Play a nice set of missions with good character development in We Happy Few – DLCGive this DLC a try as it really is a fun way to splurge ¾ hours on a video game. BY MICHAEL SWINNERTON Share0 Tweet0 Share0 Pin0 Review Summary Product Name: We Happy Few – DLCPublisher: Gearbox PublishingPrice: £19.99 Season Pass, £70.77 Bundle on SteamSummary: The first piece of …
UK Games Expo Press Night: Carrots In Front Of A Donkey
We took Coaching for Geeks Community member Jantien along to the UK Games Expo Press night. Here’s what she came back with. Jantien’s take on UK Games Expo Press Night: Like dangling a carrot in front of a donkey. Imagine you really like boardgames and would play them every day if you got a chance AND you’ve been invited to …
Yuppie Psycho – The Review
The First Day Of Work Couldn’t Be More Terrifying with Yuppie PsychoBrian will meet all kinds of odd characters, escape from terrible creatures, and unravel the hidden secrets of Sintracorp’s dark past. BY MATT SALMON Share0 Tweet0 Share0 Pin0 Review Summary Game: Yuppie PsychoPublisher: Another IndiePrice: £16.66 on SteamSummary: During his unconventional employee orientation, Pasternack discovers what his new job really entails: hunting a …
PAX East – Convention Survival Guide
Right then – PAX East. This is not a review (it is a little bit), it’s part of the Coaching for Geeks Convention Survival Guide, to help you get the most from any convention. Going to a con? Want to contribute? Email robincoachingforgeeks.com PAX East is a beast. A giant gaming convention taking place over 4 days, in the Boston Convention …
ToeJam and Earl: Back In The Groove – The Review
Realise it’s all pointless with ToeJam and Earl: Back in the Groove …And don’t even think about this game on a hangover BY MATT TIERNAN Share0 Tweet0 Share0 Pin0 Review Summary Name: TOEJAME AND EARL: BACK IN THE GROOVEPublisher: WordPress PluginPrice: £14.99 on Steam, PS4Summary: Frustrating as fuck. A joy to turn off. I came away with my eyes crossed and ears ringing. Do not even …
Newshit 20th May – Minecraft GO and tech partners
A slightly shorter edition of the news this week – condensed down into its purest, high-grade potency. Try a small dose before working your way up to the full article. Drink plenty of water. Minecraft GO This week the tenth anniversary celebrations for Minecraft took another interesting turn, with the announcement of Minecraft Earth, a free-to-play location-based mobile game …
Feather for Nintendo Switch – The Review
Flying high and serene with FeatherChill to ambient music and relax to fluid moves of a bird BY ROBIN BATES Share0 Tweet0 Share0 Pin0 Feather title Review Summary Game: FeatherPublisher: Samurai PunkPrice: £7.19 on SteamSummary: Play as a bird with responsive and fluid flight controlsA vast island for you to explore Rating: Feather Feather is a serene game about exploration and immersion in a beautiful …
Newshit: 13th – 16th May (Fantasies of Episodic Finality)
Newshit 13th May Another week, another quick look at the stuff that’s rocked the gaming world this week. A few announcements, a couple of rumours and an eye of newt to complete the potion. Some details have been changed to protect the victim’s family. Fantasies of Episodic Finality Confirmation this week that the Final Fantasy 7 remake, which has …
Techwars Global Conflict – The Review
Be a fully trained and slightly frustrated mecha pilot Tech Wars: Global Conflict BY ADAM SMITH Share0 Tweet0 Share0 Pin0 Review Summary Game: Techwars – Global ConfictPublisher: Black Sun Game PublishingPrice: Free to play, pay for premium in-gameSummary: TechWars: Global Conflict is the world’s first isometric MMO mecha-action with direct control. Only the strongest player will be able to win in this war of …
Newshit: 6th May
The world keeps on turning and shit keeps on happening. For as long as these two criteria are met, there will be news. This is that. Plus some other stuff. Toothy fucking hedgehog Let’s start with the horror show that is the Sonic adaptation trailer released last week. It was about as god-awful as I would have expected and …
Power Outage: Creating a TRPG kids and adults want to play together
Bebarce El-Tayib is the Nerd Captain of GoNerdy.com and fully believes in the power of gaming. So much so that he created his own tabletop roleplaying game, Power Outage, aimed at bringing kids and adults together. After a successful Kickstarter campaign Power Outage is ready for the public, so we caught up with Coaching for Geeks Community member Bebarce to …
Making Your First Twitch Stream With Paranerdnicky
News! Paranerdnicky will be streaming for charity, for the Millions Missing campaign for ME Action, all of next month (May 2019)! She’ll be streaming a mix of things such as Scribblio, Marbles, Soulworker, just chatting, etc… check her out and support her on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/paranerdnicky If You’re A Twitch Noob, Paranerdnicky Will Show You How! As a follow up …
Arcade Spirits – The Review
