Category Archives: Reviews

Analogue: A Hate Story

Analogue: A Hate Story is another terribly-named visual novel from renowned internet word-lady Christine Love. Coming as a sequel to her début hit Digital, it’s also another tragic, clever love story that understands how games work. It starts out slow. Sent to investigate … Continue reading

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Human Revolution taught me something

RPG’s are no strangers to moral choice. Would you abort a puppy, or kill its mum? These are important issues for the educated super-soldier to consider, and they’re given the respectful treatment they deserve: thrown at you in-between killing aliens, … Continue reading

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Why We Write – And the place of established games journalism styles

Best enjoyed with a chirpy yet slightly sarcastic Midlands English accent. I’ll admit that the thought of niche writings’ place in the world had never really struck me as a minor force until a couple of days ago, when my … Continue reading

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WHY GAME REVIEWS SUCK An exercise in hypocrisy

WHY GAME REVIEWS SUCK An exercise in hypocrisy. Everybody, everybody, roll on up for the hot new game everyone is talking about: Dragon Age: Origins! 8.5/10 GAMESPOT! 8.4/10 IGN! 8/10 EUROGAMER! Wow, these guys must be really unified in their … Continue reading

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Star Guard Review

I recently found this exciting little action platformer called Star Guard, a game by independent developer Vacuum Flowers that drops the player into the centre

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