Keiran McEwen – Phenixx Gaming

Tomb Raider IV-VI Remastered (PC) – Review

Keiran McEwen — Mon, 17 Feb 2025 18:00:56 +0000

I’m glad everyone’s up to date on what is and isn’t Roman, so I don’t need to explain what IV, V, and VI are to Americans anymore. Continuing on from where Aspyr left off with the Tomb Raider remasters last year, we can once again jump, climb, and probably kill Lara in that poorly designed opener to The Angel of Darkness. This time (of course) we are focused on the original ending of Lara’s tale…

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Flint: Treasure of Oblivion (PC) – Review

Keiran McEwen — Fri, 14 Feb 2025 18:00:11 +0000

As the Sweet Transvestite sang, “And when you’re a professional pirate…” Set in the golden age of piracy (minus the bay of the internet), Flint: Treasure of Oblivion plays as a prequel to Scottish writer Robert Louis Stevenson’s seminal work and character, Captain James Flint. Though the marketing lacks major Treasure Island or The Sea Cook: A Story for Boys notes, the pirate-based CRPG plunders…

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F1 Manager 2024 is Free on Epic

Keiran McEwen — Fri, 14 Feb 2025 14:45:11 +0000

Friday, Prime Gaming dropped with at least something interesting this week. Monday, Contraband Police announced its new DEI program, bringing women with its “Crimson Fall” DLC, and idle clicker game Nomad Idle has a demo out now ahead of its March release. Tuesday, Wizard of Legend 2 now has co-op. On Wednesday, N64/Paper Mario-like Ruffy and the Riverside has a demo, and Kojima will talk nonsense…

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Eureka “Many Happy Returns” – Review

Keiran McEwen — Thu, 13 Feb 2025 18:00:12 +0000

That’s a walking red flag, and I’m sticking by that no matter what. Directed by Jefery Levy, “Many Happy Returns” is the first of his two outings as director; the second being in episode 7, “Blink.” Written by show creators Cosby and Paglia, I don’t think I have anything to add that I said last week (about four months ago) when I wrote about episode 1, “Pilot.” Both are fairly under the radar…

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Door Kickers 2: Task Force North (PC) – Review

Keiran McEwen — Tue, 11 Feb 2025 18:00:45 +0000

Much like America’s war in the Middle East, Romanian studio KillHouse Games’ Door Kickers 2: Task Force North felt somewhat like it was in early access for longer than time itself. Finally out in its 1.0 release, the fully updated sequel to 2014’s Door Kickers puts you in charge of a squad of US Rangers in a made-up destabilized Middle Eastern state, Nowhereaki. Commanding the team is the easy…

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Prime Gaming – February 2025

Keiran McEwen — Fri, 07 Feb 2025 18:00:36 +0000

Maybe you could take a lesson from an early scene in the first game this month Jeffrey. Another month, another Thursday has passed, and I’m bemoaning the existence of everyone, what else isn’t new? Probably the fact the “other benefits/In-game content” for Prime Gaming in February of 2025 are still just Lost (T)Ark and Wordle knock-offs/wannabees. The less said about any of them, the better.

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Humankind is free on Epic

Keiran McEwen — Fri, 07 Feb 2025 14:00:07 +0000

Monday, beautiful city-builder Town to City was announced, Wayne June has made it out of the darkest of dungeons, and another one of those faux-PS1 horror games nears full release. Tuesday, Cast n Chill has me rubbing the inside of my podcast listening pockets, and Best Served Cold is another Coffee Talk-esque talking simulator. Wednesday, Wreckfest 2 made a mess of my March plans (and pants) with…

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Eureka “Pilot” – Review

Keiran McEwen — Thu, 06 Feb 2025 18:00:01 +0000

The quote at the start of EUReKA (as it is stylized) goes thusly, “A little Knowledge is a dangerous thing. So is a lot.” For Colin Ferguson’s Sheriff Carter, that’s pretty true. Directed by Peter O’Fallon, it is difficult to say O’Fallon is known for much. He directed some episodes of Pushing Daisies, as well as writing and co-creating the Jim Jefferies-led comedy, Legit. The same can be said for…

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NEOWIZ and Wolfeye Studios announce a new partnership

Keiran McEwen — Thu, 06 Feb 2025 14:00:53 +0000

The gaming world is flooded with retro-futurisms and retro sci-fi, but I think a new announcement from South Korean studio NEOWIZ and Austin-based Wolfeye Studios has something quite interesting. Announced rather quietly, the studio behind Weird West and Arkane Studios alums Julien Roby and Raphaël Colantonio are partnering with NEOWIZ on an as-yet-unnamed title. The press release is quite…

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Wreckfest 2 gets early access release date

Keiran McEwen — Wed, 05 Feb 2025 14:00:19 +0000

I get that a lot of people are really happy with racing sim games where you have basically no control and have to be a professional racing driver. As I’ve made clear multiple times, I just love pushing someone into a barrier and watching their charred husk of metal and plastic disintegrate into dust. I guess that’s enough about my weekend activities on the i-95, I’m also partial to Wreckfest…

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