Urban Empire

Games are remarkable in that they can make repetition enjoyable. Whether it’s jumping in Mario or running missions in XCOM, games are capable of warping tedious activities into engaging ones. Urban Empire, however, somehow makes […]

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Watch Dogs 2

We gamers can be a rather salty bunch. It’s not always without merit, though, in the case of many furores that now seem to arise daily in our age of early-access stuff ups and Kickstarter […]

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Rad Rodgers: World One

Hey, here’s something fun we can do. Let’s flip the format backwards and jump to the end right at the start! Rad Rodgers: World One is great, and you should totally pick it up! I’m […]

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Space Hulk: Deathwing

By the Emperor’s Exquisite Holy Nipples! What is this abomination that sits before me, wallowing in its sordid mediocrity? I know that Warhammer 40K video game adaptations are mostly considered to be awful by default, […]

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Batman: The Telltale Series

The caped crusader becomes a lot less intimidating if you pronounce his name wrong. He is the night, he is the darkness, he is… The Batmun. Not to be confused with the Megamun, Aquamun or […]

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Shenzhen I/O

I have been a massive fan of Zachtronics’ games since they released SpaceChem back in 2011. Their unique puzzle games have always been able to suck me into hours upon hours of seemingly endless frustration […]

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Owlboy

Nine years ago in 2007, when D-Pad Studios began work on Owlboy, The Last Guardian and Final Fantasy Versus XIII (now XV) were recent announcements. “Can it run Crysis?” was the measuring stick of all […]

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HITMAN

Killing people isn’t that difficult. You take a coin, throw it somewhere, and then you delicately crush the victim’s larynx before they notice you’re grinding up on them like a coffee machine. No need for […]

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Titanfall 2

This year I’ve made it somewhat of a personal mission to try and play games, that, while popular, are most definitely outside of my usual comfort zone. One of these particular genres also happens to […]

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Dishonored 2

While a lot has changed between the first and second Dishonored games, there are some things which haven’t. Dunwall has indeed prospered under Empress Emily Kaldwin’s reign, who, subsequently, has been training with her father […]

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