’s already a successful playwright, and he is still trying to become famous. It kicks off with Shakespeare’s daughter reading off…
Spy × Family is a fantastic show that I’ve turned around on. I hadn’t totally fallen in love with it until I checked out the movie Spy × Family Code: White. I took my boy to it and loved it. So I tried the show again and yup, now I am a fan. So now this excellent movie is available on Blu-ray, so it was time to check it out again. https://youtu.be/z_j2-Exs8gA If Spy × Family is new to you, it follows a strange family. Loid is a spy who is on a case, but this case requires having a…