A MOST AGREEABLE PASTIME
Video Games, Victorian Style
Tag: Games
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EA has closed Visceral Games and declared that it will ‘pivot’ the single-player Star Wars game it was developing into something with more longevity. But are single-player games really dead?
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Observer is the latest game from Bloober Team, creators of the excellent horror game Layers of Fear. Layers of Fear would probably be best described as an extended tour through a heavily scripted, but very well-produced haunted house. It had amazing atmosphere, but very little interactivity, and was a very short experience. Still, it was a very enjoyable experience and…
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When the best are busy, are these 88 heroes enough to keep YOU busy?
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This week on Spiffing Reads, we kick off with a fevered discussion on what games should be featured on the N64 Mini, should Nintendo deign to make one… A Massive Argument About Which Games Should Be on the N64 Mini (Kotaku UK) This is an awesome discussion of what games should be on the N64…
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Fire Emblem Warriors is out on 3DS and Switch today, and the Tiki and Chrom amiibos have been launched along side it. I’m still not quite sure what I think about them – they are… odd. Let’s take a closer look. Here’s Tiki, in all her eighties anime glory. Her look seems to be based…
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The Switch eShop has been filling up with ports of indie games released on other platforms, and Inversus Deluxe makes its way to Switch after having been previously seen on Xbox One, Playstation 4, and Steam. The game features a minimalist design and is easy to understand just by watching it for a few minutes. You play…
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Black – The Fall makes me realize that we really need to come up with a catchy new term to describe these games that follow in the footsteps of classic side-scrolling action-adventure-platformers like Out of This World (aka Another World) or Oddworld. Although if I had to compare it to any other single similar game,…
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Double Dragon, but with Romans. Wulverblade is a beautifully drawn old-school beat ’em up for Nintendo Switch.
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Our story begins with Lucius P. Merriweather making a most bizarre discovery in The Manor.
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The Solus Project is probably best described as a survival/exploration/adventure game. You’re the last survivor of a crashed ship that was looking for a new habitable planet for humankind to relocate to, and you need to find a way to survive. Not only that, you need to communicate with your people so that you can get…
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This week on Spiffing Reads we start off by looking back on a wonderful video-game version of Blade Runner that’s all but impossible to play nowadays, and sadly is unlikely to be rereleased. Westwood’s Blade Runner is an all-time classic in danger of being forgotten (Eurogamer) The more I read about the 1997 Blade Runner…
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Jesus, is it Christmas already? Feels like I’ve only just put the paddling pool away. Anyway, as has been the tradition for the past few years, there’s a whole range of nerdy Christmas jumpers out there, and these Crash Bandicoot and Destiny jumpers are the latest entries into the fray. I initially mistook the Destiny…
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Universal Paperclips is a browser game in which you play an AI tasked with making paperclips. And it’s rather brilliant. It starts off innocently enough, with you as the AI clicking buttons to make paperclips one at a time, while making sure your manufacturing levels match demand. Then you learn how to automate the process,…
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Jettomero: Hero of the Universe is a game where I’m not quite sure who the audience is supposed to be. Its low-detail, cartoonish look certainly evokes the assumption that this is a game for children, which is not necessarily a bad thing. There are plenty of childish, family friendly games out there that are still fun for grizzled…
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The Breath of the Wild Zelda amiibo is here! How does she look?
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Ninja Theory is donating proceeds from Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice to charity for World Mental Health Day.
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Unfortunately, this request to show off my game collection has caught me in the middle of a move, but that won’t stop me from showing you the part of my collection that isn’t yet boxed up and in storage. In any case, this part of my collection accurately represents my taste in games. From this…
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Classic SNES games including ActRaiser, Chrono Trigger and Earthworm Jim are going to disappear from sale when the Wii Shop Channel finally shuts down in January 2019. The Wii Shop Channel launched in 2006 and there are now around 300 games available through its Virtual Console storefront. The Virtual Console has also appeared on the…
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Things are getting busy here on A Most Agreeable Pastime. We’ve got a cupboard stuffed full of brilliant writers, but we’ve found that there are just too many games coming in for us to review. We need more help. Are you a writer? Do you want to review new games? If so, then get in…
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Return to Zork was a sequel to the semi-popular series of text adventures in the 80’s, simply titled Zork. It was the first game in the series to actually have visual graphics, and was one of the earliest FMV games, sort of. The original floppy disk version (which came on a whopping 12 disks) actually only had animated GIFs of live…
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This week, we start Spiffing Reads with yet another crazy tale from the fascinating space world of EVE Online, followed by something much more wholesome and heartwarming… ‘You will lose both hands’ – How the biggest theft in EVE Online history ended in death threats (Rock Paper Shotgun) Ah, EVE Online. The game I am…
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Beloved indie game Retro City Rampage is getting a fancy retail edition for its Switch launch, published by Vblank Entertainment themselves. The collector’s edition comes with a keychain, soundtrack, manual, 3D glasses and game cartridge. But best of all, the cover is reversible, the other side revealing a funky Master System inspired design. Pre-orders go…
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Well, this is a lovely surprise. Seemingly out of nowhere, Runic Games have come up with a title that’s easily one of the best of 2017. All I knew about Hob before I received the review code was that it was by the same developer as Torchlight. And after I booted up the game, I…
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Well, this is a lovely surprise. Seemingly out of nowhere, Runic Games have come up with a title that’s easily one of the best of 2017. All I knew about Hob before I received the review code was that it was by the same developer as Torchlight. And after I booted up the game, I…
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Not to be confused with other “Fall” games, like Black: The Fall, or apparently another completely unrelated game also called The Fall, this particular The Fall is more of a point and click adventure…sort of. The Fall is the fascinating story of a mysterious person future soldier who has crash landed on a mysterious planet. Mystery person seems to be injured…
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Not to be confused with other “Fall” games, like Black: The Fall, or apparently another completely unrelated game also called The Fall, this particular The Fall is more of a point and click adventure…sort of. The Fall is the fascinating story of a mysterious person future soldier who has crash landed on a mysterious planet. Mystery person seems to be injured…
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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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There she is, what a beauty. I love that they’ve faithfully recreated the original SNES packaging. Anyway, let’s get this baby open. Very neat and tidy. Right, let’s delve inside. Look at it! So tiny! It’s not much bigger than the controllers. Ah, bless the little wee thing… Anyway, one thing I didn’t realise is…
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Marvel vs. Capcom Infinite is finally here and if the internet is to be believed, it’s the latest Mass Effect: Andromeda-type controversy, because OMG TWO CHARACTER’S FACES LOOK WEIRD IN CUTSCENES! I admit, there really are precisely two characters who have weird faces in otherwise incredible looking cutscenes. I was so distraught when I gazed upon these two…
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