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No Man’s Sky Is Better Than You Think

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Christopher Machell on No Man’s Sky… It’s safe to say that for many, No Man’s Sky’s is a colossal disappointment. Consisting of shallow inventory management, frustrating combat, and planetary wildlife that is as repetitive in its behaviour as it is varied in appearance, the playground of No Man’s Sky may be beautiful but it is […]

Video Game Review – RunGunJumpGun

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Villordsutch reviews RunGunJumpGun on the PC… It’s been a long time since I’ve truthfully swore at a computer game, and I’m talking really cursed the pixelated screen to damnation swearing here.  Yes, I perhaps let slip the occasional rude word here and there at other games but I don’t think a game like RunGunJumpGun has […]

Video Game Review – Z-Exemplar on PC Steam

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Villordsutch reviews Z-Exemplar on the Steam… Back in 1987 Irem released a side-scrolling shooter called R-Type upon the arcade houses across the world, and this caused Gaming Waves that are still being felt today.  It was a glorious game, with swarms of enemies, bosses so huge and grotesque that they were in fact morbidly beautiful at the […]

Video Game Review – Batman: Arkham VR

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Tom Powter reviews Batman: Arkham VR… Rocksteady’s acclaimed Arkham series managed to elevate Batman to a status not many licensed characters have achieved in the gaming industry. Adaptations of other material, such as movie tie-in games, have often been terrible and met with the appropriate reception. Rocksteady’s Arkham Asylum, while not a direct adaptation of […]

Video Game Review – Strike Vector EX

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Scott Watson reviews Strike Vector EX… Oh this is glorious… this is war, this is balls to the wall air combat dog-fighting, this is a first person shooter strapped into mech-inspired craft. This is the free-flying combat joy of Strike Vector EX and I love it! For a long time I’ve been crying out for a dog-fighting game […]

Video Game Review – Yun on the Nintendo Entertainment System

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Villordsutch reviews Yun on the NES… In today’s Homebrew Reviews we take a look at another NES release, this time from the Mojon Twins who have released a fair few ZX Spectrum games in the past, but are currently producing a number of crowdfunded NES and Megadrive games.  Their most recent free release is called Yun […]

The Top 100 Your Sinclair ZX Spectrum Games: #1 – Deathcase

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Well this is it!  We turn off Rebelstar and load up the final game in the Your Sinclair Top 100.  It’s been over three months but finally we get to see what the greatest ZX Spectrum* magazine believed was the ultimate title in the Spectrum’s history.  At No.#1 we have Deathcase from Micromega! (*probably) It was […]

Video Game Review – Hitman Episode 4: Bangkok

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Chris Sanderson reviews Hitman Episode 4: Bangkok… Hey Guys, Kris Wall is having some technical difficulties on his end this week so I have been tasked with covering the new Episode of Hitman. Having only played Hitman: Absolution previously, I got the opportunity to play through all of the previous episodes leading directly into Bangkok for […]

The Top 100 Your Sinclair ZX Spectrum Games: #5 – Head over Heels

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After well and truly informing the Bydo Empire where they can put their invasion plan yesterday in R-Type, we decide on staying in the black void that our ancestors so imaginatively called,”Space” for our next game in the Your Sinclair Top 100.  Number Five is another one from Ocean Software and bizarrely it involves the […]