Kara Phillips
Kara is an evergreen writer. Having spent three years as a games journalist guiding, reviewing, or generally waffling about the weird and wonderful, she’s more than happy to tell you all about which obscure indie games she’s managed to sink hours into this week. When she’s not raising a dodo army in Ark: Survival Evolved or taking huge losses in Tekken, you’ll find her helplessly trawling the internet for the next best birdwatching game because who wants to step outside and experience the real thing when you can so easily do it from the comfort of your living room. Right?
Latest articles by Kara Phillips
'Cozy exploration meets true crime' on horseback is the MMO I didn’t know I wanted
By Kara Phillips published
News Let's see where this goes.
The misfiring Halo TV series has been cancelled just as the Chief actually found a Halo ring
By Kara Phillips published
News It's better to quit while you're ahead
I've never been interested in League of Legends but its new Vampire Survivors mode might be the thing that kickstarts my esports career
By Kara Phillips published
News Could this be the start of something new?
These Prime Day RGB lighting deals mean I will never have to use the big light again
By Kara Phillips published
Prime Day Let there be light.
I'd take any one of these discounted retro 8BitDo gamepads over any other Prime Day controller deal you might find today
By Jacob Fox published
Prime Day I'd take the retro brand's modernized controllers, too. In fact, just give me the lot, thank you.
These Prime Day keycap and switch deals have convinced me that it's time to change my all-pink, aggressively loud keyboard
By Kara Phillips published
Prime Day It's time to put pink in the past.
This creature collector has you tracking down quirky critters atop a giant bird, and I'm addicted to finding every last one
By Kara Phillips published
Take flight Nothing can stop me.
Minami Lane finally convinced me that not all management simulators are invented to stress me out
By Kara Phillips published
Cutesy control At last, I feel like I can be in control.
Fallout: New Vegas console commands
By Jody Macgregor last updated
cheat sheet Here's a list of all the best console commands, cheats and item codes in Fallout: New Vegas.
This platformer frustrates me like no other, but now I'm addicted to beating my own personal best and can't stop
By Kara Phillips published
Hop to it Frogun Encore has reminded me of what I loved so much about the first game.
Finally, another chaotic animal game that has given me the same sadistic satisfaction as Untitled Goose Game
By Kara Phillips published
Feathered Friends You can poop on them too
Witchcraft simulator REKA has everything I could ever want as a witch's apprentice, like mushroom foraging, an army of crows, and oh yeah—a customisable chicken-legged cabin
By Kara Phillips published
Wicked Witch Living the dream.
This van life-themed unpacking game promised me pure relaxation, but I got so angry about a paella pan it kept me up at night
By Kara Phillips published
No room I'm never having paella again.
Grid-based puzzle game Prickle may look simple, but it's an adorable test of endurance
By Kara Phillips published
Prickly pals You'll always find your way back home.
Let's pour one out for these no-shows we were desperate to see during Summer Game Fest
By Kara Phillips published
Maybe next time Maybe in the next life.
Minecraft 1.21: everything we know about the next major Minecraft update
By Lauren Morton last updated
Minecraft 1.21 The 1.21 update is all about new combat challenges so far.
I thought I'd never get the same satisfaction from a creature collector as I did with Neko Atsume until I played Kamaeru: A Frog Refuge
By Kara Phillips published
New friends Finally, the itch has been scratched.
Gone are the days of cows and chickens in farming sims, I'm replacing my farm animals with yokai in Tales of Seikyu
By Kara Phillips published
PCGS This fantasy farming simulator plans to offer a world of weird and wonderful yokai, and I'm all for it.
Silly simulator Southfield is releasing soon, so it's time to put on your overalls and fling yourself into farming
By Kara Phillips published
PCGS From chaotic crops to rolling around like Sonic, Southfield is going to add a lot to the farming sim space.
The team behind Dorfromantik has announced Star Birds, a resource management production game about birds… in space
By Kara Phillips published
PCGS Star Birds is set to be another cozy resource management game in the same vein as Dorfromantik, but takes the experience intergalactic.
Cyberpunk 2077 romances: Everyone you can pursue in Night City
By Sarah James last updated
Playing Cupid How to romance Judy, Panam, River, Kerry, and all those inbetween.
Cozy Caravan mixes crafting, cute critters, and simple quests for the ultimate relaxing game
By Kara Phillips published
Settle down Basically, any game that lets me play as a raccoon is an instant win.
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