A MOST AGREEABLE PASTIME
Video Games, Victorian Style
Tag: Games
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The map from A Link to the Past in beautiful 3D papercraft.
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TowerFall makes it to the Switch with all of the content from the previous two games, as well as some cracking multiplayer options.
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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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The conclusion of Stoic’s Banner Saga is breathtaking – and also difficult to write about without dropping spoilers.
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The cult PC game Sunless Sea finally makes its way onto the PS4 with its Zubmariner DLC intact. Time to dive into the chilling waters of the Unterzee…
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Pandora’s Tower is an old Wii RPG I’ve been meaning to play for ages, and one of the many games in my Wii U backlog. And it turns out it’s great.
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Ahead of the release of Life is Strange 2 this week, James Keen Esq. revisits the original.
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The studio behind The Walking Dead and The Wolf Among Us has laid off most of its staff.
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The Gardens Between is bloomin’ marvellous. Buy it now!
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I’ve finished Darksiders Warmastered as part of my quest to finish all of my Wii U games. It’s great! Next up: Pandora’s Tower.
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A minimalist puzzle game that’s perfect for playing on the subway. Or bus. Or plane. Or train. Or…
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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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Join me as I reminisce about Nintendo’s quirky, innovative and yet much maligned console.
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Getting Gamers by Jamie Madigan, and Ten Things Video Games Can Teach Us by Jordan Erica Webber and Daniel Griliopoulos.
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Do you have more games than you can possibly play? Is it stressing you out? I’m here to help.
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And this fantastic Metroidvania game is being released very soon indeed…
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Chasm is a beautiful pixel-art Metroidvania with a dizzying array of enemies to fight.
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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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Set in the Cold War, this XCOM-a-like strategy game spins a complicated, sometimes bewildering web of espionage, intrigue and layers of game systems.
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My preview feature on Night Call is in issue 322 – and I’m very excited to see my words in print.
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Daedalic’s promising futuristic thriller falls disappointingly flat.
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This classic-style JRPG has an excellent battle system – and invites favourable comparisons with Chrono Trigger.
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You know how people are saying Iconoclasts is one of the best games this year? Yeah, about that…
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Yep, it’s a duck-based, film noir Punch-Out. Holy quack!
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Funny, clever and utterly gorgeous, Unforeseen Incidents has quickly risen to become my favourite ever point and click adventure.
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I spoke to Curve Digital, Coatsink and Freejam about their efforts to publish games in China in an article for Kotaku UK.
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It’s Space Invaders! Again! But even though Super Destronaut DX throws in a few innovations, there’s not much to hold your attention for long.
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This Rogue-like Metroidvania is rock hard but thoroughly enjoyable. Reanimated corpses have never been so much fun.
A MOST AGREEABLE PASTIME 