Dominic Tarason
The product of a wasted youth, wasted prime and getting into wasted middle age, Dominic Tarason is a freelance writer, occasional indie PR guy and professional techno-hermit seen in many strange corners of the internet and seldom in reality. Based deep in the Welsh hinterlands where no food delivery dares to go, videogames provide a gritty, realistic escape from the idyllic views and fresh country air. If you're looking for something new and potentially very weird to play, feel free to poke him on Twitter. He's almost sociable, most of the time.
Latest articles by Dominic Tarason
Terra Nil review
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Be Kind, rewind More solitaire than strategy, Terra Nil is still a soothing, satisfying and educational environmentalist puzzler.
15 hidden gems to grab before the end of the Steam Spring Sale
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Deals, deals All games from the last year that didn't get the attention they deserved.
The Doom mod of the year just dropped in a mysterious forum post, and goes so hard we don't even want to spoil what comes next
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MyHouse of Leaves "Last August I lost a good childhood friend [...] Among his old belongings was a copy of an old map of his backed up on a 3.5” floppy from high school."
This free-to-play RPG is a gory road-trip through one of indie gaming's darkest worlds
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The Tragic Schoolbus Dark, complex and rewarding—Limbus Company is as hardcore as mobile RPGs get.
Phantom Brigade review: An exciting concept begging for structural refinements
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20-20 Foresight A bare-bones foundation for future mech wars.
Like a Dragon: Ishin! review: Old-school Yakuza for better or worse
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Slash Fiction Yakuza, but as a period drama.
6 games that had a huge impact on PC gaming, but are rarely celebrated today
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Lost Expeditions The unsung trailblazers of PC gaming history.
Fans of survival sim Rain World have spent 5 years making an expansion so big, it's practically a sequel
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Rising Damp Rain World: Downpour, out now, dramatically expands the original game while also making it much more approachable.
One Piece Odyssey review
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Cruisy An easygoing JRPG that's the equivalent of an anime filler arc.
15 hidden gems to grab before the Steam Winter Sale ends
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Deals All of these games came out in 2022 and deserve a spot in your library.
2023's looking like another banger year for deckbuilders
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In the cards Here are 11 deckbuilders (out of many, many more on the way) to keep an eye on.
This JRPG platformer's amateurish art hides one of 2022's best and wildest sleeper hits
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Dark horse Astlibra Revision looks bizarre, but when you play it, you'll see why it's become a huge hit on Steam.
Path Of Exile's December expansion brings a bite-sized roguelike and a brutal new difficulty mode
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Roguish Coming December 9, The Forbidden Sanctum's Ruthless mode aims to be PoE's toughest challenge yet.
Levitation is a fantastic Half-Life: Alyx mod that apes Valve’s style almost too well
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Imitation Game It feels like a remixed encore of Alyx's original adventure—great fun, but I found myself wishing for something new.
11 obscure PC ports that time forgot
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Mysterious Alchemical experiments from the era where console and PC went together like oil and water.
Signalis review: One of the best survival horror games yet
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Radiotherapy One of the best psychological sci-fi chillers in years.
Bonelab review: A VR game that's strange, playful, and committed to creativity
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Big Boned A bold, weird VR physics sandbox with a story.
How to get into The Binding of Isaac in 2022
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Back to the basement Don't be intimidated by The Binding of Isaac's massive mod scene: let us show you the way.
Signalis is shaping up to be a beautiful, fragmented sci-fi nightmare
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Tuned in Space survival horror that seems familiar, until it surprises you.
Cultic might be the year's grungiest retro FPS
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Full-Blooded This spiritual successor to '90s classic Blood delivers the goods. And the dynamite.
12 upcoming games without names that we're excited about
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Enigmas Twelve games we know exist—we just haven’t been properly introduced to them yet.
Freedom Planet 2 feels like a long-lost Sega Saturn gem
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Treasured The Sonic-inspired platformer evolves beyond its Mega Drive inspiration.
Temtem review
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Pokemmon We've got Pokémon at home, but Temtem hits different.
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