Month: September 2016

Geek Errant Reviews: Clustertruck

September 28, 2016 Conor 0

Jump. Jump. Slow Time, pivot in the air, the truck below is about to flip. Wait one, bounce off airborne truck, realise target truck is not going to be fast enough. Slow time. Grapple to trucks packed together. Bounce. Jump. Sprint jump to clear the goal. One level in Clustertruck. Maybe ten seconds of gameplay. How fast can you react? Clustertruck is a fast paced first person platforming game developed by Landfall Games and published by tinyBuild Games. The player starts on top of a convoy of erratically moving trucks. They can’t touch the environment objects or the floor. They must reach a goal at the end of the level as quick as possible. That’s the core gameplay objective.

Weekly Pop Culture Round Up: September 25th

September 25, 2016 Conor 0

The week starting September 25th has a whole host of FOX based comedies coming back, then the annualised games releases continue with Forza and FIFA. Some anticipated indie games like Clustertruck and Serial Cleaner give the scene a bit of Variety, whilst in Film, fictionalised biopics and weird comedy are there to round off the week.

Geek Errant Reviews: Virginia

September 23, 2016 Conor 1

Virginia begins by telling the player that the events of the game have been compiled from notes and case files to create the play they are about to experience. Like a play or film, the game lends itself to a variety of interpretations, a situation which the game wildly encourages. Virginia is one of the most blatant attempts by a developer to blend cinematic techniques and games conventions. To the credit of 505 Games and Variable State, they have definitely hit the mark.

Pokemon Generations: Animated Nuggets of Nostalgia

September 16, 2016 Conor 0

A surprise announcement last week had Pokemon fans caught off guard, as the Pokemon Company announced the creation of a new online series of animated shorts set within the main game series canon. Today, episodes one and two released,  the first of a series that will be running weekly till December 23rd.  How does the series stack up now episode one and two have been released?

Join the Ranks of Overwatch this weekend for Free

September 8, 2016 Conor 0

I adore Overwatch. Blizzard’s First Person Shooter game is one of my favourite multiplayer games of the current era. It is my current go to game in thirty minute bursts. I can drop in, play a couple of rounds of casual games and then just drop out again. Normally without any salty rage. Blizzard consistently make astounding polished and characterful games, with this being no exception. If you’ve been on the fence about getting the game, now you can try before you buy!

Are you a Playstation 4 Pro? Sony wants you.

September 7, 2016 Conor 0

Sony announces a revamp of the Playstation 4 Line-up. The presentation itself was very tech talk heavy, and for anyone watching on a stream, the visual effects are muted and lost in translation. In terms of hard facts and info, here’s what you need to know.

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