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Metal Gear Solid V: Story vs Gameplay

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Samuel Brace on Metal Gear Solid V and story vs gameplay… It’s been seven long years since Metal Gear Solid 4, five since Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker — a game while magnificent, that is often forgotten about for its lack of a number — causing fans of the franchise to yearn for the next […]

Book Review – Commodore 64: A Visual Compendium

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Ben Rayner reviews Commodore 64: A Visual Compendium… Bitmap Books has been working hard to keep the Giants of gaming history alive through its collection of visual compendiums, each detailing the life of a classic console, or a Titan of gaming gone by if you will. Villordsutch had the pleasure of reviewing the Amiga edition […]

Video Game Review – Star Wars: Uprising

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Chris Sanderson reviews Star Wars: Uprising… Star Wars: Uprising is Disney’s new Star Wars game for iOS and Android released last week. In what looks to be the first of a slew of mobile games being released by Disney, Uprising is surprisingly refreshing given the long list of overly used builder/ timer games that exist […]

Video Game Review – Hitman GO

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Ben Rayner reviews Hitman GO… When your favourite franchise brings out a sequel that meets your expectations, there’s nothing better really is there. Except, now I’m certain there is. When the same franchise brings out a game that takes a complete left turn, making you initially frightened of it’s new direction but then completely nailing […]

Video Game Review – Sadame

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Ben Rayner reviews Sadame… A hack’n’slash title that attempts to litter Japanese history with Demons for killing and bright colours to whet the appetite of 90’s gamers everywhere? Well, that sounds great and something that had my had ready to grip the 3DS once more. Sadly, I felt a somewhat more tepid emotion when playing […]

Video Game Review – Planar Conquest

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Scott Watson reviews Planar Conquest… Planar Conquest is definitely one for the purists of this genre.  I’ll get that one out there right now.  This turn-based fantasy strategy apparently let’s you “eXplore, eXpand, eXploit, and eXterminate” it announces from its site. Trouble is, before you’ve even started the game you feel weighed down by the […]

Video Game Review – Klaus

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 Tom Powter reviews Klaus… Introspection is a rare thing to find in 2D side-scrolling platformers, a genre often characterised by the silent protagonist. Yet, Klaus, from indie developer LaCosa Entertainment, thrives on introspection, as its plot is fuelled by the often inquisitive thoughts of its playable character, who has just awoken in a mysterious, dingy […]

Video Game Review – The Escapists: The Walking Dead

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Andy Naylor reviews The Escapists: The Walking Dead… By now everyone knows what The Escapists is about, (in case you don’t know) it’s a cutesy retro puzzle game with an addiction level that borders on worrying. The latest incarnation of it has team-ed (sorry) the game with the mammoth The Walking Dead TV franchise, so […]

Video Game Review – Wondershot

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Scott Watson reviews Wondershot… Wondershot takes me back.  It takes me back to Friday nights with my mates, a PlayStation, a multi-tap, some beers and a ton of fun.  The fact that it draws to mind these nights of local co-op fun brings a smile to my face.  It plays on my nostalgia.  It reminds […]