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Democracy 2 – The Verdict and Other Thoughts

Eying up the sleek gun barrel pointed at him by a flak-vest wearing, flag wielding patriot assassin, Prime Minister Greg Wild couldn’t help but reflect on his years in office. He’d turned the militaristic constitutional monarchy of Mexilando into a techno-liberal utopia; rich in technology with a massive space program and prosperous with a financial [...]

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Cities XL Impressions

It is a bit confusing playing two different city builders at one time, I have been playing Anno 1404 and the Cities XL Beta over the past few days and there seems to be a common trend running through them. It isn’t easy to make money.

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A Quick Chat with the 2D Boys

It has been 8 months since the launch of World of Goo by Ron Carmel and Kyle Gabler more commonly known as 2D Boy. I recently had a quick catch up with them both about the success of World of Goo and what they are planning on doing next.

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Hearts of Iron 3 Impressions – Updated

After the jump are my impressions of Hearts of Iron 3 after playing a preview build of the game, I have just slightly updated the piece. This is not a review or in depth look at the game, just some initial impressions.

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Alice and Kev – Roburky’s Sims 3 Story

Alice and Kev is a Sims 3 story by friend of The Reticule, Roburky. Alice and Kev is his experiment in playing with a homeless family in The Sims 3.

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Overlord 2 – Demo Impressions

Overlord 2 is just a handful of weeks away from release and I have been knee deep in minions with the demo. First impression was ‘ah, this is a nicer looking Overlord 1′. For futher impressions (and minions) hit the jump.

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A Battlefield 2 Retrospective

If you couldn’t tell from my piece earlier this week I think Battlefield 2 is an awesome game, the news that Battlefield 3 is in the works is great. Hit the jump for a proper Battlefield 2 retrospective.

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ArmA II – The Verdict

This is a review of the single-player content of Bohemia Interactive Studio’s ArmA II due out EU wide on the 19th of June, and on the 26th in the US. We haven’t yet got access to the multi-player portion of the game. One way or another, we promise to bring you a review of the [...]

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