Alexander Chatziioannou, Author at Film Stories

Super Bomberman R 2 review | Not a blast

by Alexander Chatziioannou | Sep 14, 2023 | Gaming, Reviews

A couch co-op classic celebrates its 40th birthday. Sadly, Super Bomberman R 2 fails to add anything explosive to the formula. Our review:

Miasma Chronicles review | Engrossing tactics, iffy writing

by Alexander Chatziioannou | Jun 05, 2023 | Gaming, Reviews

Miasma Chronicles is the latest turn-based tactics game from the makers of Mutant Year Zero. Sadly, the engrossing strategy isn't matched by the storytelling...

Lunark review | a welcome flashback

by Alexander Chatziioannou | Apr 05, 2023 | Gaming, Reviews

Lunark channels the spirit of such cinematic platformers as Another World and Flashback with a modern flourish. Here’s our review of a breezy sci-fi adventure.

Saturnalia review | Sketch-based horror is scary as folk

by Alexander Chatziioannou | Dec 21, 2022 | Gaming, Reviews

Developer Santa Ragione sketch out a truly engrossing folk-horror in Saturnalia

The Quarry review | Tropey teen horror is a cut above

by Alexander Chatziioannou | Jul 11, 2022 | Gaming, Reviews

The brat pack

Weird West review | An old-school, apocalyptic action RPG

by Alexander Chatziioannou | Jun 08, 2022 | Gaming, Reviews

The quick and the undead

Janitor Bleeds review | Stranger Pixels

by Alexander Chatziioannou | Jun 01, 2022 | Gaming, Reviews

Lo-fi first-person horror is scary for all the wrong reasons

Strange Horticulture review: Sowing the seeds of love

by Alexander Chatziioannou | Apr 26, 2022 | Gaming, Reviews

Delve into an unhurried life of tranquil tasks and plant-based pleasures in the botanist simulator, Strange Horticulture. Here's our review...

Alfred Hitchcock – Vertigo review | Press A to introspect

by Alexander Chatziioannou | Apr 06, 2022 | Gaming, Reviews

Alfred Hitchcock – Vertigo is a film to game adaptation that gets lost in translation. Here's our review of a flawed Hitchcock-'em-up...

Mechajammer review | Cyberjank

by Alexander Chatziioannou | Feb 22, 2022 | Gaming, Reviews

Mechajammer is an ambitious cyberpunk RPG sadly brought down by rickety design. Our review...

The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes review | Bled dry

by Alexander Chatziioannou | Jan 26, 2022 | Gaming, Reviews

Supermassive sticks to the Until Dawn formula for its latest horror entry

Overboard! review | Getting away with murder

by Alexander Chatziioannou | Sep 16, 2021 | Gaming, Reviews

Another corking narrative adventure from inkle

Resident Evil Village review | Lanky

by Alexander Chatziioannou | Jul 16, 2021 | Gaming, Reviews

Lycans in the Balkans

Little Nightmares II review - theatrically unsettling

by Alexander Chatziioannou | Mar 08, 2021 | Gaming, Reviews

Exquisite squalor

Super Meat Boy Forever review - meaty

by Alexander Chatziioannou | Feb 05, 2021 | Gaming, Reviews

Procedurally degenerated

Empire of Sin review - Bugsy

by Alexander Chatziioannou | Jan 20, 2021 | Gaming, Reviews

Romero Games' gangster-'em-up seems to be clashing with itself on a fundamental level

Exploring gaming’s new generation of elderly protagonists

by Alexander Chatziioannou | Nov 26, 2020 | Feature, Gaming

For decades, the medium has treated them as afterthoughts. Isn’t it time for senior characters to receive leading roles, too? We meet the developers who think it is