Paper Mario inspired RPG? I'll be watching to see how it develops.

In 2006, the first Cars released, showing a rookie racer learning that there's more to racing than winning. Now, 20 years on, that story has continued, with films and series. With this Moonlit Critbit, I take a look at those films and the journey of Lightning McQueen. #PixarCars #RacingMonth

Being a fan of Wreckfest these last six years, I wanted to revisit Bugbear's previous racing series. Which led me to FlatOut: Ultimate Carnage. Which has a lot to love, and is why I can easily recommend this classic. Plenty of chaos in store for those who do. #FlatOut #Steam #Review #RacingMonth

Beginning this Racing Month off is a look at the second game from studio Grumpy Pizza. A score-chaser racer with some great handling behind it makes it an easy one to recommend. So take a read of my experiences with Turbo Hatchback Time Attack. #TurboHatchbackTimeAttack #Review #Steam #RacingMonth

The heat hasn't been kind for gaming, but I've finally had time to get onto Star Fox, and now I'm offering my thoughts on this most cinematic version of Star Fox 64, remade for the Switch 2. An experience that I can easily recommend. #StarFox #Review #NintendoSwitch2

Always love Sonic Shorts. And now it's gone 3D! Still with the same great humour as always.

The recent announcement of Nintendo Switch Sports Resort had me hyped to be returning to Wuhu Island. Even if it looks somewhat different. So, I'm taking a trip back to when Wuhu Island first appeared as a sporting venue with #WiiSportsResort.

And so I am now a Horizon Legend on Forza Horizon 6. Doing so without winning even half of the races the game offers, just as I felt was possible in the early days of this adventure. I'll definitely be getting to them all at some point, as there's no way I'm leaving Horizon Japan yet.

Eight charities ready to gain support when a new Jingle Jam starts this December. Should be a great one, as always.

A new Nintendo Direct has arrived, presenting plenty of surprises ready to come for its second year and beyond. These are my highlights of that Direct. #Highlights #NintendoDirect #KingdomHearts #DragonQuestMonsters #OcarinaOfTime

Nintendo Direct tomorrow! I'm fully expecting a lot of big things from this, but most importantly... Fossil Fighters, Nintendo! Give it to me.

The demo is great, and the full game is less than a month away. It's sure to be a great time.

Spyro is back! Crazy Taxi returns! The Xbox Games Showcase provided some great games to be excited about. I've got my highlights from the show right here, including some great indie projects that I'm sure will delight. #Highlights #XboxGamesShowcase #CrazyTaxi #Spyro #Fable #BadMagpie

Another Summer Game Fest has provided plenty of announcements to enjoy. From this showcase, I've got a few more things added to my waiting for list, along with more reasons to be excited about those Star Wars games. #Highlights #SummerGameFest #StarWars #FinalFantasy #HotWheels

The first anniversary of the Switch 2 is here! It's been a great year full of fun games, big and small. First and third party. As I did with the Switch, this anniversary is a time to look back at the year it's had. #NintendoSwitch2 #YearOne #Anniversary

Summer Game Fest is tomorrow. Which is also the Switch 2 anniversary date. Wouldn't it be funny if something Switch 2 related were to appear at Summer Game Fest, also giving Geoff Keighley the chance to announce the next Direct date by saying "Directly from Nintendo."

IO Interactive have delivered an excellent Bond game with 007 First Light, utilising their Hitman experience to craft an experience with plenty of sneaking, spying, and a whole lot of action. Which makes it an easy recommendation. #007FirstLight #Review #Xbox

Two more chapters have been added to Yogsimulated 2, seeing the Yogscast explore things other than racing with the next two games they take part in within the Bristol simulation. So enjoy Flag Madness and City Golf, and the previous chapters if you haven't already. #Yogscast #fanfiction #Wattpad

Let's take a look at what this demo holds. I'm sure it'll be a great time.

GTA VI is... not here, having been delayed from this day to November. But that just means it's the perfect day to begin a series looking back at the previous game. GTA V has lived a long life thanks to Online, which makes that a perfect place to start. #GTAV #LookBack

The next TT Games LEGO adventure has arrived, bringing a new fun outing in Gotham telling an original story while exploring the Batman franchise's history. LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight is an easy one to recommend. #LEGOBatman #Review #Xbox

I don't think that's how it works... Not that I'm complaining, since it allowed me such an easy completion of all three rounds. Speaking of the third round, Rugrats In Paris, why do you have such high expectations of your players to give them such a challenge?