Navigate life, love, friendship and work in Arcade SpiritsThis sassy game will win you over with intriguing plot twists and unique characters BY AMANDA LEEK Share0 Tweet0 Share0 Pin0 Review Summary Product Name: Arcade SpiritsPublisher: PQubePrice: £15.49 – SteamSummary: This sassy game of life and choices lifted my (arcade) spirits. Rating: Arcade Spirits Arcade Spirits is a romantic visual novel that follows an alternative timeline …
NewsHit 1 April 2019 – Paximum Overdrive
Your weekly nutritious meal filled with gaming updates, announcements and steaming hot “news” on the side. Best served cold with a nice glass of mead. PAXimum Overdrive Lots of juicy fun at PAX East this week, where Coaching for Geeks’ very own Robin Bates was there to get all the coverage. We’ve got a hands on with Dangerous Driving, which …
Punishing Players: D&D Tips with James Gifford
Death is pretty awkward. At least in DnD. I can’t say from personal experience. All that hard-earned experience is gone in an instant. And as if that weren’t bad enough, any personal story the character had is left hanging… It’s like if Frodo took an arrow to the neck after stepping out of Shire… it’s a very sudden awkward …
Super Versus: The Review
Always in combat with Super Versus (Steam)Superman or moistflan? BY NATHAN LUCKING, MARCH 11, 2019 11:00 AM Share0 Tweet0 Share0 Pin0 Review Summary Game: Super VersusPublisher: SUPER VERSUS INCPrice: Free to play – SteamSummary: A free to play, fun, mechanical combat system, currently let down by a lack of players. Rating: Get Super Versus for Free! How do you go about review a multiplayer …
NewsHit 18 March 2019 – Walkabout With Your Wand Out
This week’s gaming summary with all the biggest stories and the new stuff coming out in the next few days, plus some silliness added for good measure. You’re a Wizard, Keith (or Sam, or Jamie) The fabled successor to Pokemon GO – the upcoming Harry Potter Wizards Unite – moves one step closer with a few seconds of actual …
Characterising NPCs: D&D Tips with James Gifford
James Gifford, author and illustrator of Dungeon Diaries, returns to improve your Dungeons and Dragons encounters… Perhaps more than any other part of the game, Non-Playable Clones (NPC)s are especially challenging to bring to life: Testing your skills in improvisation, voices, characterization and acting. Often, it’s difficult to create memorable ones and they seem to all bleed into one generic …
Textorcist: Renegade Priest Is The Right Type
Textorcist: The Basics You might think that you’re not into typing games – but you might feel differently when you’re typing Latin prayers to exorcise a common criminal of demons. Ray Bibbia is a renegade priest – the bad cop of Vatican City. He and the church have separated thanks to “artistic differences”, but this Private Exorcist still works around …
Sunless Skies – The Review
Story-rich, rogue-like role-playing in Sunless Skies Across a dark abyss I spotted a lone ship, engines firing towards me. I braced for another standard battle when I noticed the tentacles protruding from its rear. This was a terror I had not faced before. BY MATT TIERNAN, FEB 13 Share0 Tweet0 Share0 Pin0 Review Summary Game: Sunless SkiesPublisher: Failbetter GamesPrice: £18.99 – SteamSummary: Sunless Skies is a …
Convention Survival Guide: Glasgow Games Festival
Glasgow Games Festival: What is it? A day of open board gaming in city centre Glasgow with demos, traders and a games library, with just under 400 attendees. It has been operating for a couple of years, and has a website: http://www.glasgowgamesfestival.com/ Glasgow Games Festival: When is it? The 2019 dates haven’t been announced yet. The last one was Saturday 17th …
Comic Con Survival For Juniors By Juniors
Josh & Kenzie here, the first junior reporters for Coaching for Geeks, reporting on the one of the biggest comic cons in the UK and giving you our survival tips! When we were asked if we would like the opportunity to be junior reporters at one of the biggest comic cons in the country we couldn’t believe it. We had …
What do you actually DO at Comic Con?
So you’ve arrived at a comic con, now what? So you have arrived at comic con, you have got your wrist band and just entered the exhibition hall, what are you going to do now? At MCM Comic Con there’s loads for you to do that will guarantee that you will keep you busy all day including that of panels, …
Suicide Guy Review (Steam)
Puzzle your way to death with Suicide GuyContent warning: suicide, described in tasteless, humorous terms. BY MATT TIERNAN Share0 Tweet0 Share0 Pin0 Review Summary Game: Suicide Guy Publisher: Chubby PixelPrice: Steam – £3.99 Playstation – 4.49 euros Nintendo Switch – 7.99 euros Summary: Suicide Guy is that wonderful experience transformed into a puzzle platformer, split into just over 24 levels of varying difficulty. Each one has the same …
Between the Stars Demo Review (Steam/PC)
Coaching for Geeks Community member Matt Tiernan takes a spaceship for a spin in this pre-release demo of Between the Stars. This week I played around with the upcoming PC game, Between the Stars, which was successfully funded through a Kickstarter campaign in October 2018 with the game intended for full release sometime in early 2019. The game is described …
