The Game Guy

Game: Banjo-Kazooie Platforms: Nintendo 64, Xbox 360, Xbox One (as part of Rare Replay) Played On: Xbox 360 Price: £9.99 (Xbox 360 - will vary for other platforms) Available on Xbox Game Pass: Yes It’s a classic, I decided it was time I finally played the 1998 hit Banjo-Kazooie, Developed by Rare and published of course by Nintendo. Now obviously if you’ve read the bit above I’m actually playing the Xbox Live Arcade version released 10 years later in 2008 by Microsoft, Developed by 4J Studios. So I’m sorry for you purists out there but it was on Game Pass and at this point I’d been locked up for a week. For the purposes of trying not to anger people, I’m reviewing just the 360 remake, not the original version. Now I have to go a little bit further back into the past and talk about the original console wars between the Nintendo 64 and it’s cartridges and the PlayStation with it’s discs. I was a PlayStation owner, that was the console bought for 6 year old me, you didn’t get a...

Game: Train Sim World 2020 Platforms: Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Windows Played On: Xbox One Price: £24.99 Available on Xbox Game Pass: Yes Lockdowns got to me a little bit I can’t lie, but with me being indoors a lot more means I obviously have more time to play games. But I still wanted to get out, go to work but I can’t do that with my normal 9-5 at this time so instead I’ve taken up the job of train driver... virtually of course. This week I’ve been playing Train Sim World 2020 developed and published by Dovetail Games. I will say I’m just reviewing the main game here which takes place on the Great Western Railway if anyone was interested. I said a few reviews back that there truly is a sim game for everyone now and train sim is probably one the originals, be it in a computer or even on a mobile phone, most of us would have seen a version of a train sim. Granted you all might be wondering how bored I must be to play an incredibly detailed game that revolves around driving ...