Video Game Reviews, Articles
As we hurtle towards the conclusion of our frankly epic deep dive on Hideo Kojima’s PS2 masterpiece, the true story of Metal Gear Solid 2 is revealed in our penultimate episode. Lurking just under the surface of the glossy military…
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After an extended absence, the Closet crew return to discuss what games have been preoccupying their time. Alan gives us the low down on the ongoing shambles that is Battlefront II and his new Xbox One X, Paco comes clean…
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Factfile Developed by: Naughty Dog Released: 2014 Format played: PS4 Ruminations For the uninitiated, it must be tempting to to label all videogames as a toy, something your grandson or nephew plays with. Certainly we have all seen the…
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Factfile Developed by: Naughty Dog Released: 2014 Format played: PS4 Ruminations Originally released towards the end of the PS3’s life cycle in 2013, following the release of the PS4, the Last of Us received a spruce up and reissue for…
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Factfile Developed by: Lion Game Lion Released: 2017 Format played: PS4 What Is It? Now, as a amateur hack professional games journalist, I feel it is incumbent upon me when reviewing a game to do my very best to…
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This episode will be published in 2018 but was actually recorded in 2017, so, to clear up any confusion, there will be a lot of out of date news stuff as well as Alan’s thought on the then just released…
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The Metal Gear crazy train continues off the rails at speed as we enter hour 5 of our increasingly rambling retelling of the PS2 classic storyline. In this episode, the leader of the terrorists who seized Big Shell is finally…
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Factfile Developed by: Cubetype Released: 2017 Format played: PS4 Ruminations Now I’ll be the first to admit that I’m a little rusty when it comes to Japanese anime games so perhaps I’m wading into oft-paddled waters. But for those…
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Factfile Developed by: Naughty Dog Released: 1999 Format played: Playstation Ruminations Super Mario Kart has a lot to answer for. Nintendo’s long-running kart series first launched on the SNES in 1992, ushering in an era of kart-based racing as seemingly…
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As the year of our Lord 2017 wanes, Paco, Alan and Lee ask what gaming offerings remain in their immediate futures. We also catch up with Destiny 2 progress as it enters it’s fourth week, pour over some news items,…
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Just Cause 3 (PS4) I was dead excited when I saw this in the free games list. ‘Oooh,’ I thought, ‘I’ve got the 2nd game of this on PS3 that I never got round to playing. This should be fun.’…
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Factfile Developed by: Naughty Dog Released: 2017 Format played: PS4 Ruminations The first outing without Nathan Drake as lead protagonist, the Uncharted series steps into new territory, quite literally as we get the chance to explore Hindu legend across…
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Factfile Developed by: Naughty Dog Released: 1998 Format played: Playstation Ruminations Having foiled the dastardly Dr Neo Cortex and sent his Cortex Vortex crashing to the planet surface, Crash’s heroics inadvertently release the Uka Uka, evil brother of your own…
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Game of Thrones (PS4) After our recent trip into the outlaw world of Borderlands, we’re once again in Telltale Games territory. Which means another IP given the visual novel / pseudo point ‘n’ click treatment. I first tried this in…
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Factfile Developed by: Naughty Dog Released: 1997 Format played: Playstation Ruminations After being foiled in his first nefarious scheme, Dr Neo Cortex is back (back, BACK!), this time having apparently turned over a new leaf and enlisting Crash’s help to…
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