A MOST AGREEABLE PASTIME
Video Games, Victorian Style
Tag: Games
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This week: the definitive ruling on whether it should be Black Ops IIII or IV, a massive mushroom beetle is found in No Man’s Sky, a man plays Nintendo Switch using a 1986 pocket TV, and where it all went wrong for Atari.
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What are you actually purchasing when you buy virtual property in a game like Star Citizen? I spoke to a lawyer to find out what the legal implications are in a feature for PCGamesN.
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This game is just so damn good I can’t stop playing it.
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This week: the amazing Papers, Please short film, what Lucas Pope did next, the disco-tastic turn-based tactics game All Walls Must Fall, a secret trick in Super Mario Bros. 3, and Donald Trump targets video games after school shootings.
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The first EA Original from indie studio Zoink is a magical forest adventure with a heavy emphasis on exploring and discovering things by yourself. And purple.
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A charming storybook adventure that’s sure to set heart strings a-twanging.
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I couldn’t resist blagging a few more amiibo in a recent Argos sale. My name is Lucius, and I’m an amiibo addict.
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I wrote a feature for Kotaku UK on the changes to GAME’s Reward Card and what they say about the retailer’s future strategy.
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This 2007 PS3 RPG from now-defunct Japanese developer Game Republic really was something special – and it’s a criminal shame that it never got the sequel it deserved.
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Burnout is coming back! A remastered version of Burnout Paradise is set for launch on 16th March, with a PC version heading along later in the year.
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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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This week: the Nintendo Switch isn’t breaking records in the UK, Celeste helps out with mental health, Sleep Is Death deserves a reboot, a Twitter bot unearths a lost game, and why cheating was cool.
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A beautiful aquatic adventure freshly released from Early Access – and all the better for years of improvements.
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With a blatant lack of professionalism, I own up to not properly playing a game that was sent to me to review. But I’ve got an excuse, honest.
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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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The very first issue of Edge magazine saw a gaggle of video-game luminaries make predictions about the digital future. How did they do?
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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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Now available in a funky new physical edition, meet the game that took on Super Metroid and, in many ways, made it even better.
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Bob’s best is finally shown off in all its glory.
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Until 11th February, you can get free delivery on Most Agreeable T-shirts and mugs. And now we have BLACK T-SHIRTS, too!
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Grand Theft Auto V, Forza Horizon 3, Sea of Thieves, Crackdown 3… a surprisingly huge number of amazing games are made by developers in the UK.
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The first SteamWorld game is finally available for Switch – could this be the best version yet?
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This week: the story of the woman in love with Tetris, the most bastard game you’ve ever seen, the XCOM director on Mario + Rabbids, what went wrong with Lair, Arkane’s lost game, and the hubris of Imagine Software.
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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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Until 28th January, you can save 20% on Most Agreeable T-shirts and mugs when you buy two or more items. And now we have BLACK T-SHIRTS, too!
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What will happen to digital-only games in the future? Many have already been lost, pulled from sale as licenses expire – and many more will disappear with the closure of WiiWare in 2019. I went exploring the ‘digital graveyard’ in a feature for Eurogamer.
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Hey look, you can even detach the riders and swap them around! Best. Amiibo. Ever.
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Hey look, it’s Zelda on Switch! Sort of.
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This week: the unlikely return of Nintendo Power, why ARMS is so good, the regulation that could outlaw loot boxes, a fascinating chat with industry veterans and the genius of Nintendo Labo.
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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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A retro-themed roguelite with a large amount of content? Yes, please.
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