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Month: March 2014

  • Symphony of the Night

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    I’m usually not particularly interested in playing old games – the experience rarely, if ever, matches the memories I had of playing them in the first place – but this week’s revelation that longtime Castlevania creator Koji Igarashi was leaving Konami to make games on his own got me feeling very nostalgic for Symphony of…

  • Awesomenauts Assemble!

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    I still haven’t really played much of the two big MOBA games out there – DOTA 2 and League of Legends (a bit of the latter) – but I have found that I actually do quite like this style of game, and was having a good time with the Lord of the Rings-themed Guardians of…

  • Towerfall: Ascension

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    OK, so I only have one PS4 controller – for my second one, I want the blue version, which is currently out-of-stock – so I haven’t been able to play this against someone else, like you’re supposed to, but I’m still having a blast with it. That’s because the game now includes a “Quest” mode…

  • Luftrausers

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    A dogfighting game with minimal 8-bit graphics didn’t sound like something I’d be really into playing, but it’s gotten to a point where I’ll buy anything by Vlambeer on day 1, and so that’s what I did with this. I got the Vita/PS3 (cross-play) version, and so far have only played on Vita, which is…

  • The Wolf of Wall Street

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    Well, no matter which way you fall on this movie, you gotta admit it’s pretty entertaining. It’s 3 hours long but I felt it fly by, with pretty great performances by everyone involved – especially Jonah Hill. Yes, these people are all despicable, but it sure is a fun ride to see them reach their…

  • Ground Control to Major Tom

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    We’re going to make a game. Following the launch of the PressPause site the other day and the call-out to see who would be interested in taking part in the workshop, I’ve been very happy to see such an enthusiastic response — more than I was expecting, to be honest — and so we are…

  • Super League Football

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    The other Zen Pinball 2 table I’ve been playing is the Super League Football one. It’s interesting in that you choose the team you like, and get a table that is themed after that team. Not being a football fan at all though, I had no idea which one to get, and thankfully the developer…

  • Doctor Strange

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    Zen Pinball 2 continues to be one of my most played games on PS4, and I was happy to get two new tables recently. First up is the Doctor Strange one, and although I thought it looked a bit plain when I first saw it, I am now digging the sort of psychedelic colors, and…