About

PocketPlay started as a group chat where a few friends kept arguing about which games were actually fun and which just looked good in a store screenshot. Eventually we got tired of losing evenings to disappointing downloads, so we decided to test things properly and write it all down.,Every review here comes from real play sessions. We don't skim a trailer and call it a day — someone on the team installs the game, plays it across a few sittings, and takes notes on how it feels after the shine wears off. That second-hour feeling matters more than the first five minutes.,We pick games from all corners: clever little puzzlers, deep RPGs, tense strategy titles, and arcade stuff you play while the kettle boils. Genre variety keeps us honest, because a good game is a good game whether it's turn-based or twitch-based.,We're independent. No studio pays us to be nice, and we'll happily say when a game bored us. If that means a short review, so be it — your time is worth more than our word count.

Markus Vogel — Markus has been reviewing games for over a decade and still plays on the bus every morning. He has a soft spot for slow strategy games and terrible endless runners.