The thing with video games is not every game is meant for everyone. But when a true masterpiece comes along, you simply can’t help but appreciate it. And after sinking over 120 hours into Baldur’s Gate 3, The Owl’s Hamish Newman thinks it might just be one of the top games of the decade.Continue readingA light in the darkness: How Baldur’s Gate 3 beat everyone
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The notion of a ‘cosy game’ is nothing new, but their flourishing in recent years – and an increased desire for developers to expand the genre – invites the question: what exactly is a cosy game?Continue readingTop 10 cosy games for beginners
Renowned game studio Bungie (known for the Halo franchise) has released the newest DLC for their live service game Destiny 2, titled: ‘Lightfall’. The Owl’s Reid Hampson fires up his console and takes a look.Continue reading‘Destiny 2: Lightfall’ – has Bungie fallen from grace?
With the video game genre of platform fighters being dominated by Super Smash Bros. for years, releasing earlier this year in early access is one true competitor. Fraymakers was developed by indie team McLeodGaming and stands a real chance at surviving in what has been a long time monopoly in the genre.Continue readingFraymakers: The New Smash Bros. challenger
‘Uncharted’ is a 2022 film based on the video game franchise of the same name which is one of the most successful video game franchises of all time. Unlike most movies based on video games, this movie was successful at the box office and a great film.Continue reading‘Uncharted’: the perfect movie of a video game
Over the last few months of 2021 the Netflix original ‘League of Legends: Arcane’ took the world by storm. After its release on Netflix in November, everyone was singing its praises. The series was Netflix’s most-watched show in November, as well as being the highest-rated Netflix original ever with a perfect rotten tomatoes score of 100%. Across November and December, my social feeds were inundated with people telling me that Arcane was perfect. It wasn’t until the Christmas break that I decided to see what everyone was talking about.Continue readingArcane: the art of nailing fundamentals