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From The Armchair: Missing Out
What ho, chums! Well, I’ve had a bit of disappointment this week. I’ve got a press pass for EGX 2017, … More
Two racing games and a rotary engine
I find that the start of any Civilization game is always the most exciting. It’s the excitement of anticipation, of … More
On deaf ears: how smart visual design can make games more hearing-impaired accessible
Video game designers have taught us, through intricately designed HUDs throwing all manner of information at the player every second, … More
The Bright side of the Moon – the upside to the Game Boy’s monochromatic screen
It doesn’t take long to get me ranting and raving about how bloody fantastic the film Moon is. In addition … More
On Far Cry 4: How the plight of Kyrat’s people taught me the importance of protection of religious freedom
The following may contain mild spoilers of Far Cry 4’s plot. For the hypersensitive, consider yourself warned. I grew up … More
The Secret Society of the Starship Titanic
My article on the Starship Titanic employee forum has just gone live on Kotaku UK: http://www.kotaku.co.uk/2015/01/23/secret-douglas-adams-rpg-people-playing-15-years. This was a fascinating … More
Crimson Shroud is Veil-ey Good
Crimson Shroud snuck out for release on the Nintendo eShop around Christmas 2012, and it quickly became one of my … More
Trine 2: Calamitous Cooperation
Trine 2: Director’s Cut was an impulse purchase on the weekend I received my Wii U, and it quickly turned … More
Hanging out in the apocalypse with Joel and Ellie
When we created our rundown of the best games of the generation a couple of months back, I took Sir … More
Haring around Hotel Dusk
Hotel Dusk: Room 215 is a brilliant example of that most niche of genres, the visual novel. It’s difficult to … More
The Last Story: A Fitting Swansong for the Wii
Last week we said farewell to the Wii with a list of our top ten games on the console, and … More
The madness of Killer 7 will knock you dead
Killer 7 (Gamecube) – “At the very least you will appreciate the game’s style”. That’s what I told people way … More
Metropolismania: the first social networking game
So Sim City wasn’t all it was cracked up to be. I feel so sorry for all those budding town … More
I Can’t Believe They Made: A Task for Blockers and Bombers
For me Lemmings is video games. Put a picture of a little man with flowing green hair and a blue … More
Mass Effect: Great Story, Bit Broken
I caught up with the rest of the gaming world this week by finally, finally finishing Mass Effect. Loads of … More
There is more than one way to kill a Dirk the Daring
Dragon’s Lair is kind of retarded. Not retarded as in ‘that Downton Abbey show is retarded how good it is’ … More
Good Morning my name is Agro and welcome to my video game.
I have always thought that Australia is a net importer of culture. We get what I feel like almost everything, … More
I can’t believe they made: Sim City 2000
Sim City never gets old. Prior to the disastrous launch of the latest entry in the city-building simulator Maxis were on … More
Zack and Wiki: Brilliant But Flawed
Zack and Wiki is a wonderful, funny, charming and compelling video game that’s hamstrung by a couple of flaws so … More