A MOST AGREEABLE PASTIME
Video Games, Victorian Style
Category: Opinions
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This game is amazing – but I really wish I had the PC version instead.
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I cant stop playing Sniper Elite 4.
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One of many excuses I have used to avoid donning the helmet of dreams.
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Fingers crossed for more Metroid.
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The new mobile game is getting glowing reviews. I can’t work out why people think it’s good.
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This Switch WipeOut-alike is frying my mind.
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But where are all my damn Star Wars games?
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The JoyCons, by contrast, are a bunch of arse.
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Ex-Official Nintendo Magazine editor Chris Scullion has done an amazing job cataloguing every NES game.
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Rockstar mistakes complication for realism.
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Sure, streaming games might be unfeasible if your internet is slow, but it could be great for kids who can’t afford a new console.
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The adventures of a bumbling assassin.
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Vampyr is an awkward case where your actions don’t match up with the story of the game.
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This is it. I’m doing this. Within the next few months, the slate is being wiped clean.
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EA have a ten-year licence to make Star Wars games. Over five years in, they’ve only made two, both of them remakes.
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Yoku’s Island Express! Tomb Raider! Inside! Firewatch! Batman: Enemy Within! And more! I certainly got through a lot of games this Christmas.
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One thing that helps to thin out the backlog is sticking to just the genres you enjoy.
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2018 was an amazing year for games, but there’s only so much time to play them all. Here are the ones I wish I’d had a chance to try.
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Let’s face it, no video game is worth working yourself into ill health over.
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On the eve of the FA Cup second round, one man looks deep inside himself and wonders why on earth he is so addicted to an ageing parade of spreadsheets.
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PlayStation VR has entered The Manor, and it’s flippin’ amazing.
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I loved seeing all the historic arcade cabinets and retro consoles at Play Expo Blackpool – but sometimes old games are best left in the past.
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Hmmm, interesting list.
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I got a new gaming PC. And now I want to DESTROY IT UTTERLY.
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The map from A Link to the Past in beautiful 3D papercraft.
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After years of avoiding the faff of building your own PC, I’ve had a Road to Damascus moment.
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Pokeballs!
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Sunless Sea and Assassin’s Creed Odyssey could do with picking up the pace a bit – we don’t all have endless time to kill.
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What games would you feature on the newly announced PlayStation Classic? I’ve picked out 15 PS1 games that I’d revive in a heartbeat.
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Oh, another Tomb Raider game is out. But, er, I still haven’t played the last two? Or GTAV. Or Fallout 4. Or the last five Assassin’s Creeds…
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Getting Gamers by Jamie Madigan, and Ten Things Video Games Can Teach Us by Jordan Erica Webber and Daniel Griliopoulos.
A MOST AGREEABLE PASTIME 