The Operative: No One Lives Forever Review | 11 Senses, Cate Archer, Not Parody
A group of men that worked in the world of educational software used to get together and play Doom multiplayer one day wondered if they could make their own games. So, they called themselves Monolith ...
11 Nov 20252h 21min
Alpha Protocol Review | Natural Dialogue, Invisible Thumping, Shooting Skill Trees
Despite being made up of people with many years of experience, Obsidian Entertainment – arguably one of the more beloved developers making games today – were still very much in their early years while...
28 Okt 20253h 4min
Sly 3: Honor Among Thieves Review | A Growing Gang, Empty Hubs, Disconnected Story
For a record-breaking fourth time – a second time this year alone – we are looking at a game from the back catalogue of Sucker Punch Productions. And this series is special to this podcast, because it...
14 Okt 20252h 13min
Amnesia: The Dark Descent Review | Managing Sanity, Touching Objects, Unnerving Sound
We’re revisiting a developer on this episode that had an idea with with the Penumbra series that would revolutionise the horror genre. But not until they refined it and popularised said idea with the ...
30 Sep 20252h 6min
Ghost of Tsushima Review | Accessible Sekiro, The Feeling, Chasing Foxes
We’re back after our summer holidays and kicking off the second half of season 3 by looking at a particular Washington-based developer that we’ve looked at many times before, Sucker Punch Productions....
16 Sep 20252h 36min
Deus Ex Review | Active Augmentations, Stealth Exploration, A Reactive World
In the late 90s, John Romero convinced Warren Spector to join his studio in order to make the game of his dreams. This game was something Spector had been thinking about since 1993. It had a couple of...
13 Maj 20253h 2min
Batman Begins Review | Arkham Prototype, Scaring Goons, Acrobatic Gremlin
In 2005, filmmaker Christopher Nolan was about to become mainstream with the first movie in his superhero trilogy. Meanwhile, a group of developers in Derby were working on a video game tie-in for sai...
29 Apr 20252h 12min
Haunting Ground Review | Dog Bonding, Dark Themes, Dodging Pursuers
Imagine a game so successful that during the making of it, you actually end up coming up with three games. That’s what Capcom did when they were prototyping Resident Evil 4. They got that, they got De...
15 Apr 20252h 24min
