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Review: echochrome ii
Echochrome ii hates you. It wants you to fail, and when you do, it mocks you for it. This isn’t a game to play when you want something easy; this is a game you play when you want a real …
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Review: Top Darts
There’s been some discussion on this title, most notably this. Does the “It’s just darts” argument stand up to the oche? Loading up Top Darts you’re greeted to the calibration screen. It isn’t the most precise screen with just three …
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Review: X-Men Arcade
Welcome to die, ladies and gentlemen. Before starting, let me preface this review by writing that the X-Men 6-player arcade machine holds a special place in my heart. More than even the Simpsons arcade cabinet, X-Men had the ability to …
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Review – Costume Quest: Grubbins on Ice
I am a very big fan of Costume Quest (it was my favourite game of 2010), so it isn’t hard to imagine how excited I was to hear that it would receive an expansion. The persistent smile that refused to …
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Review: I Must Run!
GameLion seems to have a knack for making great minis. Their previous titles, Boom Beats in particular, had a great knack for making simple gameplay addictive and fun, and I Must Run shows us that the developer has no signs …
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Review: Tetris
There are a lot of things to be said in a Tetris review preamble: It’s one of the great grandfathers of modern games. It’s so ubiquitous that there is a version of Tetris on nearly every gaming platform (and several …
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Review: Edge
It depresses me that the main thing EDGE will often be remembered for is the legal battle that surrounded the original release of the game on the iPhone. However, now that the beast known as Tim Langdell has been slain, …
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Review – Eat Them
Ah. So this is how you mess up a game in which you play a giant, hulking monster. Eat Them certainly sounds a treat on paper, a game in which you play a hulking monstrosity of your own creation, and …
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Review – Magic: The Gathering – Duels of the Planeswalkers
screenshots from the PC version Warning: this review contains terms they may be unfamiliar to those who have no experience with the Magic: The Gathering collectible card game. I have done my best to make this review as accessible as …
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Review: Sackboy’s Prehistoric Moves
This was one of the first games I played with my shiny new Playstation Move. I’m glad it was, I had a great time. Shame the experience didn’t last long.. LBP: Sackboy’s Prehistoric Moves was first demoed when the Move …
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Review: echochrome ii
Echochrome ii hates you. It wants you to fail, and when you do, it mocks you for it. This isn’t a game to play when you want something easy; this is a game you play when you want a real …
+
Read More
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Review: Top Darts
There’s been some discussion on this title, most notably this. Does the “It’s just darts” argument stand up to the oche? Loading up Top Darts you’re greeted to the calibration screen. It isn’t the most precise screen with just three …
+
Read More
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Review: X-Men Arcade
Welcome to die, ladies and gentlemen. Before starting, let me preface this review by writing that the X-Men 6-player arcade machine holds a special place in my heart. More than even the Simpsons arcade cabinet, X-Men had the ability to …
+
Read More
Posted in - Reviews
Review – Costume Quest: Grubbins on Ice
I am a very big fan of Costume Quest (it was my favourite game of 2010), so it isn’t hard to imagine how excited I was to hear that it would receive an expansion. The persistent smile that refused to …
+
Read More
Posted in - Reviews
Review: I Must Run!
GameLion seems to have a knack for making great minis. Their previous titles, Boom Beats in particular, had a great knack for making simple gameplay addictive and fun, and I Must Run shows us that the developer has no signs …
+
Read More
Posted in - Reviews
Review: Tetris
There are a lot of things to be said in a Tetris review preamble: It’s one of the great grandfathers of modern games. It’s so ubiquitous that there is a version of Tetris on nearly every gaming platform (and several …
+
Read More
Posted in - Reviews
Review: Edge
It depresses me that the main thing EDGE will often be remembered for is the legal battle that surrounded the original release of the game on the iPhone. However, now that the beast known as Tim Langdell has been slain, …
+
Read More
Posted in - Reviews
Review – Eat Them
Ah. So this is how you mess up a game in which you play a giant, hulking monster. Eat Them certainly sounds a treat on paper, a game in which you play a hulking monstrosity of your own creation, and …
+
Read More
Posted in - Reviews
Review – Magic: The Gathering – Duels of the Planeswalkers
screenshots from the PC version Warning: this review contains terms they may be unfamiliar to those who have no experience with the Magic: The Gathering collectible card game. I have done my best to make this review as accessible as …
+
Read More
Posted in - Reviews
Review: Sackboy’s Prehistoric Moves
This was one of the first games I played with my shiny new Playstation Move. I’m glad it was, I had a great time. Shame the experience didn’t last long.. LBP: Sackboy’s Prehistoric Moves was first demoed when the Move …
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