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Unravel review: A ball of yawn
8 years ago

Unravel review: A ball of yawn

Unravel‘s unveiling at Electronic Arts’ E3 2015 media briefing made it the indie darling of the games industry’s biggest show. Coldwood Interactive’s puzzle-platformer may not have been able to live …
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The Flame in the Flood review: Rollin’ on the river
8 years ago

The Flame in the Flood review: Rollin’ on the river

In the past week I’ve suffered from starvation, dehydration, hypothermia, bacterial infections, multiple lacerations and broken bones. I drowned many times, was attacked by packs of wolves, gorged by a …
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Rocket League review: A true gentlemen’s sport
8 years ago

Rocket League review: A true gentlemen’s sport

Last year was a big one for games, and one of its most surprising successes was Psyonix’s Rocket League. It debuted on PS4 and PC last summer and became an instant hit. The indie …
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Layers of Fear review: A psychedelic look at horror
8 years ago

Layers of Fear review: A psychedelic look at horror

Layers of Fear calls itself a horror game, but in actuality it has far more similarities with Gone Home than it does with mainstays of its supposed genre like Outlast. Layers of Fear is …
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D/Generation HD review: Maybe it’s just me?
8 years ago

D/Generation HD review: Maybe it’s just me?

D/Generation HD is a remake of a PC classic. After being completely stuck within the first five minutes, I had to go read up on the game and watch YouTube …
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Agatha Christie – The ABC Murders review: Fifty shades of the little grey cells
8 years ago

Agatha Christie – The ABC Murders review: Fifty shades of the little grey cells

In the interest of full disclosure, I have to admit that I’ve been a fan of Agatha Christie’s iconic Belgian detective, Hercule Poirot, since I was a boy of only …
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In Space We Brawl review: Captive audience
8 years ago

In Space We Brawl review: Captive audience

With a clear aim of recreating Bomberman-like gameplay In Space We Brawl is primarily a local multiplayer experience built upon the concept of an arena-based, twin-stick shooter, and although it …
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Q*bert REBOOTED: The XBOX One @!#?@! Edition review: @!#?@! indeed
8 years ago

Q*bert REBOOTED: The XBOX One @!#?@! Edition review: @!#?@! indeed

Q*bert REBOOTED: The XBOX One @!#?@! Edition is Q*bert. They say it’s “rebooted,” and the description includes such hype-quotes as “reimagined” and “state of the art 3D gameplay,” but really, it’s just Q*bert.

That doesn’t mean it’s bad. If you like Q*bert and don’t feel like booting up your Atari 2600, it will certainly give you your fix. If you don’t know about Q*bert — or you’re like me and played it as a kid but had no clue what you were doing — you basically just have to jump on 3D cubes to change their color, all while avoiding myriad obstacles. It doesn’t really get more complicated than that, although the difficulty does get pretty hard, pretty quick.

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Dad Beat Dads review: Don’t tell mom
8 years ago

Dad Beat Dads review: Don’t tell mom

I am not a father, so maybe I’m not the most qualified person to write a review for Dad Beat Dads. I always knew raising a child was hard work, but …
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Factotum 90 review: Two screens are better than one
8 years ago

Factotum 90 review: Two screens are better than one

In the midst of deep space, an unknown object collides with your ship, and the main power goes offline. You must control two walker robots — each on their own …
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