Author: Jack Slater

  • Heat Signature Out on Steam

    Tom Francis, the former game journalist, has been developing games for what is now a surprisingly long time. His team’s first big (in indie terms) game launch was a stealth puzzle side-scroller called Gunpoint. It was universally praised and it was also pretty funny. Francis and co are back with Heat Signature (this URL is…

  • Cloth Map Tours Chernobyl & Goes to Eurovision

    After visiting a Ukrainian nuclear missile base, Drew Scanlon of the Cloth Map travel documentary series, has visited the post-apocalyptic wasteland of Chernobyl. If you’d like something more uplifting after watching that, take a look at Scanlon’s trip to Eurovision:  

  • iOS 11 Out Today; Here’s How to Check If You Have Any Apps That Won’t Run

    iOS 11 is going to be available today. If you’ve been reading Nuclear Monster for a while you already know that some apps won’t be compatible with iOS 11 as Apple drops the 32bit software layer. Developers have been expecting this change for a long time, and it’s unfortunate that some haven’t been able to…

  • A Robot Named Fight Review (Windows)

    Matt Bitner’s A Robot Named Fight feels like it might be the answer to a question: What if a third-party developer had made a Super Metroid style of game for Sega’s Genesis console? Here’s the concept: You’re a robot, you fight some meat-monsters until your remains are tossed on a heap of other robots that…

  • Apple iPhone & Watch Event Follow-up

    After the recent Apple event ended I wanted to follow-up on a few points about the new iPhones as well as the cellular stuff for the Watch. First of all, there’s the size comparison between the X and the 8 Plus. It’s clear after watching this Apple developer video about making apps for the X that the…