Tag: video games
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Cocoto Platform Jumper Wii Review
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An inexpensive but challenging little platformer that conjures the punishing gameplay of yesteryear.
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Crazy Machines 2 Complete PC Review
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Those ingenious Rube Goldberg puzzles are back in Crazy Machines 2 Complete, the spiritual successor to the popular 90s series The Incredible Machine. When I reviewed the first Crazy Machines I was wowed by the game’s ingenious puzzles and realistic physics, but found that it often required a higher intellect than my feeble noggin will…
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Elven Legacy PC Review
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Paradox Interactive’s vibrant turn-based strategy is fun, accessible and fiendishly addictive.
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Wallace & Gromit’s Grand Adventures Episode 3: Muzzled! PC Review
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The arrival of a dastardly villain and three rogue whippets make this latest episode of Grand Adventures the funniest and most endearing yet.
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Officers: World War II PC Review
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Medal of Honour may not have been the first World War II game, but since that title debuted for the original PlayStation in 1999 there’s been a steady market for historical wargames that, if sales of Call of Duty 4 and Company of Heroes are anything to go by, isn’t about to die face down…
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Hired Guns: The Jagged Edge PC Review
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This spiritual sequel to the Jagged Alliance series does little to bring turn-based tactical gaming out of the nineties.
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Crazy Machines Complete PC Review
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Crazy Machines Complete provides an excellent package of puzzles and design tools, but its insane difficulty level is likely to make all but the most precocious gamer feel like a dunce.
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Velvet Assassin PC Review
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Though it will frequently test your patience, Violette Summer’s revenge quest offers a haunting yet surprisingly plausible depiction of war. If Velvet Assassin had been made 10 years ago, its protagonist would likely have been a male, gravel-voiced, 80s throwback of an action hero. Today, game developers have wised up to the true potential of…