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Review: 🎮 Control, ironically, cannot contain its explosively fantastical masterclass in both storytelling and third-person action 🎮

Jesse Faden experienced a horrific, unworldly event as a child, an event that led to the disappearance of all the adults in her hometown of Ordinary. Separated from her brother by a shadowy government agency, Jesse, now an adult, is guided by a mysterious force to The Oldest House, the current residence of the Federal Bureau of Control. Intent on finding out what happened to her brother, Jesse will have to contend with a house in disarray as a malevolent force known as The Hiss corrupts and spreads, aiming for a world that has no idea such a threat even exists. Continue reading Review: 🎮 Control, ironically, cannot contain its explosively fantastical masterclass in both storytelling and third-person action 🎮

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Review: 📚 Wolfsong is a beautiful ballad in a smutty, supernatural coming-of-age fantasy 📚

Ox Matheson was twelve when his father taught him a lesson: Ox wasn’t worth anything and people would never understand him. Then he left.

Ox was sixteen when the energetic Bennett family moved in next door, harbouring a secret that would change him forever. For the family are shape-shifters, who can transform into wolves at will. Drawn to their magic, loyalty and enduring friendships, Ox feels a gulf between this extraordinary new world and the quiet life he’s known. He also finds an ally in Joe, the youngest Bennett boy. Joe is charming and handsome, but haunted by scars he cannot heal.

Ox was twenty-three when murder came to town, and tore a hole in his heart. Violence flared, tragedy split the pack and Joe left town, leaving Ox behind. Three years later, the boy is back. Except now he’s a man – and Ox can no longer ignore the song that howls between them. Continue reading Review: 📚 Wolfsong is a beautiful ballad in a smutty, supernatural coming-of-age fantasy 📚

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Review: 🎮 Banishers – Ghosts of New Eden is a haunting gothic love story wrapped in an action-adventure shell 🎮

New Eden, 1695. Antea Duarte and Red mac Raith are lovers and Banishers, ghost-hunters who vowed to protect the living from the threat of lingering ghosts and specters. Following a disastrous last mission, Antea is fatally wounded, becoming one of the spirits she loathes. In the haunted wilds of North America, the couple desperately searches for a way to liberate Antea from her new plight. Continue reading Review: 🎮 Banishers – Ghosts of New Eden is a haunting gothic love story wrapped in an action-adventure shell 🎮

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Review: 🎮 Pragmata is a smorgasbord of influences that come together to form a unique sci-fi action adventure 🎮

In the near future, humans have developed Lunafilament, a material that can be used to create almost anything, so long as its users have the right data.

When communication is lost with the lunar station dedicated to the research and development of this material, a response team is dispatched. However, a massive lunar quake hits soon after their arrival.

Hugh Williams – separated from his team, unconscious and badly injured – is discovered by Diana, a mysterious being in the form of a young girl. She is a Pragmata, a unique android created using Lunafilament. With the station’s Artificial Intelligence IDUS determined to remove them by any means necessary, Hugh and Diana will have to fight their way to the heart of the mystery if they ever want to return to Earth. Continue reading Review: 🎮 Pragmata is a smorgasbord of influences that come together to form a unique sci-fi action adventure 🎮

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