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Fuse? Snooze.
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Fuse? Snooze.

Imagine, if you will, a separate reality not too far removed from our own. Pixar have almost completed their heartwarming tale of a plucky wayward fish called ‘Finding Nemo’, and the excitement from all involved is palpable as the test [...]

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Games have grown up, so have we
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Games have grown up, so have we

Remember the days when a game like Final Fantasy 7 was held up as a great example of storytelling? Such a thought seems baffling now. As a young teenager, I have no shame in admitting I thought of it as [...]

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StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm – Multiplayer (non-review)
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StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm – Multiplayer (non-review)

We’re back and hell, it’s about time. The field is calm with the fog of war seperating our two teams and nobody knows who is going to strike first and when. Sending out a poor SCV (Space Construction Vehicle) to [...]

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My first death: a Dark Souls tale (Ages 16+)
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My first death: a Dark Souls tale (Ages 16+)

I stand in front of the imposing edifice that houses Anor Londo’s equally daunting Dragon Slayer Ornstein and Executioner Smough, and I am lost in its beauty. It’s a curious facet of Lordran that the splendour of its most spectacular [...]

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Duke Nukem 3D Megaton Edition – Thoughts and musings
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Duke Nukem 3D Megaton Edition – Thoughts and musings

We live in somewhat of a golden era of videogaming if you think about it. Sure there are the mandatory sub-par moments such as Aliens: Colonial Marines but on the whole, we have it pretty good from an accessibility point [...]

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StarCraft ll: Heart of the Swarm (single player)
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StarCraft ll: Heart of the Swarm (single player)

When it was first announced that StarCraft ll was going to be split into three parts, fans were somewhat upset. To be fair, It did kind of sound like Blizzard was trying to extract every last penny from its fan [...]

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“It’s not a game”
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“It’s not a game”

What do Antichamber, Bientôt l’été and Proteus have in common? ‘They’re all video games’ seems like an innocuous enough, if non-committal response, but is it safe to make even so simple an assertion? Life has a funny way of leading [...]

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Bientôt l’été
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Bientôt l’été

A Sunday afternoon stroll along the beach, followed by a glass of merlot and a cigarette over a game of chess. These are the pursuits on offer in Bientôt l’été, Tale Of Tales most ambitious work to date. Life’s simple [...]

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Life Of Pixel
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Life Of Pixel

It seems the retro nostalgia bubble has no breaking point. Any and every video gaming platform is rich with games harking back to the ‘good ol’ days’. Super Icon Ltd’s Life Of Pixel has ensured that PlayStation Mobile is no [...]

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Serious Sam Double D XXL
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Serious Sam Double D XXL

Fifteen months ago I reviewed the original version of this Serious Sam and I can’t believe where the time has gone. It only felt like yesterday I was blasting through Mommy’s Best Games’ (MBG) superb 2D representation of the Serious [...]

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