June2015

  • Review Super Exploding Zoo (PlayStation 4)

    Baboom

    Super Exploding Zoo, from Hohokum developer Honeyslug, should be a cute, light-hearted game: it's got cartoony animals, bright colours, and a peppy, happy soundtrack. But there's something about leading animals to their death that's slightly sinister – the hard stare in a dodo's eyes as he walks his last steps is unnatural and almost...

August2014

  • Review Hohokum (PlayStation 4)

    Tripping the light fantastic

    Whenever we played British developer Honeyslug’s latest game Hohokum at conventions and the like, our biggest issue was quite simply explaining the experience to others. What exactly is the vibrant title starring a multicoloured worm all about? Is it art? How do you play it? Heck, what do you even do? Having spent...

March2012

  • Review Frobisher Says (PlayStation Vita)

    If Monty Python did mini-games...

    Although Nintendo’s WarioWare wasn’t the first game to compile quick-fire mini-games (it’s pre-dated by Sega’s Tanto-R and Konami’s Bishi Bashi), it remains the most famous example of the genre. While so many modern games try hard to immerse the player in engaging and time-consuming missions, WarioWare...

October2009

  • Review Kahoots (PlayStation Minis)

    Kahoots is a charming little game packed with personality

    From the home-made graphics to the musical tutorials — it's all rather lovely. What do you get if you take Lemmings, add a dash of LittleBigPlanet, and season with Zoo Keeper to taste? No, it's not a joke; it's Kahoots — a charming PSP Mini from British development team HoneySlug. Kahoots...