A new booze-free but fun experience in Cardiff. For those of us who like something a little more out of the ordinary than the usual pubs and clubs of Cardiff, Escape Rooms has arrived, sitting alongside other capital city attractions such as Treetop Golf and Techniquest as a sober but enjoyable experience. Saman and I attended the opening of this new attraction, which sits in … Continue reading Review: Escape Rooms Cardiff
Saman and Tom dish out their highly credible awards to 2015’s line-up of games. Most relatable game of 2015: The Witcher 3 Wild Hunt Now, I know what you’re thinking. Saman, you’re not a bad-ass mutated human, specifically created to rid the world of monsters. Alas, you would be right. But that’s not where the relatability aspect comes into play. On Geralt’s epic quest to … Continue reading Quench Alternative Video Game Awards
The return of the Space Sim is nearly complete. We have been witnessing the reincarnation of one of the oldest and most popular genres in the gaming industry. In Elite: Dangerous, No ManÔÇÖs Sky and Star Citizen we have three similar yet completely different games. But are any of them going to be/are any good? LetÔÇÖs start with Elite: Dangerous. It has been around 20 … Continue reading To boldly go: Return of the Space Simulator
YouÔÇÖve likely seen that advert with Kate Upton walking through a massive medieval battlefield completely unharmed. You may not even have noticed the battlefield past how great herÔǪ dress is. Yeah. Anyway, can you even remember what the advert was for? Some kind of mobile gameÔǪ Clash of Clans, was it? No, that one has animated ads with flying pigs and all sorts. That advert … Continue reading Mobile Game Marketing
Remember when you were younger and about 90% of your limited income went on video games? But now youÔÇÖre a student, only slightly better off than you were as a kid, but have to buy pizza, cider, andÔǪ like, textbooks or something, I thinkÔǪ too? All that superfluous stuff really cuts into your gaming budget. HereÔÇÖs four ways you can get round the pressures of … Continue reading The Savvy Student Gamer
You will like this if you enjoyed: WarioWare DIY, Little Big Planet, any 2D Mario game Initially, Mario Maker doesnÔÇÖt look like much to write home about. The last two Mario platformers released on WiiU were basically ÔÇ£more of the sameÔÇØ, and, were it not for the ÔÇ£MakerÔÇØ part in the title, you might have expected this latest title to continue down that route. Thankfully, … Continue reading Review: Super Mario Maker
Spider bake sales, fourth wall breaking skeletons and an extremely terrifying flower, what more is there to say? Undertale, arguably one of the most interesting and soulful games of the year, arrives in the form of a simple throwback to old-style Role Playing Games. What initially began as an inconspicuous crowd-funding project on Kickstarter in 2013, developed into something much larger over the course of … Continue reading Review: Undertale
Do you remember when you were a child, and you saw those ÔÇ£build your own ant farmÔÇØ sets, and thought ÔÇ£I wish I could get one of thoseÔÇØ? Well wait no longer! Thanks to technology, you can build your very own virtual ant farm. Except theyÔÇÖre not ants, theyÔÇÖre people, and they live in a land laid to waste by nuclear bombs. Basically the same … Continue reading Review: Fallout Shelter
Editor’s Note: This article was published in the September 2015 edition of Quench as part of the Cardiff issue. In the print edition, Phil Terrett of Oyster World Games was incorrectly named as Chris, and Finger Punch’s game Tracks and Turrets was incorrectly named Tanks and Turrets. These have been amended for the online edition. Wales Interactive’s Soul Axiom. ItÔÇÖs a sunny summersÔÇÖ day and … Continue reading The Wales Game Dev Show 2015
Her Story Platform: PC (Also onMac/iOS) You will like this if you enjoyed: The Ace Attorney series, Papers Please Her Story is quite unlike any other game I have ever played. ItÔÇÖs nothing fancy really, but if you like storytelling in games, this will probably be right up your street as itÔÇÖs mostly just piecing together a story. ItÔÇÖs a text adventure game, with lots … Continue reading Her Story: Review
