Partisan gets a firm ‘nyet’ from me
Some forgotten PC games deserve eternal obscurity. Recently winched from the Russian bog where it’s sat for the past sixteen years, WW2 RPG Partisan is just such a game.
Category Other games
Inspired by Indiana Jones, Venturous is everything a retro shooter should be
Move over DUSK, Strafe, and HROT; I think Venturous qualifies as my favourite fuddy-duddy FPS now. I was planning to mention this free, standalone Doom 2 total conversion in the current A2Z, but recent experiences in Egyptian tombs and Tibetan…
A2F
If you want the second part of March’s alphabetised news round-up, you’re going to have to thank me profusely for this part, and give me preferential extraction rights for all your titanium, zirconium, lithium, and graphite.
Lose tails, hub caps, and lunch hours in The Driver Syndicate
If you’ve managed to reach the ripe old age of [insert impressively large number here] without losing touch with your inner seven-year-old, congratulations. You’re probably going to enjoy jumping lights, evading cops, and trashing fireplugs in this free, Driver-inspired chase-em-up.
Review Reprise: FTL
I’ve written hundreds of reviews, previews, and retrospectives during my twenty-odd years as a games inspector. As many of these appeared in the British version of PC Gamer magazine and nowhere else, now and again something from my archive may…
Inclines and bottom lines are your adversaries in Alpine Route
If there’s no foxer on Friday, blame Alpine Route. Right now, Roman, my Chief Foxer Setter, should be putting together a vowel-stripped list of ‘33 Things Wot You Might Find in Russia’ but instead he’s pondering possible routes for a…
Review Reprise: Hidden & Dangerous
I’ve written hundreds of reviews, previews, and retrospectives during my twenty-odd years as a games inspector. As many of these appeared in the British version of PC Gamer magazine and nowhere else, now and again something from my archive may…
Competition for Cleared Hot
One of the obvious risks of announcing a game years before it’s ready for release, is your screenshots and vids could end up inspiring rival projects. Although Cleared Hot’s relatively high profile and lengthy gestation may not be the sole…
L2P
L is for Last night I unwound with the help of FLEX Disc Golf. Recently bolstered with several new courses, this budget-priced offering manages to scratch multiple itches simultaneously. I enjoy its bucolic outdoor spaces, its dash of aeronautics, and…
G2K
G is for Game the rise and fall of a Great Plains superpower. Tired of 4Xing with fictional civs or highly stylised ‘historical’ ones? Because a free, GMT-approved version of Joel Toppen’s solitaire board game Comancheria has appeared in the…
A2F
Instead of making you wait until Friday for the first A2Z of 2025, I thought I’d chop it into five roughly equal portions, and post a portion a day every day this week.
Apache Canyon is as early Eighties as Blake’s Seven and Bananarama
Me and the creator of Apache Canyon – a new game for the venerable Acorn Electron – have a few things in common. Not only are we Brits of a similar vintage, we’ve got the same surname and paternal grandparents.