Tag Archives: Xbox

Fable Reconsidered

Posted on March 17, 2024 by JC

Quite a while back now, I wrote a review of the original Fable, mostly based on the Anniversary version which released around the same time. I had also meant to review both Fable II and Fable III but never got … Continue reading →

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Dashing Sky Pirates: A Short Anthology

Posted on June 30, 2023 by JC

Crimson Skies by Eric S. Nylund, Mike Lee, Nancy Berman & Eric S. Trautmann Del Rey, October 1st, 2002  Of late, I’ve been reading a number of swashbucklers and related media and I’ve become particularly interested in fictional sky pirates. … Continue reading →

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Towards a Heuristic for a GREAT Game

Posted on September 10, 2022 by JC

This post is the culmination of something I’ve been thinking about for a while but have never put into writing after years of playing, reading about and reviewing games. There are obviously a lot of problems with gaming journalism as … Continue reading →

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The Continuing Decline of Big Tech

Posted on May 14, 2022 by JC

This will be something of a sequel to this post last year about breaking away from big tech. Though, I will focus more on how bad so much big tech software has become and some alternatives I’ve begun using. What … Continue reading →

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The 30-Day Video Game Music Challenge

Posted on June 6, 2020 by JC

Game Sack covered this on the most recent episode and since I’m particularly fond of video game music, I thought I’d join in too. I’m not on Twitter or any social media and I usually avoid low-effort content here so … Continue reading →

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Heroes of Replay – Black

Posted on July 7, 2017 by JC

This article was originally published at HeroesOfPlay.blog

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Another Take – Crimson Skies: High Road to Revenge

Posted on July 4, 2017 by JC

This article was originally published at Another-Castle.com All you need to know is that there are sky pirates. If I asked you about a handsome, wise-cracking video game adventurer with perfect hair named Nathan; you’d no doubt immediately think of Nathan … Continue reading →

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Another Take – Fable

Posted on July 4, 2017 by JC

This article was originally published at Another-Castle.com For Every Flaw, A Distinction Fable was developed by Lionhead Studios and originally released on the original Xbox in late 2004. A year after its first release, it was released on PC and again … Continue reading →

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Another Take – The Simpsons: Hit & Run

Posted on July 4, 2017 by JC

This article was originally published at Another-Castle.com I used to consider The Simpsons my favourite TV show and although I haven’t watched it for close to a decade, it probably should still hold that title as nothing since had quite the … Continue reading →

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Video Game Reviews and Articles

Posted on March 4, 2016 by JC

This is a master list of many (though not all) of the video game articles I have written over the years. I wrote Aussie-Nintendo.com, Another-Castle.com and Heroes of Play; three sites that are now long defunct. I also have written … Continue reading →

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