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Month: December 2014

  • Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor

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    This is another game I was looking forward to playing, considering how well it was received when it came out, and again, it was a sale (PSN) that gave me the opportunity to finally pick it up on PS4. It certainly looks like a proper current gen game – I don’t really want to say…

  • Fantasy Life

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    I’ve been pretty lucky with my gaming experiences of late, and Fantasy Life is another game I’ve been having so much fun playing. At first, I got so caught up just exploring the different “lives” (or jobs) of my character that I played close to 10 hours before I realized that I should also make…

  • Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon

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    I’d been wanting to play this for such a long time, and last week’s eShop sale gave me the perfect excuse to do so. This game is just so much fun, and I’m constantly wowed by the entire presentation, particularly the sound design – it’s an absolute joy to hear Luigi hum the soundtrack, as…

  • Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker

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    I’m so in love with this game, it’s ridiculous. No surprise, really, considering how much I enjoyed the Captain Toad levels in Super Mario 3D World, but this game just takes it to a whole new level, both graphically and in terms of the variety of the levels themselves. I have a constant grin as…

  • The Monday Night War

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    I’m quite enjoying the Monday Night War documentary series, that tells the story of the ratings battles between WWE and WCW in the 90s. Other than the 80s era, I got interested again in pro wrestling in the late 90s, around the time I moved to Japan. What you realize also is that the pro…

  • The Sailor’s Dream

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    You all picked up Simogo’s The Sailor’s Dream when it came out for iOS, right? Right? Again, just a fantastic game, and one that shows how interesting a gaming experience you can create on iOS. I played it on iPad, which I think is best for really taking in the visuals – although it does…

  • Monument Valley

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    I haven’t been keeping up with all of my game playing and TV/movie watching over the past month on this consumption diary, so will be playing catch up over the coming days. I was so happy to get the new levels for Monument Valley, and they are just as good as everything we got in…

  • Over the Garden Wall

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    This is such a fantastically wonderful series, I can’t recommend it enough. I’m not done watching all of the episodes yet – it’s a 10-episode mini-series, and each episode is pretty short – but I already know that it’s going to be something I’ll continue to enjoy for a long time to come. I really…