Video Game Reviews, Articles
Factfile Developed by: Williams Electronics Published by: WMS Industries Released: 1988 Format played: Arcade Ruminations Back in the heyday of arcade gaming, there were any number of techniques to draw potential punters into parting with their hard earned pocket shrapnel….
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The Switch is a wonderful console. There are such a wide variety of games on the console that it’s still difficult to see what direction it’s going to go in. Obviously, it’s a phenomenal bit of kit and really does…
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Dungeon crawling, wand-wielding, first-person fun await you in Ziggurat. Any fans to Alternative Indie games, this is the title for you. Using Unity 3D, this game gives us an alternative take on something us gamers have loved without question over…
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Factfile Developed by: Big Evil Corporation Ltd Published by: Big Evil Corporation Ltd Released: 2018 Format played: Sega Megadrive / PC Ruminations When is a retro game not a retro game? When it’s released in 2018, I guess. Tanglewood is…
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I like the idea of rogue-lite games. Dungeon crawling and grabbing as much loot as possible while trying to stay alive is pretty much what I do in most games I play, so in theory, it should be a match…
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Naughty Dog has done it again! Jak is back for one last hurrah as he and his best pal Daxter get ready for another adventure. Jak’s third title is almost unrecognizable to the first game. If you’ve played Jak II…
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Every hero must grow up… Jak II: Renegade is the follow-on to the first Jak & Daxter game Precursor Legacy. Set two years on from the first adventure, the game follows Jak & Daxter again, this time, far into the…
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Factfile Developed by: Graftgold Published by: Renegade Software Released: 1992 Format played: Amiga Ruminations For all its invention, legacy and sheer range of titles, the Amiga was arguably never blessed with a truly elite platformer. Sure, some came close. We…
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Each week, there seems to be a new company promising innovations into the gaming market that will enhance your gaming experience and proclaiming that they are the future of the medium. Currently however, none of these have had an impact…
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Not many games gently come into our life, sprinkle that magic euphoria wand, then drift back out again. Jak & Daxter is one of those few rare games. This review was made from the Jak & Daxter collection, available now…
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Factfile Developed by: Akira Sakuma Published by: Data East Corp Released: 1985 Format played: Arcade Ruminations It’s a day that starts like any other, but one that will end like none before. The sunlight fades, but this is no natural…
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I’m always quite keen to get into a Codemasters racing game. Or any game for that matter, I think Codemasters are one of the best developers and publishers coming out of Britain, ever. They mostly always deliver quality games and,…
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Factfile Developed by: Insomniac Games Published by: Sony Interactive Entertainment Released: 2016 Format played: PS4 Ruminations What makes a great game? Ask half a dozen people and I suspect you’d get half a dozen different answers. What rocks one person’s…
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Maybe the real agony was the game we played along the way?
Survival games, for better or for worse, have been all the rage for the past couple of years. Usually developers stick you in the wilderness or in the middle of a world-ending apocalypse, but Memories of Mars plops you, as…
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