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Game Reviews

Review: 🎮 Immortals of Aveum arrived with very little bark but hides a surprising bite 🎮

The Everwar…
An endless conflict that ravages the kingdoms of Aveum as human greed vies for the control of magic. When the battle lands on Jak’s doorstep, the orphan is thrust to the front lines, discovering power that even the most battle-hardened battlemages fear.
Consumed by war, Aveum faces more than just the dead left from battle as the earth itself corrupts and disappears into a bottomless pit known as The Wound. Jak has no option but to fight the fight in front of him, but will the war be won in time…or will the land swallow it all whole? Continue reading Review: 🎮 Immortals of Aveum arrived with very little bark but hides a surprising bite 🎮

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Review: 🎮 The Callisto Protocol can’t quite escape the shadow of Dead Space 🎮

300 years in the future, Jacob Lee is a victim of fate and thrown into Black Iron Prison, a maximum-security penitentiary located on Jupiter’s moon, Callisto.
When inmates begin to transform into monstrous creatures, the prison is thrown into chaos. To survive, Jacob must battle his way to safety to escape Black Iron Prison, while uncovering the dark and disturbing secrets buried beneath the surface of Callisto. Continue reading Review: 🎮 The Callisto Protocol can’t quite escape the shadow of Dead Space 🎮

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Book Reviews

Review: 📚 Father of the Future is a flawed but ultimately rewarding philosophical sci-fi adventure 📚

Cassique is a time travelling Fixer in AD 2853. It’s his job to nip back into the past and fix problems which threaten to wipe out the world of the twenty-ninth century. But the longer Cassique spends in those past times, the more he comes to wonder if the docile, VR-obsessed people of his present would actually benefit from a reset. It’s a dangerous thought, because that would mean taking a stand against Father, the world-running super-computer, and Father takes a very dim view of any form of rebellion.

When Cassique teams up with a couple of relatively famous figures from the past, they start trying to formulate a plan to make time travel work in their favour, and return the reins of control to humanity. But they have to be exceedingly careful, because Father might be listening… Continue reading Review: 📚 Father of the Future is a flawed but ultimately rewarding philosophical sci-fi adventure 📚

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Review: 📚 Out of the Ashes is a juicy collision of truth and lies 📚

When she was thirteen years old, Samantha Newsom’s family was murdered and their Catskills farmhouse set ablaze in an unsolved crime that left nothing behind but ashes.

Twenty-two years later, Sam is pulled back to her hometown of Carney, New York, under the shadows of the grim tragedy she’s never forgotten or forgiven. Authorities mishandled the evidence, false rumours were seeded about her family, suspects yielded nothing, and the case went cold. Not anymore. Investigator Travis Meacham has been assigned to the case, and he has news for Sam: a prison inmate has come forward with a shocking admission. Sam’s baby sister, presumed dead in the fire, made it out of the house that night.

It’s not the only reveal that upends everything Sam thinks she knows about the crime and her family. But Carney protects its secrets. And this time, Sam might not be able to escape the town alive. Continue reading Review: 📚 Out of the Ashes is a juicy collision of truth and lies 📚

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