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Birth review – make your soulmate from spare bones and organs
Born out of lockdown, this warm, tactile puzzle game inspired by ‘libraries, bugs, bones and decay’ is a simple yet profound exploration of loneliness
Simon Parkin
04, Mar, 2023 @1:00 PM
Hi-Fi Rush review – a brawler set to the beat of a drum
This music-centred adventure pits a teenage boy against robotic assassins in a colourful title for gamers of all talents
Simon Parkin
04, Feb, 2023 @1:00 PM
23 for 2023: Observer writers’ culture highlights for the year ahead
From Rachmaninov to pop reunions, Beyoncé’s tour to Greta Gerwig’s Barbie, Spielberg to Sam Smith, our critics guide you through the next 12 months
01, Jan, 2023 @10:00 AM
Alex Horne on the secret to his cult show Taskmaster: ‘It must be offbeat but not wacky, off-kilter but not bonkers’
How does the comedian and creative genius come up with the show’s endless stream of inventive challenges?
Simon Parkin
24, Dec, 2022 @12:00 PM
Games: Simon Parkin’s five best of 2022
From Sherlockian murder mystery to Hollywood missing person via the mystical Lands Between, it’s been a gripping year
Simon Parkin
18, Dec, 2022 @5:00 PM
Strange Horticulture review – the enjoyably shady business of botanicals
Plants can cure or kill in this atmospheric puzzle game
Simon Parkin
03, Dec, 2022 @1:00 PM
The Case of the Golden Idol review – delicious Sherlockian murder mystery
A treasure inspires murder, and your job as detective is to piece together the crime in this addictive 18th-century whodunnit
Simon Parkin
12, Nov, 2022 @1:00 PM
README.txt by Chelsea Manning review – secrets and spies
The WikiLeaks whistleblower on her upbringing, her time in the US army and the extraordinary events that led to her conviction
Simon Parkin
27, Oct, 2022 @10:00 AM
‘I want to keep being the first’: Hideo Kojima on seven years as an independent game developer
In his 36-year career, Kojima has become one of the world’s best-known game directors – and he has never been keener to welcome fans into his world
Simon Parkin
26, Oct, 2022 @1:35 PM
Norco review – dour, compelling Louisiana adventure
This award-winning single-person adventure, set in a run-down refinery town, is full of compelling mysteries
Simon Parkin
08, Oct, 2022 @12:00 PM
The Chaos Machine by Max Fisher review – how social media rewired our world
A stark warning about the extent to which Facebook et al distort our perception of reality
Simon Parkin
22, Sep, 2022 @10:00 AM
Immortality review – an irresistible plunge into a Hollywood mystery
Her Story creator Sam Barlow surpasses himself with this stunning interactive movie thriller in which you play detective, film editor and eavesdropper
Simon Parkin
10, Sep, 2022 @12:00 PM
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