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Review: Contrast

Peter reviews Contrast, a card game based around describing pictures using descriptive cards and guessing what other people are going to think.

Review: Assassin’s Creed Origins: The Hidden Ones

Ian heads back to Egypt to discover the origins of The First Order and The Hidden Ones.

Review: American Satan

Alex reviews a movie about a tricky and deadly road to fame for rock band The Relentless. Then Satan appears...

Review: Secrets

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Review: Life is Strange: Before The Storm

Ian takes a break to re-visit Arcadia Bay and chase away those holiday blues.

Review: Bright

Netflix's Bright is not the worst movie of last year, but is it even close to being the best? Ian digs into the seedy underbelly of Orc-infested Los Angeles to find out.

Review: Nomads

Alex journeys across the mysterious land of Luma to review Nomads, a board game all about tile drafting and set collecting.

Review: Planet Of The Apes Trilogy (Boxset)

Ian revisits one the best movies of 2017 with the Planet of the Apes box set.

Review: NMBR 9

Chris reviews Peter Wichmann's NMBR 9, an enjoyable tile-laying puzzle game for up to four players - perfect for when you have 20 minutes to spare.

Review: Justice League

With a new threat looming over our world, it's up to Batman, Wonder Woman, The Flash & Cyborg to unite and save us all.

Review: South Park The Fractured But Whole

Ian has decided to go on down to South Park and have himself a time.

Review: Star Trek Discovery (Season 1 Chapter 1)

Ian gives his take on the first chapter of Star Trek: Discovery's first season.

Review: Thor Ragnarok

Ian reviews Thor: Ragnarok, Taika Waititi's unique take on the Norse God and his troubled family life.

Review: Assassin’s Creed Origins

Ian looks at Ubisoft Montreal's Assassin's Creed: Origins, the tenth game in the long-running franchise.

Review: Whitehall Mystery

Whitehall Mystery sees players hunting Jack the Ripper in a cut-down version of FFG's Letters from Whitechapel.

Review: Spider-Man: Homecoming

Diarmuid reviews Spider-Man: Homecoming, a return to form for the character that hopefully forms the template for more.

Review: Patriots Day – DVD

Rik thinks Patriots Day is not only entertaining, but emotionally charged and highly respectful of the incident that it is based on.

Review: Baby Driver

Lauren attended a screening of Edgar Wright's latest project, Baby Driver, and was suitably blown away by its ridiculous premise.

Review: Anima: Gate of Memories

Rik played Anima: Gate of Memories an action adventure game birthed from Kickstarter with mixed results.

Review: Pirates of the Caribbean: Salazar’s Revenge

Rik's beginning to think creating a franchise around a 50 year old theme park ride was a bad idea.

Review: Injustice 2

One of the biggest fighting games to release this year is NeverRealm's Injustice 2, read on to see if this sequel can improve upon its predecessor's efforts.

Review: Farpoint (PSVR)

Farpoint is a new PlayStation VR title that makes use of the system's brand new Aim controller… oh and spiders!

Review: The Surge

Diarmuid reviews The Surge, a superb entry in the Souls-like genre with enough of its own tricks up its sleeve to make it unique.

Review: Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War III

Dawn of War 3 tries to take the series in a new direction without abandoning its roots.

Review: Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2

Reuben thinks Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 is everything a good sequel should be, more laughs, more action and more Groot.

Review: Sniper Ghost Warrior 3

Smashsoul reviews Sniper Ghost Warrior 3, a mess of technical issues that should definitely be avoided.

Review: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

Breath of the Wild is Zelda at its heart, yet it reinvents the series as a whole.

Review: The Banner Saga Complete Pack

Reuben reviews The Banner Saga, a beautiful RPG that will rip your heart out and stamp on it, in the best possible way.

Review: Mass Effect: Andromeda

Alex reviews BioWare's latest game, Mass Effect Andromeda. It's fair to say she has just a couple of thoughts.

Review: A Study In Emerald (Board Game)

Martin Wallace’s trademark abstraction means A Study In Emerald only pays lip-service to its Sherlock Holmes vs. Cthulhu theme but delivers a deeply strategic experience regardless.

Review: Risk Legacy (Board Game)

The unique DIY mechanics of Risk Legacy distract from Risk’s core gameplay long enough to make it fun.

Review: Hive (Board Game)

The perfect pub game, Hive is a satisfyingly chunky experience that can be taught in less than five minutes.

Review: Magic the Gathering – Theros

Chris Shooter takes a look at the new Magic the Gathering block - Theros and checks out the new Event Deck.

Review: Magic 2014 Expansion

The first expansion pack to this years release of Magic the Gathering: Duels of the Planeswalkers brings more to the single player campaign, new challenges and new decks to unlock for less than t...

Review: Mage Knight (Board Game)

An elegant but overwhelming mix of mechanics makes Mage Knight both impressive and intimidating.

Review: Smash Up (Board Game)

If the idea of Robot Ninjas vs Pirate Zombies makes you LOL, this is the game for you.

Review: 3012 (Card Game)

In the distant future an unknown apocalypse will have transformed deck building card games into a brown mush, apparently.