A MOST AGREEABLE PASTIME
Video Games, Victorian Style
Author: Lewis Packwood
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This week, we start Spiffing Reads with yet another crazy tale from the fascinating space world of EVE Online, followed by something much more wholesome and heartwarming… ‘You will lose both hands’ – How the biggest theft in EVE Online history ended in death threats (Rock Paper Shotgun) Ah, EVE Online. The game I am…
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Beloved indie game Retro City Rampage is getting a fancy retail edition for its Switch launch, published by Vblank Entertainment themselves. The collector’s edition comes with a keychain, soundtrack, manual, 3D glasses and game cartridge. But best of all, the cover is reversible, the other side revealing a funky Master System inspired design. Pre-orders go…
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Well, this is a lovely surprise. Seemingly out of nowhere, Runic Games have come up with a title that’s easily one of the best of 2017. All I knew about Hob before I received the review code was that it was by the same developer as Torchlight. And after I booted up the game, I…
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Well, this is a lovely surprise. Seemingly out of nowhere, Runic Games have come up with a title that’s easily one of the best of 2017. All I knew about Hob before I received the review code was that it was by the same developer as Torchlight. And after I booted up the game, I…
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Baron Richenbaum’s comment on my article about Capcom’s DLC for Marvel vs Capcom Infinite got me thinking (take a look at the comment thread here). I got on my high horse about Capcom detailing their DLC plans before the game was even released, saying that they should concentrate on getting the game finalised. But the…
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SPOILER WARNING: This post discusses the ending of Metroid: Samus Returns.
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There she is, what a beauty. I love that they’ve faithfully recreated the original SNES packaging. Anyway, let’s get this baby open. Very neat and tidy. Right, let’s delve inside. Look at it! So tiny! It’s not much bigger than the controllers. Ah, bless the little wee thing… Anyway, one thing I didn’t realise is…
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All hail the return of Spiffing Reads! Every Friday we’ll round up the best writing on video games from the past week – and this week we start with an excellent article from a rat’s point of view. How Dishonored: Death of the Outsider makes rats of us all (Eurogamer) Oooh, some proper writing, with…
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Can’t bloody wait! I’ll post my first impressions as soon as I can. Personally, I’ll be booting up Starfox 2 first, probably followed by Secret of Mana – I missed that JRPG first time around, so it will be great to finally give it a whirl. What games are you lot most looking forward to?
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It’s been a long time coming, but the latest entry in the Metroid series has been worth the wait. For a start, it looks stunning – the developers, MercurySteam, have done a phenomenal job with the look of the subterranean caverns you fight your way through, particularly the 3D backdrops. One memorable moment sees you…
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It’s been a long time coming, but the latest entry in the Metroid series has been worth the wait. For a start, it looks stunning – the developers, MercurySteam, have done a phenomenal job with the look of the subterranean caverns you fight your way through, particularly the 3D backdrops. One memorable moment sees you…
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What ho, chums! Well, I’ve had a bit of disappointment this week. I’ve got a press pass for EGX 2017, but due to work/childcare committments, I’m not going to be able to get down there to see all those lovely shiny new games. Sometimes, being an adult – to use the American phrase – ‘sucks’.…
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Capcom just announced the characters it will be offering as additional downloads for Marvel vs. Capcom Infinite. The trouble is that the game isn’t even out until tomorrow. I get that DLC is a part of gaming life now. But as a consumer, it sticks in my craw that publishers are hyping up more things…
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They’re finally here! And a day early in fact – I found Samus Aran and Squishy Metroid on my doorstep a whole day ahead of the street date, which was a lovely surprise. Let’s tear these things open! But first, what do they actually do? Here’s the back of the box to tell us: So…
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Well this is a lovely thing. Bundled with the latest issue of Retro Gamer is a 52-page, one-off issue of Super Play the nineties UK magazine dedicated to the Super NES. It’s a wonderful recreation, and you can tell it’s been a labour of love for its creators. A number of the original staff got…
