Category Archives: Video Games

Kingdom Come: Deliverance II Review

Though I was not a backer of the original Kickstarter campaign in early 2014, I was certainly enthusiastic about the original Kingdom Come: Deliverance which (KCD) was released in early 2018. I bought the game in 2020 but my aging … Continue reading

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A Caution to Converts

Whether to Christianity, a political “ism”, some weird cult or regrettably even veganism, there is nothing more likely to infuriate those around you than the sudden zealous condemnation of behaviour you used to engage in or at least not disapprove … Continue reading

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Indiana Jones and the Great Circle Review

In 2014, a new Swedish studio called MachineGames released a new entry in the Wolfenstein series titled Wolfenstein: The New Order and it was fantastic. Unfortunately, after a decent standalone expansion, they followed up with two very poor sequels and … Continue reading

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The Games of 2024

It was always going to be hard to top 2023 but 2024 didn’t even come close in my opinion. Naturally, I don’t play everything that comes out but there also wasn’t a lot I was really interested in. Probably the … Continue reading

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Jagged Alliance 2 Book Review

Jagged Alliance 2 by Darius Kazemi, Boss Fight Books, August 25th, 2014 This is a book I had long been interested in but held off buying despite it being dedicated to one of my favourite games of all time. It … Continue reading

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Borderlands: A Barren Wasteland

I have rather fond memories of the original Borderlands which released in 2009. I got a copy for PlayStation 3 along with a small group of friends and a number of fun multiplayer sessions followed for some months afterwards. It … Continue reading

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The Baffling Design of Sonic Superstars

Sonic Superstars was one of the games I was interested in last year but decided to give a miss after seeing some of the more critical (read: negative) reviews. It also just released in a year of big releases and … Continue reading

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Differing Methods: Same Goal

I have mentioned elsewhere the short memory of the media cycle and even society in general. It is no surprise then that it is also evident in the much less important aspects of our lives such as popular culture. This … Continue reading

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Gears 5: An Unadmitted Failure

It has now been five years since the release of Gears 5 which I reviewed a few months after release here. Although acknowledging that the visual design and gameplay was very good, I was critical of the narrative direction the … Continue reading

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The Last Tomb Raider

After recently replaying Crystal Dynamic’s 2013 Tomb Raider reboot, I became interested in replaying the two original titles they developed after they replaced Core Design. The first game they developed was Tomb Raider: Legend which was developed on a completely … Continue reading

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