Spanner Spencer

Yes. Spanner's his real name, and he's already heard that joke you just thought of. Although Spanner's not very good, he's quite fast, and that seems to be enough to keep him in a regular supply of free games and away from the depressing world of real work.

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May 13, 2015
Dexter: Hidden Darkness Soft Launches in Canada
By Spanner Spencer
It’s been a while since Miami’s favorite serial killer with a conscience has shown up on an iPhone, but it seems the Dark Passenger is stalking once again. The all-new Dexter: Hidden Darkness has gone into soft launch in Canada, …
Reviews
May 11, 2015
Grim Fandango Remastered Review: Don’t Fear the Reaper
By Spanner Spencer
Thanks to Steven Toast, all I can think of when I play this games is, “Yes, I can hear you Clem Fandango.” Toast has ruined Grim Fandango for me, even though the original game predates Matt Berry’s running joke by …
Reviews
May 7, 2015
Sorcery! 3 Review: A Superbly Serpentine Path
By Spanner Spencer
Smartphone game developers were doing some very impressive things with the gamebooks of old, but none have had the impact that Inkle has made. These guys have reinvented the concept to such a degree that I’m forced to wonder whether …
The Best
March 5, 2015
Celebrate World Book Day with These 5 Great Gamebooks
By Spanner Spencer
Choose-your-own-adventure books, or as we prefer to call them these days, gamebooks, were massive in the 1980s. I know, because I was there. Tattered old copies of Deathtrap Dungeon and City of Thieves, which have been with me since childhood, …
Play
March 5, 2015
FPS Now Stands for First Person Soba. Apparently.
By Spanner Spencer
And you thought FPS meant first-person shooter, right? Well, not according to this crackpot game from marchEnterprise, which gives its soldiers quite a different task than the usual aim, shoot and kill scenario. Soba, in case you’re wondering, is a …
Upcoming
March 4, 2015
Tabletop Strategy Game ‘Legions of Steel’ Coming to iOS, Android
By Spanner Spencer
London-based studio Slitherine has released a teaser trailer for its new sci-fi turn-based strategy game Legions of Steel, which is coming soon — we don’t know quite when — to iOS and Android. Oh, and also PC, but naturally we’re …
News
March 3, 2015
Monument Valley Climbs the Hill After ‘House of Cards’ Cameo
By Spanner Spencer
I want to shout “spoiler alert!” to myself here, as I’m apparently one of the few people yet to binge watch the newly released third season of House of Cards. It’s high on my list of priorities, but has thus …
Reviews
February 27, 2015
Regeria Hope Episode 1 Review: No Objections
By Spanner Spencer
I know what you’re thinking. This is a female version of Phoenix Wright. And you’re quite correct. That’s exactly what it is. Going into the game, it’s an impossible feeling to shake, that the developer has reskinned the popular Japanese legal …

Spanner Spencer

Dexter: Hidden Darkness Soft Launches in Canada

Grim Fandango Remastered Review: Don’t Fear the Reaper

Sorcery! 3 Review: A Superbly Serpentine Path

Celebrate World Book Day with These 5 Great Gamebooks

FPS Now Stands for First Person Soba. Apparently.

Tabletop Strategy Game ‘Legions of Steel’ Coming to iOS, Android

Monument Valley Climbs the Hill After ‘House of Cards’ Cameo

Regeria Hope Episode 1 Review: No Objections

Preorders Are Open for AndaSeat’s Hotly Anticipated Kaiser 4 Gaming Chair

Cheaper, Faster, Better – the Rise of Digital Marketplaces

A Portal To The East: Explore Match-3 Puzzler Clockmaker’s New Japanese In-game Event

L3E7 Is the World’s First 3D Location-Based Blockchain Game, In Development Now