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SGBCC Day twelve – Eets

This is day twelve of my Lent 2013 Steam Game Back Catalogue Challenge. Eets is billed as Lemmings-esque gameplay, but I just couldn’t get into it. Maybe I just haven’t given it enough time. Maybe I was expecting something else. … Continue reading

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SGBCC Day ten – Dungeons of Dredmor

This is day ten of my Lent 2013 Steam Game Back Catalogue Challenge. Dungeons of Dredmor is the kind of game that I will never be any good at. In fact, I will probably never even be mediocre at it … Continue reading

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SGBCC Day Nine – Dear Esther

This is day nine of my Lent 2013 Steam Game Back Catalogue Challenge. I knew that I’d like Dear Esther but I was worried about pacing. About getting lost. About hours of wandering, having missed the right turning, not spotted … Continue reading

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SGBCC Day eight – Chantelise

This is day eight of my Lent 2013 Steam Game Back Catalogue Challenge. Today’s game was Chantelise – A Tale of Two Sisters, an ARPG. I was really looking forward to this because I don’t really play many games like … Continue reading

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SGBCC Day seven – Cargo! – The quest for gravity

This is day seven of my Lent 2013 Steam Game Back Catalogue Challenge. Today’s game was Cargo! The Quest for Gravity which I remember being quite excited about – perhaps because the weirdy little people and the island setting made … Continue reading

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SGBCC Day 4 – The Blackwell Legacy

This is day four of my Lent 2013 Steam Game Back Catalogue Challenge. Sadly, I can’t play The Blackwell Legacy. Not today. It doesn’t work with my monitor setup as when I try to do anything on the right hand … Continue reading

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SGBCC Day 3 – Aquaria

This is day three of my Lent 2013 Steam Game Back Catalogue Challenge. Aquaria is the first game so far that I have voluntarily and enthusiastically played beyond the hour I promised as part of this challenge. This is particularly … Continue reading

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SGBCC Day Two: Anna

This is day two of my Lent 2013 Steam Game Back Catalogue Challenge. I probably won’t be giving Anna a full hour, as it is already after midnight as I boot it up. I have been unable to play it … Continue reading

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SGBCC – Day One: A.R.E.S. – Extinction Agenda

This is day one of my Lent 2013 Steam Game Back Catalogue Challenge. A.R.E.S. – Extinction Agenda is a side-scrolling shooter – you play Ares, a robot immune to a weird gas that has troubled at least two expeditions to … Continue reading

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Lent 2013 – The Steam Game Back Catalogue Challenge

Last year, for Lent, rather than give up something negative (chocolate, alcohol, swearing, cake), I decided to do something positive each day instead. I read, and shared, a poem every day. This year I wanted to do something similar, so … Continue reading

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