It’s hard to overstate the influence of Providence-based writer H.P. Lovecraft. As I mentioned in my review for Call of Cthulhu back in 2018, he was one of the pioneering figures in “weird fiction,” and his stories helped develop a formula that may sound familiar to you. Normal investigators hear of a strange occurrence, they poke around a bit, things get increasingly freaky and ...[Read More]

Hey, what if Cast Away had been really cool and didn’t have so much of that fucking volleyball in it? Also if it took place on a chain of islands instead of just one? The answer is close to Beam Team Games’s Stranded Deep, out now on ps4 and xbox one. Yes, it mainly focuses on survival, crafting and base-building, but don’t run off just yet—it may not reinvent the wheel, but this...[Read More]

It’s been over 18 months since AIR Entertainment first reviewed the 4x strategy game Warhammer 40,000: Gladius – Relics of War. In fact, I reviewed it myself, giving it a 9 out of 10 and saying it was “a silky smooth and addicting strategy title.” I even said that all I wanted was a sequel with more playable races, because your old pal jonny forgot about the wonderful world...[Read More]

In 1984, Puffin Books released a “Choose Your Own Adventure”-like book called Deathtrap Dungeon, written by Games Workshop co-founder Ian Livingstone. By the way, if Games Workshop sounds familiar but you don’t know why, they created several tabletop miniature wargames, most notably Warhammer and Warhammer 40,000, upon which countless books and video games have been based. Deatht...[Read More]