There is an almighty caveat to purchasing A Sketchbook About Her Sun. It is a thirty minute-long music video to an album. The interactions that it offers - and there are only a few - all detract from the experience. But arrive with that knowledge, perhaps as a fan of the band Red Ribbon or a prospective fan, and you may consider it £4.19 well-spent.
Michael Jackson revolutionised the pop music video; Daft Punk took it a step further with a full movie to go with their album Discovery. Now we have the next logical step, a videogame based off a full musical album. The game is question is A Sketchbook About Her Sun, available today on Xbox, with Nintendo Switch and PlayStation releases following soon after.
Remember Golf Club: Wasteland by Demagog Studio and Untold Tales? Well, it is they who are combining the joys of The Jungle Book with the devastation of the armageddon, announcing a continuation of the story with a narrative-led, old-school hardcore platformer that has been inspired by the SEGA classics. That game is The Cub.
There are many games which hit the Xbox Store each and every week. Some are triple-A blockbusters, others little micro-indie affairs for relative pennies. And then there are games like RPG Time: The Legend of Wright - a game that we didn't expect much from... until we watched the trailer.
Enticing Richard Garfield to the Slay the Spire deckbuilder was Roguebook’s first act of brilliance, but many others follow. In the hex-based exploration it’s taken the genre’s dullest moments and made them the most engaging. In the deck-optimisation, it has fully handed the keys to the player and said ‘let’s see what you can make’. The possibilities, as the adage goes, are endless, and it gives Roguebook a truly infinite feel.
Previously only available as a PC (Steam) title, Roguebook, from the creator of Magic: The Gathering has today launched on Xbox and PlayStation - with a Nintendo Switch version following a little further down the line.
As you may or may not be aware, Pac-Man turned 40 years old in 2020. Well, it appears that the Pac-Party had only just got started, as now a new book has appeared on the market to celebrate the life and times of that most unlikely of video game hero - Pac-Man: Birth of an Icon.
Originally having released back in 2019 with Aladdin and The Lion King, the Disney Classic Games offerings have been increased and enhanced. You see, now us gamers are being given the opportunity to take in what many believe to be the superior version of Aladdin - that from the SNES - alongside the chance to wander through the magic of The Jungle Book.
Hubble, bubble, toil and trouble. Black Book gives you the opportunity to live out your dream of being a practicing witch. Don’t deny it - you’ve had that dream.
