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Home: an indie horror game

A few weeks ago, my brother kindly gifted me a game from my Steam wishlist, because he is a love like that. It was Home by Benjamin Rivers. It’s a beautifully atmospheric pixelly thing, which creates a really spooky atmosphere … Continue reading

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Skyrim – Halldir’s Cairn quest bug

I’ve not seen this wee buglet in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim mentioned anywhere else, so I thought I’d make a note of it here. Halldir’s Cairn is the location of a couple of quests, so I’m led to believe. … Continue reading

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Is piracy dead? On piracy and indie devs.

Today, I spotted this tweet from Thomas Was Alone developer Mike Bithell which caused some thoughts to flicker across my brain: I was very excited about the release of Thomas Was Alone – the game looked clever and fun and … Continue reading

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Poetry Month 2012. 14: Treasure Arcade

I somehow missed this at the time, but Jon Stone, for Poetry Day 2011, wrote a sequence of poems, Treasure Arcade, on the theme of games. The next two paragraphs are copied straight from the book, in way of explanation. … Continue reading

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In fearful anticipation of AMY

It seems zombie survival escort game AMY from French design studio Lexis Numérique has been widely panned since it’s release earlier this month on the game consoles, receiving a 2/10 score (“Painful” and “Horrifyingly bad”) from IGN despite their earlier … Continue reading

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I’m a little boy at heart. Or something.

It should be of no surprise that the vast majority of protagonists in video games are male – from Mario to Duke Nukem, Bitterman to Link, girls are few and far between, as shown in this recent exchange between a … Continue reading

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My top games of 2011

2011 had some excellent releases – Arkham City, Skyrim, Deus Ex: Human Revolution, Portal 2… these are my favourite three though: Third place – LIMBO Danish company Playdead have created a beautiful, spooky, delightfully twisted little game. LIMBO pits you, … Continue reading

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Advent calendar: 12. Duke Nukem 3D is better than Forever

Some of the most popular searches that result in my blog relate to Duke Nukem (and/or naked strippers etc.) This is because once upon a time I posted about my fears about the upcoming sequel. My fears were realised, and … Continue reading

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Advent calendar: 4. RPS Sunday Papers

I love Sundays. I love them more now I don’t have to go to an awful office job – imbuing the day with a dark sense of foreboding. One thing I love about Sundays is a long entrenched tradition of … Continue reading

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Costume Quest – game review

One of my absolute favourite ever games is Double Fine’s Psychonauts – it was bonkers but cute with it, and the gameplay was deliciously varied. However they then produced console only titles for a while and PC fans of their … Continue reading

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