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Aug 22, 2017

The Busy Gamer Reviews: Cat Quest

Everything in Cat Quest is a cat pun. It is remorseless in it’s presentation of this to the point of pure despair…and then you come out the other side and start laughing again because everything is a cat pun. Cat Quest is a fantasy RPG designed for mobile that is…

Benjamin Baynton

Aug 21, 2017

Heroes of the Storm: The best MOBA if you don’t have time for League

I get it- you’re a hardcore gamer who plays Dark Souls and beat the hardest track (Through the Fire and the Flames- as if you could ever forget) in Guitar Hero on hard. News flash: it’s been 10 years since you…

Benjamin Baynton

Aug 17, 2017

Five tips for The Witness

This game is a few years old but at $10.00 it’s an absolute gem of a puzzle game. I don’t think it got the sales or recognition it deserved at release, and since it isn’t a graphically intense game it’s aged very, very well. In short The Witness contains some 700 and odd line…

Benjamin Baynton

Aug 17, 2017

Loading screens ruined The Long Dark for me

I so, so desperately want to like The Long Dark. It has received wide acclaim and has perfect game play mechanics. It make survival a challenge and chore- a struggle against the elements. However, I keep coming back to one immersion breaking element: the…

Benjamin Baynton

Aug 10, 2017

Five hours with… War for the Overworld

The five hours with… series focuses on games that have been out for a while, and have recently received major updates. The idea is to help sort games that have become significantly better and worth playing from those that have not improved.