Richard Walker

“Upon its release in cinemas back in 1991, Terminator 2: Judgment Day was huge. Unsurprisingly, the movie's success gave rise to video game adapt...”

“From the very moment your character wakes up in Routine, confined to a small room with nothing more than a perfunctory bed and shower, you can't...”

“The most difficult thing about The Jackbox Party Pack is assembling enough friends and/or family to play the damn thing with you. But with the season...”

“In Biped 2, you play as an adorable robot that's essentially a head stuck to two wonky little legs. The premise is that each of those limbs is c...”

“Will 2025 be remembered as the year of the survivors-like auto-shooter? Probably not, but here's another one anyway. This one is called Let Them...”

“Mortal Kombat first released when I was the tender age of ten, and, as such, it proved to be utterly fascinating to my young eyes, what with its blood...”

“Despite being a 3D fighting game pioneer, Virtua Fighter has always struck me as being the serious big brother of the genre. Or perhaps even the ster...”

“After two instalments of Danger Zone and one Dangerous Driving game, all of which were billed as spiritual successors to Burnout, developer Three F...”

“What is it about PowerWash Simulator 2 that keeps me coming back for more? Like the first game, it is, in essence, a first-person shooter, in which y...”

“When it first launched, in 2009, Plants vs. Zombies became a permanent fixture in my household, as everyone got hooked on the simple tower-defence ga...”

“In 2004, the esoteric, weird and wonderful genius of creator Keita Takahashi brought us Katamari Damacy - a fantastically odd game in which you roll ...”

“Jeff Goldblum's a good sport, isn't he? Lending his voice to Jurassic World Evolution 3's CG intro sequence, he's also with you f...”

“In Little Rocket Lab, you return to the place where you grew up, to live with your aunty, after your mother's death. It's an oddly sombre s...”

“Murder is afoot in Agatha Christie: Death on the Nile, the latest adaptation of the celebrated crime author's mysteries from developer Microids ...”

“King of Meat is the name given to a brutal game show, in which contestants gear up to hack hordes of hapless skeletons and other monsters to bits. Int...”

“Ever since I first played Vampire Survivors three years ago, I've been bitten by the survivors-like/auto shooter/reverse shmup/whatever-the-hell...”

“Karma: The Dark World is a psychological horror game that counts the works of late director David Lynch among its influences. So much so that one sequ...”

“This year's NBA 2K opens with your MyPlayer character squaring up to cover athlete Shai Gilgeous-Alexander. He chooses a dream team comprising S...”

“It goes without saying that all of the best driving games have lovely buttery handling. The kind that makes you want to keep coming back for more, sim...”

“I have a soft spot, like a big glowing orange weak point, for arcade-era shoot 'em ups. Not that I'm much good at them, mind. There's j...”