The latest Forza Horizon is here, and it has done everything so great. Truly expanded over the previous game, with a lot more to see and do. Should come as no surprise this is the easiest game I've recommended yet. #ForzaHorizon6 #Review #GamePass

Shrek is 25 today! So what better time to offer thoughts on the main films of the franchise than now? This Moonlit Critbit takes a little look at all four films and what I like best about them all. A happy anniversary Shrek. Here's to the future. #Shrek25 #MoonlitCritbit

Since its release, Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream has given me so many great experiences. Now, I'm talking those experiences and why I feel it is an easily recommended experience. #TomodachiLife #NintendoSwitch #Review

Mixtape spoke to me from its announcement, knowing that music can fuel nostalgia. And the narrative of this adventure, of a trio spending their last night together, has captured that so well. An easily recommended experience from Beethoven & Dinosaur. #MixtapeGame #Review #GamePass

A visit to the canal for the first time brings a lot of birds to watch and capture. The geese have their goslings to look after, the ducks enjoy a waterside rest, and some moorhens, too! If only the autofocus didn't hate butterflies... #uk #photography #birds #canal

The final two episodes of Star Wars: Maul - Shadow Lord's first season have been released, capping off a brilliant introduction to the series. There's a lot that has been delivered here, so take a read of my thoughts. #StarWars #Maul #Disney+ #Review

Well, it's Star Wars Day, so I'm breaking out the prequel trilogy soundtracks to listen to across the day. Might also get the original trilogy on after. It was certainly a great start to the day, too. Those final two episodes of Maul: Shadow Lord were beautiful.

Well, Tomodachi LIfe sure loves making hilarious non-canon romances out of my characters. I've had one marriage that definitely can't happen, and now an officer has fallen for their commander. Can't wait for the first crossover-between-universes romance to happen.

Red among the green. While out on the hill, that was a little theme I thought of while walking around. So I looked for red among green, taking shots of what I found. #Nature #Photography #Red #Leaves

Galactic Racer is offering something new. Not only being the first Star Wars racing game we've had in forever, but also the first original game of the New Republic era. So it got me thinking. What other games would be good to see? #StarWars #NewRepublic #concept

Onto the hills with my camera, where I delighted in taking many shots of the bluebells growing. The best of the lot featured here. And, of course, enjoying that view of Halesowen with the hills as a background. #photography #nature #bluebells #Halesowen

Camp Yog is always a great time. This year is likely no different. Let the chaos begin!

There's a month to go until The Mandalorian and Grogu arrives in cinemas, so what better time to look at the series that started a new era of Star Wars content. Here, I look at all three seasons of The Mandalorian and also The Book of Boba Fett.

First few days on Tomodachi Life have been wild. Though I keep forgetting to capture said wild moments, so have a few tame ones instead. Maybe next time, I'll actually remember to capture some of the more wild moments.

New animated Star Wars series! And it's about Maul and his rise in the criminal underworld! And the first two episodes absolutely got me invested even more than I already was. If that's even possible. So, take a read of my review to see why.

For the first time, I have successfully captured and purified all shadows in Gale of Darkness. Yes, despite playing it many times to completion across the years, I have never captured and purified all the shadows before. Could have been more fanfare for doing so...

It's puzzlin' time! Rhell: Warped Worlds & Troubled Times is a nice puzzle adventure game with a wide variety of solutions to puzzles thanks to the combinable spells it has. Developer SlugGlove has cast a lot of great magic to make this an easily recommended experience.

A hybrid of live action and 3D animation, Armorsaurs had me interested in what it could deliver. And, having seen the first season, there is a lot of greatness here. Though one miss which I feel is a pretty big one. Even so, it's strengths are good enough for me to recommend watching.

Most of the way through Armorsaurs, and it's pretty great. Some lovely action and character interactions, with things building to what feels to be a great finale.

Well, that's FireRed completed after such a long grind in Victory Road that Seadra was able to wipe nearly everything on its own. But the others were good support when I needed them. Except for Eevee, who was there as a cheerleader.

My game Rhell is OUT NOW 🧙🪄 My game Rhell, is a creativity based puzzle game where you can use 100,000,000 spells and solve puzzles in your own unique way It's all about having fun and being creative so every puzzle has multiple possible solutions #indiegame #gamedev #indiedev

This is a great philosophy that Simon outlines, and is what I feel makes Yogscast Games one of the best indie publishers around. Especially that bit about helping first-time developers find their feet if they have interesting ideas.

A life sim Pokémon game from the perspective of the Pokémon, Pokopia has a lot of charm. Is a nice, relaxing time seeing what the Pokémon are doing within the world. Reshaping that world to how I want. And it is an experience that is easily recommended.

Now that's a crossover I can get behind!

A new Pokémon Presents has showed off a number of reveals, including the big one that is Generation 10. I talk about that reveal along with some of the other reveals of the Presents.

Happy Pokémon Day! 30 years of loveable creatures and grand adventures. Since TPC put out special logos featuring every Pokémon available, I thought I'd put this together to show my favourites. The influence of Colosseum and Gale of Darkness is clear to see. So, what about your favourites?

The third part of my crafting an RPG region from the Halesowen Postal Code Area series is here, with this being the last. Focused on both southern quadrants, a give details on the towns, forests and other areas of this section of the region.

Well, damn. I've been out of Fortnite for a few months now. And then these drop. Looks like I'll be updating Fortnite on the Xbox and getting back to droppin' in.