Rob Webb

Rob Webb

I was born in Oxford in 1998 and have been gaming for almost my entire life. I want to see this industry evolve as a storytelling medium and deliver experiences that stay with people. Interactivity is a narrative device that only games can employ, and I'm looking forward to seeing where it can take us.
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Lobotomy Corporation Early Access Preview

Lobotomy Corporation, developed and published by Project Moon is a funny little game. It’s not really to my taste for the most part, but that’s not to say you wont enjoy it. You play as administrator of a company that…

Thank God for the New DOOM

Doom 2016 has reignited my passion for FPS and I consider it to be the benchmark all future FPS will have to be measured against. I hadn’t seriously played an Id game until its release and now I’m desperate to…

Divinity Original Sin : Enhanced Edition Review

Divinity Original Sin is an old school CRPG from Larian studios, the creators of the Divinity series as well as Divinity : Dragon Commander. Their latest effort, while decidedly old school, more than holds its own against more modern competition.…

The Little Things

Games are often praised for their gameplay, narrative or aesthetic, and rightly so. Those are what make a game worth playing. But to truly make a game feel special, to turn it into something that players really love, attention to…

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Ubisoft and Open World Design

Open world game design is difficult. I won’t pretend it isn’t. But Ubisoft (and several other publishers) seem to be missing the point entirely. In the past I have enjoyed Ubisoft games immensely. Looking back on their past creations it’s…

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ZombieChimp Game Awards 2016

Its the end of the year and that can only mean one thing, awards. Gamers everywhere are looking back at 2016 and celebrating their favourite titles. I thought about doing some kind of top ten, but I feel that plenty…

Trove Review

Trove is a free to play, class based, MMORPG brought to you by Trion Worlds. It just released for PS4 and Xbox One, and honestly, I’ve been having a lot of fun with it. Storyline Trove’s story is impossibly simplistic.…

Astervoid 2000 Review

Astervoid 2000 Review

Astervoid 2000, by Justin Luk and Chuck Bergeron is a fast paced, old school shoot ’em up built around couch multiplayer fresh off Steam Greenlight. There’s not a lot to it, but what is here is, when played with friends,…

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Will VR Gaming Achieve Mainstream Success?

There has been a lot of buzz about VR recently. Its been a long time coming but at last, consumers can get their hands on their very own virtual reality headsets. But will it be a commercial success? There’s no…

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Celebrating Some of the Best Stories in Gaming

Games can tell great stories. And I want to celebrate that. I’ve put together a list of, not the best, but the most interesting and unique stories that video gaming has to offer. There are obviously some absolute classics missing,…