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Month: January 2017

  • PauseDraw for February 2017

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    After taking a bit of a holiday break, I’m glad to see that Luis and Adrian‘s PauseDraw is back in 2017 with its first edition set for February 12 — you’ll find all the details on the Facebook event page.

  • The Goonies

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    So how did I kickstart my 2017 movie viewing slate? With a movie from 1985, and one that I was a bit worried on whether I would still like it or not (I think I re-watched it a few years ago, to mixed feelings). This time, I was watching it with my wife (her first…

  • Duelyst

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    I came across this for the first time when I was browsing through Glixel’s top 50 games of 2016 list. Since it’s free-to-play, I took it for a spin at lunch time, and had a pretty good time even just going through the tutorial fights (and then a few practice matches). It’s got a great…

  • Forgotten

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    I came across Forgotten, a little interactive text adventure game on the web, through this Wired article, and quite liked it. It’s bite sized, and feels like playing through a short poem, with an aesthetic that reminds me of the good ol’ EGA PC gaming days. Well worth the time, and it’s free.

  • An Interview with George Kamitani

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    James is at it again with yet another great interview for Glixel with one of Japan’s top game creators, this time Vanillaware‘s George Kamitani. Reading it, I’m suddenly in the mood to play Dragon’s Crown and Muramasa on my Vita again.

  • Kentucky Route Zero (Act 1)

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    I’ve been meaning to play this for what seems like forever (and have had it in my Steam library for a while now), and finally got around to it this week. I’ve played through Act 1 (there are 4 acts available so far, out of an eventual 5 I think), and OK, I definitely see…

  • Jenny LeClue: The Journal of Professor Zazer

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    I just found out about the upcoming Jenny LeClue adventure game today (through this article), and when I saw there was a free playable teaser available, I quickly gave it a try during my lunch break. This is a decent length demo (about 30-45 minutes), and I really liked what I experienced, from the art direction…

  • Marco Polo (Season 1)

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    I watched the first episode of this Netflix series quite a while ago, around the time it came out, and remember thinking it was alright, and I was planning on watching more, but never got around to it. Following my recent HK film viewing spree, I was reminded of this series, and so dived back…

  • Les vieux fourneaux

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    This is a French graphic novel that came out a couple of years ago that I was noticing in lots of year-end “best of” lists, and kept wanting to read. I was lucky enough to get it as a present in a gift exchange we did at work, and really quite enjoyed it. Lovely art and…

  • Dragon Quest II

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    So yeah, after playing through the first Dragon Quest game, I couldn’t wait to play II, and so that’s what I’m doing. So far (a couple of hours in), I’m enjoying it as much as I did the first, and it’s nice to be building up a party (although I didn’t mind at all playing…