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Monthly Mobile Review Roundup – August
Flipping Legend (Developed by Hiding Spot Games & Published by Noodlecake Studios Inc. Available on Android & iOS) The game is an infinite runner at its core, but due to the graphics and draughts-esque movement it doesn’t feel as on rails as most infinite runners. You start the game by picking either the ninja or…
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Battling for the Iron Throne – Game Of Thrones Board Game Review
As many of you who listen to the podcast know myself and Andy both play board games, and while we haven’t had the opportunity to play together yet I am sure our time will come. I try to have a board game night with a group of friends at least once a month where we…
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Breaking the Lore
A question has been bugging me for the past week or so: should you get annoyed when a video game changes the established lore of the source material upon which it is based? It’s something we see often in film and television adaptations of books, but it’s rarer with video games which, for all their…
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Monthly Mobile Review Roundup – June
Magikarp Jump (Developed by The Pokemon Company. Available on Android & iOS) Totally pathetic, unreliable Known throughout the world for being super weak Basing a game on Magikarp is risky. It is after all the most useless Pokemon, but that is what The Pokemon Company has done. Maybe in ancient times it was really strong…
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Puyo Puyo Tetris Review
Despite minor flaws, Puyo Puyo Tetris is a fantastic package, bursting at the seams with every imaginable way to play any combination of the two games
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LGR – How We Review Games
Here at Lapsed Gamer Radio we like to do things a little differently. We set out to cater to a specific type of person – those of you out there who have an interest in gaming, but for whatever reason have become a lapsed gamer. Maybe you don’t have much time to play, or you…
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Echochrome
Beauty in the bizarre Time, gravity & the laws of physics are the only enemies you need to defeat in this totally unique and completely mind bending puzzle game. The objective sounds ridiculously simple, allow your artist’s mannequin to move from point A to point B by moving the beautifully simplistic structures around with…
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EGX Rezzed 2017
After experiencing my very first EGX last year, and enjoying the games in the Rezzed and Leftfield sections there, I was curious to see what EGX’s sister show was like. Rezzed is indeed a different experience, due in part to the room layout of the The Tobacco Dock in which it is held, but also…
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The GamesNI Meetup Experience!
It was with a excitement and a little trepidation that I made my way to StartPlanet NI in Donegall Street, Belfast on the 15th February to attend my first Games NI meetup. The event was only the 2nd meetup organised by GamesNI and they plan to host one every 2 months. They are a chance…
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Podcast – Episode 49 – Lapsed News
On this episode Mark is joined by Adam and Andy, as they discuss the games they’ve played and the latest news. Games such as Resident Evil 7, Steep, Dragon Age Inquisition and even FIFA 17 are all discussed! Listen To This Episode Here: You can listen to the podcast now above or download our episodes…
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LGR 2016 GOTY: 10-6 by Cev Moore
10. Persona 4: Golden (PSVita) In a year when I rediscovered my voracious appetite for insane Japanese games in time for the releases of THE LAST GUARDIAN and FINAL FANTASY XV, as usual, Sony have been able to more than satisfy that particular hunger with mid-year sale on PSN of all kinds of oddities along…
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Induction – Review
In German the word schadenfreude means “pleasure derived by someone from another person’s misfortune”. Unfortunately they don’t have a similar word for the pleasure derived by yourself by your own frustration. This is how I feel when playing Induction. Induction is an abstract and minimalist puzzle game about time travel and paradoxes with more than…
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LGR 2016 GOTY: 10-6 by Ali Cornwall
Hello LGR fans, if you haven’t done so already, make sure you listen to our Fave Games Played in 2016 two-part special where we all reveal our choices for 5-1. Below you can read all about the games that didn’t make the cut for my own personal top 5. Most of them were a really…
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Adam Ducker’s – GOTY 10th – 6th
The Division 2016 is a year in which I’ve put the world’s troubles behind me and delved into countless virtual worlds, made hundreds of perfect headshots and beaten no less than 83 games so I’d be remiss to omit any game that I spent close to 70 hours playing. In this instance that game is…
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LGR GOTY 2016: 10-6 by Andy Pidhajeckyj
10. The Wolf Among Us (PS3) One of our playlist games sneaks into my top 10, and there isn’t a better introduction to the Fables world. One of the best Tell Tale games, that not only had a funny, engaging story, but also oozed film noir. Follow Bigby Wolf, as he attempts to solve a…
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LGR 2016 GOTY: 10-6 by Mark Hamer
Hello dear reader. By now I’m sure you will have listened to our two GOTY 2016 episodes and no doubt you are dying to learn what games didn’t quite make my top 5. Well you are in luck! Here are my top games played in 2016, from 10 to 6. 10. Bayonetta 2 The culmination…
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LGR 2016 GOTY: 10-6 by Stuart Neill
Reigns Whoever thought to use the mechanics of Tinder as the basis for an RPG is a genius. The premise is simple: As the King you need to maintain the fine balancing act of keeping the church, your subjects, the army and your wealth under control without letting any one of them hit the minimum…
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Jack Smith @cronogenesis – GOTY Lists
LGR ‘behind the scenes’ crew member Jack Smith @cronogenesis and Nintendo expert sent in an impressive range of lists for his Game Of The Year so see below to see what he has to offer. After much deliberation, here’s my five favourite 3DS games played this year: Hyrule Warriors Legends Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Spirit…
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Welcome To Our New Home
Welcome to the new home of Lapsed Gamer Radio, please take a look around and tell us what you would like to see on here. We hope you’ll use this blog as an accompaniment to the podcast and check in for additional LGR content from time to time. Ali
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UK Games Expo 2016
As a child I always loved board games. I have fond memories of playing games such as Sorry, Pac-Man and Lost Valley of the Dinosaurs. I remember the games of Frustration, creating elation when I sent my Mum home, when she was so close to victory or despair when she did the same to me.…
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My 16 in ’16 Challenge
As you may have seen from other posts on the Lapsed Gamer Blog my colleague Adam Ducker has set himself a Race to 100 challenge in which he hopes to play and complete 100 games during 2016. I wish Adam the best of luck with his challenge, and from his February update he seems…
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Race to 100 Catch Up – February
So as I said last month I did not think my super fast pace would continue. I beat 12 games in total in January including a number of short titles but also Fallout 4. February has been a crazy month in so many aspects. Gaming wise we’ve seen the Xbox One release of the time…
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Race to 100 Catch Up – January
I’m anything but a Lapsed Gamer and I’m currently taking part in one hell of a crazy challenge for myself. I thought I’d share it with the community here and hopefully I can inspire those who have stopped gaming to get back into the hobby whether it’s by setting a challenge or picking up on…
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What is Lapsed Gamer Radio?
Becoming a lapsed gamer is usually something that happens by accident for a lot of people. Free time gets taken up with work and family or social activities. Money is spent on important things like mortgages, rent, food, heating and other bills. Soon that console or PC under your TV gets used more for Netflix or playing the…
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Welcome
Hello and welcome to the Lapsed Gamer Radio blog We hope to use this blog as an addition to the podcast as a place for us to do occasional written articles such as reviews or opinion pieces. Until new content is available please watch the video just because: [youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZmxvig1dXE&w=320&h=266] Thanks Stuart