A MOST AGREEABLE PASTIME
Video Games, Victorian Style
Category: Opinions
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Boundless is a pretty cool looking Minecraft style MMOG. And frankly I’m never going to have the time to play it.
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Who will win the fight for Christmas number one?
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Imagine a game where you could print out the trophies you win in 3D…
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OnRush has sunk at retail – have open-world games like GTA killed off arcade racers?
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The Gravity Rush 2 servers have shut down just a year and a half after the game’s release. I spent the last night sampling as much online stuff as I could.
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With just two days to go until the server shutdown, I haven’t even scratched the surface of Gravity Rush 2’s online content.
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Amid all the ultraviolence and samey sequels, a few genuine delights peeked out from behind the curtain at E3 2018. WARNING: THIS LIST DOES NOT INCLUDE CYBERPUNK 2077.
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Writing about games for a living? Sounds amazing, right? Well, like everything, it’s best done in moderation.
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Cloud saves, a few NES games and some smartphone app features are the sweeteners you’ll get when Nintendo starts charging you to play Switch games online – in other words, the bare minimum.
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They say never meet your heroes. Just stand a few feet away from them instead and stare with your mouth open.
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It’s halfway through day one, and the coffee has stopped working.
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I”ll be at EGX Rezzed for the whole weekend – but I’m already worrying how I’m going to fit everything in. If you’re going to be at the show, come say hi!
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It feels like I only just got my PS4. I’m in no rush to splash out on a brand new console.
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It’s all gone, just like that. Grainger Games has shut its remaining stores. And it’s another grim disappointment to add to the hardships of North-East England.
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Grainger Games is in trouble – and there are worrying signs about UK video game retailers in general.
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This game is just so damn good I can’t stop playing it.
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Forma.8 was recently given away on PS Plus, and this metroidvania-but-with-spaceships has quickly become a firm favourite in The Manor.
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Collecting useless information about tenants, like whether they enjoy chess, seems comical at first. But then people start dying.
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I’ve spent most of my life wishing there were more games like Super Metroid, and now there’s a ton of them. Bring it on.
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Bob’s best is finally shown off in all its glory.
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RIP Bob Wakelin. He created some of the most iconic cover art of the eighties and nineties, but there’s one cover in particular that stands out for me – Wizkid.
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When I heard that Nintendo was making a new announcement, I never dreamt it would be interactive cardboard toys. But now I want all of them.
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‘Tis a sad day, for Baron Richenbaum Fotchenstein is leaving us. Which begs the question, who on earth is going to review all the scary games now he’s gone?
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As the dying embers of 2017 fall into the grate and 2018 roars into life, now is a good time to reflect on the achievements of the past year.
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Pointless collectibles, gated story content, questionable DLC practices, so-called ‘free to play’… No, just no.
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A Twitter post on a bizarrely proportioned character in Xenoblade Chronicles 2 has generated a surprising amount of venom for something so trivial.
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The Monster Hunter World beta finally persuaded me to join PS Plus – helped by the fact that Amazon is offering 1 year’s membership for £36.85/$39.99.
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That exciting feeling when you uncover a hidden gem down at the local secondhand game shop.
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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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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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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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