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I’ve just caught up on the iPhone X reveal, and I’m impressed. The chutzpah needed to get away with charging £999 for a phone ($999 in the US) is seriously impressive. I mean, it looks nice. It’s got a fancy screen. And the face recognition is a clever touch. It’s a bit faster, too. But…
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I’ve been playing through XCOM: Enemy Within recently, and I’ve been struck by just how closely it resembles the sense of anxiety that pervades gaming in the modern era. I’m not talking about the turn-based combat – although perhaps that’s a good analogy for facing off against Twitter trolls. No, I’m talking about the incredibly…
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Back in 2014, I got all excited about the launch of Destiny, saying it was one of the games that finally convinced me to upgrade to the latest generation of consoles. It looked (and still looks) utterly stunning, and despite some early wobbles, Bungie seem to have done a good job of crafting and maintaining…
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We thought it might be interesting if the Most Agreeable writers gave guided tours of our game collections. It’s always interesting to have a peek inside someone else’s collection, and we’re all quite different in terms of what games we like to collect, and what things are important to us. The other members of The…
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If I’m honest, the main reason I bought Chibi-Robo! Zip Lash was for the sweet, sweet amiibo that came with it. I love Chibi as a character, but Zip Lash released to mediocre reviews, and I’m not that big a fan of 2D platformers anyway. Still, I thought that I may as well give the…
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If I’m honest, the main reason I bought Chibi-Robo! Zip Lash was for the sweet, sweet amiibo that came with it. I love Chibi as a character, but Zip Lash released to mediocre reviews, and I’m not that big a fan of 2D platformers anyway. Still, I thought that I may as well give the…
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What do you get if you cross the iconic Sonic Youth album Goo… …with the similarly iconic PlatinumGames JRPG Nier: Automata? This utterly awesome T-shirt, that’s what: I. Love. It. It arrived from the US yesterday, along with a whopping customs charge – but it was worth the money. If you want one of your…
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I just watched the trailer for Iron Harvest, and oooooh it looks good. Take a look at the video below to see what I mean: I love all those little machine-gun robots scuttling about like metal crabs, steam pouring out of their tin heads. There’s something about the depiction of primitive versions of high technology…
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Do you have a favourite developer? I have quite a few – I’ll always be interested in new games by Intelligent Systems, Dontnod and PlatinumGames to name but a few. But I’ve been intrigued by Ninja Theory ever since I played the incredible Enslaved: Odyssey to the West back when this website was in short…
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Hooray! Oh happy day! Two more amiibo have plopped through my door! This time it’s some double Corrin action – the Fire Emblem Fates protagonist in both male and female forms. Which one do you like best? I think I prefer Lady Corrin. That pose just shrieks carefree cool. It’s like she’s doing an interpretive…
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I only just found out about JRPG July, and it turns out I’m already participating in it – quite by accident. The other week, after reading reviews of the just-released Valkyria Revolution, I decided to have a go on Valkyria Chronicles Remastered, the first game in the series. I got it for my birthday last…
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The other week, I wrote an article about why everyone seems to hate GAME, and I mentioned that about the only other remaining high street video game chains in the UK are CEX and Grainger Games. But I’d never actually set foot in a branch of Grainger Games until now. Grainger Games started in 1996…
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The announcement at E3 this year that OG Xbox games would be made backwards compatible with Xbox One got me thinking. What original Xbox games are still worth playing in this future year of 2017? Well, I came up with a list of ten, which went up on Kotaku UK today: 10 of the Best…
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The upcoming SNES mini has a superb line-up of games built-in, not least the so-far-unreleased Star Fox 2, finally making its debut more than 20 years after it was finished. As a reminder, here’s the list of stone-cold classics it will ship with: Contra III: The Alien Wars Donkey Kong Country EarthBound Final Fantasy III…
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At the end of the DF Retro video about the upcoming SNES mini, they discuss some of the games that they would have liked to have seen on the final roster of pack-in titles. Most are worthy but obscure titles like the platformer DoReMi Fantasy – which incidentally I’d never heard of before today, but…
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