This year I was fortunate enough to go to the Insomnia Gaming Festival, which took place at the NEC in Birmingham. Aside from the stage shows, vendors selling everything from cosplay props to TTRPG materials, and the rows and rows of retro games (that let me co-op play Typing of the Dead with my partner, a core memory now) there were also a handful of brave devs showing off their indie game to the...

I had the pleasure of playing through the excellent horror game Visage recently, developed and published by SadSquare studio, and wanted to try and express my thoughts for why it’s such a compelling horror title amongst a sea of titles that don’t hold up. Horror is a tricky genre to create, and an even harder one to master. So what does Visage do right that so many other titles mis fir...

Background It’s an understatement to say that the identity of Resident Evils gameplay is fluid at best. The first three iterations, whilst progressively getting bigger in scope and more action oriented, stayed true to the original vision of fixed camera angles and item management being sources of dread, leading to tense decision making and nervous exploration when you couldn’t see what...

Warhammer 40K: Battlesector Beta First Look

Rollback to February of this year, Warhammer 40k: Battlesector was first announced. Created by Black Lab Games, the developer of Battlestar Galactica: Deadlock and published by the prominent publishing studio Slitherine Games. The game claimed to be a  fast-paced turn-based strategy game that will see the player venturing forth into a campaign that includes 20 epic and unique missions. We wer...

Developer Moondrop released their title Degrees of Separation on Valentine’s Day and it’s a doozy. This 2-D puzzle-platformer stars a princess named Ember and a prince named Rime who must work together to solve puzzles and unravel the heart-wrenching mystery of their kingdoms, which appear to be facing simultaneous natural disasters. But there’s another element of play that makes...

Hey, can Emotional Support Visual Novel be a new subgenre?

Sci-Fi Invasions were never meant to be this fun

My laptop specs: Chassis:  Dell Inspiron 15 7000 Gaming Series (7567) w/ 15.6″ 1920×1080 LED display Processor:  7th Generation Intel Quad Core i7-7700HQ at 2.8GHz Graphics Card:  NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti w/ 4gb GDDR5 RAM:  16gb, DDR4, 2400MHz Hard Drive:  1TB 5400 rpm + 128gb SSD OS:  Windows 10 Home 64-bit On January 24, Tindalos Interactive launched their new outer space RTS Battlefleet Gothi...

Note: This is an opinion article by jonny Lupsha.  My opinions are my own and do not necessarily reflect those of AIR Entertainment nor any of the mentioned games or musicians. So, I love a good video game score as much as anyone.  But you have to admit, sometimes when you get into that 10th or 50th or 500th hour of play, the music tends to get a little old.  Luckily for you, I’ve spent near...

My laptop specs: Chassis:  Dell Inspiron 15 7000 Gaming Series (7567) w/ 15.6″ 1920×1080 LED display Processor:  7th Generation Intel Quad Core i7-7700HQ at 2.8GHz Graphics Card:  NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti w/ 4gb GDDR5 RAM:  16gb, DDR4, 2400MHz Hard Drive:  1TB 5400 rpm + 128gb SSD OS:  Windows 10 Home 64-bit As a lifelong geek, I’m embarrassed to say I never really watched Battlestar Galac...

Look – nobody hates me more than I do for the way this review is gonna come out.  So don’t waste your time writing me angry emails or doxxing me on Facebook, because, in the words of Jimmy Urine,  there is nothing you can do that I have not already done to myself.  Let’s go. The First Tree is a very personal, very intimate story of Joseph and Rachel, a married couple who speak to...

My laptop specs: Chassis:  Dell Inspiron 15 7000 Gaming Series (7567) w/ 15.6″ 1920×1080 LED display Processor:  7th Generation Intel Quad Core i7-7700HQ at 2.8GHz Graphics Card:  NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti w/ 4gb GDDR5 RAM:  16gb, DDR4, 2400MHz Hard Drive:  1TB 5400 rpm + 128gb SSD OS:  Windows 10 Home 64-bit This week I’ve had the chance to play the July release Warhammer 40,000...

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