Reviews – Phenixx Gaming

Another Crab’s Treasure (PC) – Review

Keiran McEwen — Fri, 03 Jan 2025 14:00:30 +0000

It all depends on your definition of a Souls-like, but Another Crab’s Treasure places itself among the pantheon of imitations despite lacking one of the defining traits of the genre. Released early in the year, Aggro Crab’s second game takes place down where it is wetter, down where it is better, and where a sex joke sits that I can’t say. A Souls-like in almost every sense of the phrase…

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Lower Decks “Fully Dilated” – Review

Keiran McEwen — Thu, 02 Jan 2025 18:00:54 +0000

Penis, bums, and willies, or are we just saying the double entendres are not intentional in an episode called “Fully Dilated”? Directed by Megan Lloyd again, I know before I see more than a minute of the episode that we’re going to get pretty solid direction from the former storyboard artist. From a name we know to a writing assistant we don’t, Andrew Mueth takes the helm…

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Wandersong (PC) Review

David Sanders — Thu, 02 Jan 2025 14:00:56 +0000

“Skipper Dan,” a song by “Weird Al” Yankovic, tells the story of a brilliant actor who has always been told he’ll be extremely famous someday. However, because he can’t find any big-ticket gigs in show business, he ultimately ends up working a job he despises, as a tour guide on Disneyland’s Jungle Cruise ride. This might seem strange, but the story told within Wandersong strikes me as the exact…

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Football Manager 2024 (PC) – Review

Keiran McEwen — Fri, 27 Dec 2024 16:00:04 +0000

Despite storming the field when the team won but wasn’t promoted in 2003, then having season tickets right behind the dugout in the new stadium the year following and beyond, I was never a big fan of whatever you call “the beautiful game.” At least that’s what a boring EA employee called it. In more recent years I’ve enjoyed the sport of it watching the women’s game, as they aren’t paid enough to…

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The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim (Movie) Review

Matthew Lomas — Fri, 27 Dec 2024 14:00:41 +0000

Last Thursday, I went with friends to see The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim. All of us who went to see it were there for a variety of reasons; I am a big fan of The Lord of the Rings franchise, especially the Peter Jackson films. My other friends were a mix of enjoying The Lord of the Rings or enjoying anime projects. While I have seen quite a bit of debate as to whether The War of…

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Lower Decks “Of Gods and Angels” – Review

Keiran McEwen — Thu, 26 Dec 2024 18:00:02 +0000

So what exactly happened to Captain Carrol? Directed by Brandon Williams, this is his penultimate episode before we cover “Fissure Quest” towards the end of Lower Decks. I’ve previously covered what Williams has done in his other episode of the season, “The Best Exotic Nanite Hotel.” This episode was written by “Dos Cerritos” and “I Have No Bones Yet I Must Flee” writer Aaron Burdette. Once again…

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Lies of P (PC) – Second Opinion Review

Keiran McEwen — Thu, 26 Dec 2024 14:00:31 +0000

We all know the story of Timothée Chalamet and Jiminy (or Gemini in-game) Cricket in the story from Italian writer Carlo Collodi, right? So I am sure I don’t have to explain in great detail the plot of Neowiz Games and Round8 Studio’s Lies of P; biomechanical puppets that are unable to lie are roaming the city of Krat, and your creator Geppetto is missing while your friend, Jiminy/

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Black One Blood Brothers (PC) – Preview

Keiran McEwen — Wed, 25 Dec 2024 15:00:54 +0000

Let’s play the usual game of me talking about a tactical shooter/military sim, while also notably being quite vocal on the after-action reports of real-world missions. If we’re one thing as humans, we’re contradictions. Something that sounds like a contradiction is a highly detailed real-time tactical military sim, akin to SWAT 4 or Ready or Not, but featuring a tactical command menu like a 3D…

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Inbento (PC) Review

Alexx Aplin — Wed, 25 Dec 2024 14:00:13 +0000

Food is a large factor in how people come together. Family units, friend groups, so many people bond over food. Inbento is a logic-based, sliding-based puzzle game that melds the love of food with puzzles and a heartfelt narrative. Inbento is a puzzle game that is entirely based on the Japanese practice of making Bento boxes. For each “recipe,” you have a variety of pieces/ingredients…

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Balatro (PC) Review

Alexx Aplin — Tue, 24 Dec 2024 18:00:54 +0000

I love a good bit of Poker every now and then. I’m not exactly a gambler, but there was a time when I enjoyed visiting friends for Poker night. LocalThunk’s Balatro simulates the idea of Poker, mixing it with something else I enjoy, Rogue-likes. As a result, you get a very strategic, sometimes infuriating experience. Balatro looks complicated but is actually fairly simple. Each round of Balatro…

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