About Matthew Smail

Kerbal Space Program is very likely the first and only space program simulator that you’ll ever play on Xbox One, if not anywhere. It’s a good thing that the clue …
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The Solus Project is quite the anomaly, presenting players with an unusually well-sculpted vision of an alien planet to explore, but at the same time, failing to provide a story …
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Whenever I think about art imitating life, I rarely consider video games as having a deeper meaning than that which we see on screen. Quite literally, games about shooting bad …
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When the original Carmageddon launched almost 20 years ago, it caused uproar amongst the mainstream press because of its graphic violence and was ultimately censored or even banned altogether in …
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I would have struggled to articulate my mixed feelings of disgust, disappointment and even embarrassment after booting up 7 Days to Die for the first time. I mean, really, this …
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As love for the roguelike genre continues to grow, a whole slew of developers are creating games that showcase one or more unique features in the hope of tempting the …
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Five minutes into Anima: Gate of Memories and one could be forgiven for thinking that they were bearing witness to a slightly substandard Devil May Cry clone. Persevere beyond the first few hours, …
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After an unprecedented length of time in development via Steam Greenlight and the Xbox One Games Preview Program, Prison Architect is finally ready to stand on its own two feet. …
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Another day, another Xbox 360 remake with a wafer-thin list of updates and upgrades to justify its existence. Putting my natural cynicism aside, though, I don’t want to be too …
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Among the Sleep is among a growing number of what many gamers refer to as “walking simulators” that feature among the Xbox One back catalogue, but what makes Among the …
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