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Archives for September, 2021

Review: Beijing 2008

Hi there. While acknowledging that even the vaguest notions of topicality in these parts are by now long gone, it’s only just over a month since the last Olympics finished, so we’re only a little bit late with this review. (Or, alternatively, we’re about 34 months early for the next one, however you want to […]

Inside The Big Cardboard Box: Lost and Found

Inside The Big Cardboard Box is where we delve into the history of the largely defunct world of boxed PC games, with a particular emphasis on all the ones I used to own, but later gave away or sold. So far, one of the stated aims of this series – to try and remember what […]

Discussion: The Suicide of Rachel Foster (spoilers!)

Welcome again to Discussion: [indie game] (spoilers!), a series in which we discuss an indie game, with spoilers. Today’s game is The Suicide of Rachel Foster (developed by One O One Games and published by Daedalic Entertainment in 2020), in which you play as Nicole Wilson, a young woman returning, after the death of her […]

Review: The Need for Speed / Need for Speed II: Special Edition

Hi there. It’s a twin-helping of 90s racing action for you today, all in the name of the site’s 20th anniversary. For the retrospective, we’re going back for another look at The Need for Speed, which we first reviewed here long ago. And for the new piece, we finally get around to producing a write-up […]