Witcher Triss Merigold of Maribor is a sorceress and the main protagonist Geralt of Rivia's close friend, and lover in The Witcher games. She is also a close friend to Geralt's main lover through the books, Yennefer of Vengerberg. Triss is in love with Geralt and is very jealous of the relationship which Geralt has with Yennefer,…

Dungeon Ah, Dungeon Keeper. You twisted, twisted bugger. I love you so. You know how it usually is with god games. There are two kinds of player, generally speaking. The first will painstakingly carve out a flowery, cutesy little slice of Nirvana for their followers. Society will prosper, everyone will smell of lavender and rosehips, and…

Worms Welcome to 2015! If the science fiction writers of the past were to be believed, we’d all have hoverboards and teleports and all manner of incredible techtastic by now. Alas, that’s not even close to true, but the dirge of everyday life continues. As such, let’s take a look at one thing that 2015 means…

Solid We’re stretching the definition of ‘retro’ a little with this one, but nuts to that. Who’s counting? This is a bona fide classic, right here, and that’s good enough for me. Metal Gear Solid hit the PlayStation in 1998, the first 3D installment in the stealthtacular Metal Gear franchise. It continues the story of our…

Vampire Why yes, vampires and zombies and all of those ghastly dead things are ten a penny in video games. Are they special enough to warrant inclusion in the VGamerZ Monster Files? Usually not. We’ve previously taken a look at Plants Vs Zombies’ take on the undead, which at least lent a toontastic cutesy spin to…

Dragon Age The Inquisitor is one of the innumerous mysteries within BioWare’s upcoming game, Dragon Age Inquisition. As the main protagonist and leader of the Inquisition, this character is of the essence but who is he? Where did he come from? How did he become the leader of such a powerful entity? These, among many…

Dark Spirits Now, it’s safe to say that Nintendo’s Go Series doesn’t have a vast army of rabid fans (forgive me, lone crazy dude who loves them, but we’re hardly talking Call of Duty’s lofty levels of fame right here). This initiative brought a selection of odd little games to the DSi store, across all…

Jurassic Park Not Operation Genesis, in which you made your own dino-park. Although that was rather great, in a ‘Rollercoaster Tycoon with claws, screaming and guests fouling themselves when the Tyrannosaurus leaves his paddock for a stroll’ sort of way. I speak --as if you didn’t know-- of the Mega Drive/Genesis release, Jurassic Park. But not…

MediEvil Here’s a game that knows the surest path to my affections: have a craptacular pun in your title. Cult classic MediEvil was released for the PlayStation in 1998. It’s an oddly gothic action-adventure from what is now Killzone’s Guerrilla Studios, and is often regarded as among the console’s best. Grab your sword, shield and... bizarre…

Games To (belatedly) celebrate the release of the film Maleficent, I thought it would be fun to have a look at a number of games and just consider what it would be like to play that game as the villain, rather than the hero. I mean, let's face it, evil-doers are always so much more…