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The first game that Lewis ever played was “Horace Goes Skiing” on the ZX Spectrum. Yes, he’s that old.

Tag: Phoenix Wright

  • I’ve finally seen Apollo Justice through to the bitter end

    I’m a big fan of the Phoenix Wright games, as regular readers will have gathered from my glowing reviews of games one, two and three in the series. But Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney – the fourth game – almost defeated me. I was keen to complete Apollo Justice ahead of the release of Ace Attorney…

  • Phoenix Wright 3 wraps things up nicely

    There really is very little to the Phoenix Wright games, but I can’t get enough of them. In essence the gameplay basically boils down to tapping through screen after screen of dialogue for about 25 hours, occasionally interspersed with the odd section where you’re required to make some leap of logic, but really it’s more…

  • Ghost Trick Goodness

    In 2011, IGN gave Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective the award for Best Game No One Played, which gives you an idea of the game’s commercial success (or lack of it). Despite positive reviews, the Nintendo DS game quickly dropped out of the Japanese charts just weeks after its release in June 2010, and Capcom cited…

  • Phoenix Wright 2: Let The Madness Begin

    I got thoroughly into the second Phoenix Wright game this weekend, to the point where I was so gripped by the final case that I ended up staying up ’til 2am (on a SCHOOL NIGHT!) to see the blinking thing right through to the end. The game just has this way of drawing you in…

  • Broken Sword: Paragon of Point and Click

    This isn’t the first time I’ve played Broken Sword, but it’s the first time I’ve finished it. I first played the game just before I went to university, as we had it for our family PC. However, I didn’t manage to finish it before I moved into halls, and while I was away the PC…

  • Fun With Phoenix Wright

    Hurrah! Another game has been knocked from The Mantelpiece! They’re falling thick and fast… I’ve worked out that if I can manage to finish one game a week, I might be able to get to the end of my LIST OF SHAME in about six months. Not bad. Although seeing as there are some pretty…