Moments in Gaming is where we look back on gaming experiences that have left a particularly strong impression on us over the years: mainly for good reasons, but sometimes for bad ones. I’m not really sure if demos are a thing anymore; I basically haven’t been short of games to play for a long time, but […]
Posts by Rik
Vault of Regret: The Thing
The Vault of Regret is a very large place, which houses dusty old game CDs and boxes, untouched digital libraries, and the metaphysical concepts of remorse and embarrassment. Here we write about all the games we should have played but haven’t, or that we have played but didn’t enjoy, among other things. The Thing is from a […]
Review: Need for Speed: Rivals
Hi there! Hope you’re all doing well. Today we’re going a bit modern, by our standards, to check out 2013’s instalment of EA’s long-running racing franchise. Here’s a review of Need for Speed: Rivals.
Review: Judge Dredd: Dredd vs. Death
Hi there. The urge to play a first-person shooter strikes me only occasionally these days. But, for reasons that will be explained, I was recently motivated to go scrabbling through the games cupboard and dig out today’s game, first released in 2003: Judge Dredd: Dredd vs. Death.
Review: Onside Complete Soccer
Hello there! Today we’re back in the realm of old football games (again). Here’s a review of Onside Complete Soccer.
Review: Dragon Age: Origins – Awakening
Hello everyone. The reviewing machine appears to be belatedly cranking back into life again in 2025. Today’s review is of the Dragon Age: Origins expansion pack, Awakening.
A Tale of Two Halves
The thought may have occurred to some of our regular readers, as they plough through another 3/10 review of an absolutely ancient football game on this site, that trawling this particular section of the retro-gaming ocean is a largely pointless task, in service of a rather niche interest, the only source of enthusiasm for which […]
A belated ‘Hello!’
It’s February, which means it’s too late to wish you a Happy New Year, and also too late to make a comment about not knowing when it’s too late to wish someone a Happy New Year. So we’ll just call this a mid-Q1 check-in instead, shall we? [No, that sounds simply dreadful – a reader]. […]
Discussion: [indie game] (spoilers!) is now a podcast
Some exciting news: the semi-regular discussion series, Discussion: [indie game] (spoilers!) has moved to a podcast format! This does mean that future instalments won’t be appearing on FFG in written form. Thanks to everyone who read them, and to Stoo for extending the remit of the site to allow them to be hosted here. While […]
Review: Mafia
Hi there. Nice to be back with you again. Sorry it’s been a while. Today’s game is Mafia, a 1930s organised crime caper from Illusion Softworks.