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  • 2024 End of the Year Bonanza – Tanked Up 428

    Join us for the end of 2024, as we run down our favourite games from the year. As a slightly bigger episode, we hit a couple of beers each, featuring beers from Deya, The Weekend Project, Attic Brew Co, New Bristol Brewery, Vault City, and Baron Brewing. Originally recorded...
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    Miniatures Review (Nintendo Switch)

    Miniatures At a Glance… Genre: Puzzle, Anthology Age Rating: PEGI 3 Multiplayer: No Accessibility: 8 languages, single difficulty, touch screen controls Available On: Nintendo Switch, PC, Mac, Mobile Developer: Other Tales Interactive Publisher: Other Tales Interactive Release Date: November 14th, 2024 The Pitch: This solo-play adventure game offers four...
  • Kena: Bridge of Spirits Review (Xbox X/S)

    In this Zelda-like, you take on the role of Kena. Kena is a Spirit Guide, and with her crystal-tipped staff, she can interact with spirits trapped between the physical realm and the spirit realm. Think of her as a medium and her job is making sure ghosts can pass...
  • The Best and Worst of The X-Files Season 6

    Production moving to LA might be a notable surface level change for The X-Files, but the show's identity crisis runs deeper in its unserious and bland sixth season...
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    Raccoo Venture: Problems With the 3D Platformer Homage

    I recently had the opportunity to play Raccoo Venture, a loveletter to 3D platformers from two decades ago. So much so, that the titular hero has a games console in their house that looks suspiciously identical to a N64 – a nice little homage I can get behind. Raccoo...
  • Melatonin Review

    Unlike most other rhythm games that assault your every sense, Melatonin doesn’t rely on flamboyance; it instead delivers a more laidback experience that finds excitement in the mundane. As someone who lacks musical ability, I’m often hesitant to delve into the genre of rhythm games. Yet this wasn’t the...
  • Cowabunga! Its the Lucy Episode before the internet Killzoned (Tanked Up 343)

    The Summer hiatus is over and we all played some games. Aadil goes on a deep-dive on TMNT: The Cowabunga Collection. Ben has gone back to Killzone: Shadow Fall, as the beginning of his new approach to gaming, taking advantage of PS++, and Lucy… played some games. Aadil had...
  • Tanked Up 309 – Horizon For-gibbon West

    On this week’s tupisode we talk about the games that we’ve been playing this week. Lucy played and enjoyed both Gibbon beyond the trees and Labyrinth City: Pierre the Maze Detective. Ben let’s us know what his first few days with Horizon: Forbidden West is going. Lucy has the...
  • Bonfire Peaks Review

    Bonfire Peaks from Corey Martin is an isometric, 3D voxel puzzle game about bidding farewell to your past. As a Sokoban-based puzzler (think of any crate-pushing puzzle you’ve done in a video game; that’s Sokoban), Bonfire Peaks has found a suitable home amongst publisher and co-producer Draknek & Friends’...