Kara Phillips

Kara Phillips

Evergreen Writer

Kara is an evergreen writer. Having spent five 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

Stardew Valley Among Us collab
Stardew Valley has left Miraland for a new collab, and it looks a little sus

By Kara Phillips Published

News Pelican Town goes intergalactic.

News
Wishblossom flower in Disney Dreamlight Valley
Disney Dreamlight Valley's Wishblossom Ranch DLC is the most fun I've had since I started playing the game three years ago

By Kara Phillips Published

Fresh start Same same, but different.

Fresh start
Player and Tigger in Disney Dreamlight Valley at Wishblossom Ranch
How to unlock Tigger in Disney Dreamlight Valley

By Kara Phillips Published

Jump around Here's how to unlock a bouncy best friend.

Jump around
Disney Dreamlight Valley Pegasus and player
The best way to level your horse in Disney Dreamlight Valley isn't through daily gifts, it's by creating a shoddy obstacle course

By Kara Phillips Published

Giddy up Sometimes you just have to work with what you've got.

Giddy up
Cruella and player in Disney Dreamlight Valley Wishblossom Ranch
How to unlock Cruella in Disney Dreamlight Valley

By Kara Phillips Published

Spotted Here's how you can please the supposed reason behind the decay.

Spotted
Disney Dreamlight valley snow white in wishblossom ranch
How to unlock Snow White in Disney Dreamlight Valley

By Kara Phillips Published

Poison apple Hi ho, hi ho, it's off to the Wishblossom Heart we go.

Poison apple
Infinity Nikki in game cosplay
No wardrobe space, no money? No problem: I've just discovered in-game cosplay and now I'll never look at character creators in the same way

By Kara Phillips Published

Cash free A new excuse to sink hours into perfecting sliders and shades.

Cash free
Peak scout posing
Peak's newest patch update buffs one of the game's most exploited items, and finally resolves an issue it's had since launch

By Kara Phillips Published

News Reach for the stars, or in this case, the next biome.

News
Hello Kitty Island Adventure Keroppi and two new avatars on the Beach near Mount Hothead
Hello Kitty Island Adventure's next update adds a load of content, but I’m mainly excited to turn myself into a frog

By Kara Phillips Published

News Hop to it!

News
Once Upon a Katamari Rolling up Dinosaurs level
Someone needs to take my wallet away because Once Upon a Katamari has revealed its first two DLC's and one is launching this month

By Kara Phillips Published

News What more could you ask for?

News
Minecraft Caves & Cliffs part 2 concept art of Steve using a pickaxe to mine amethysts in a lush cave while Alex explores above.
This Minecraft mod lets you command Steve to do whatever you want, which means no more strip mining or wood gathering ever again

By Kara Phillips Published

News Kick back, relax, let Steve do it for you.

News
Coffee Talk Tokyo two characters sat at the coffee bar
Coffee Talk will open the doors to its next instalment on March 5, taking us to the series' most exciting location yet

By Kara Phillips Published

News A bit nicer than a 200 Yen vendo coffee.

News
Netherite horse armor on a horse next to a player in Minecraft
Minecraft's Mounts of Mayhem update will include Netherite horse armor, which still won't convince me to take my noble steed to the Nether but is a nice touch

By Kara Phillips Published

News At least I can say I tried.

News
Skate screenshot
'We want skate to be great': Full Circle is handing out condolence rewards to players affected by game-breaking bugs, but still hasn't actually fixed them

By Kara Phillips Published

News Don't spend it all at once.

News
A Semibot in REPO holding a flashlight.
Planning for REPO's next update is underway, but the developer is taking a break for the time being: 'Frankly, my brain is a bit mushy'

By Kara Phillips Published

News Honestly, I can't say I blame them.

News
Peak ROOTS biome shot from a distance
Unsurprisingly, players have already found a way to use parts of Peak's newest biome to fire themselves into the stratosphere

By Kara Phillips Published

News There's not mush-room for error.

News
Four Minecraft Cosplayers on Halloween
Minecraft cosplays have come a long way since I started playing over a decade ago, and this year has shown the most creativity I've seen yet

By Kara Phillips Published

Blocked There are years of box heads ahead of us though.

Blocked
A zombie in Peak's new Roots biome with a player stood behind
Peak's new update added a ridiculously powerful enemy which was swiftly nerfed after being labelled 'too much of a constant run-ender'

By Kara Phillips Published

News I just wanted to climb some trees and pick some mushrooms, man.

News
Friends in the mirror in Peak
How to unlock the Applied Esoterica badge in Peak

By Kara Phillips Published

Unholy Reviving your friends, but at what cost?

Unholy
A zombie in Peak's new Roots biome with a player stood behind
How to get the Competitive Eating badge in Peak

By Kara Phillips Published

Hot dawg Use all of your food in one swift go.

Hot dawg
Peak ROOTS biome shot from a distance
How to get the Cryptogastronomy badge in Peak

By Kara Phillips Published

Grubs up Cook up something not-so-delicious.

Grubs up
Dragon Ball Z DLC Crossover in Minecraft
Minecraft's DLC crossovers never fail to impress me, and the new Dragon Ball Z collab changes the experience entirely

By Kara Phillips Published

News Except they aren't Crystal Balls, they are Crystal Blocks.

News
A creeper lurks over the shoulder of a miner in Minecraft.
Creepers have no power over you now, someone has made a mod which forces them to ask you for permission before they explode

By Kara Phillips Published

News Finally, my home is safe.

News
A player riding a Witch Staff surrounded by owls in Minecraft
I was baffled when I found out Minecraft's most popular Marketplace mod just adds owls—but now I've tried it, I can't live without it

By Kara Phillips Published

News Making Minecraft a hoot.

News
The Apex Predator monster in REPO, which is the duck described in the paragraph text that will now say "Yippee!"
REPO's monster update has arrived, and it is so much scarier than I thought it would be all because of one beast

By Kara Phillips Published

News The huntsman isn't my mortal nemesis anymore.

News
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