In this, the first of our regular Talkythinks features, we Reticule lot have a natter and share the resulting inane gibberish with you. It’s not a direct copy of RPS‘ Verdict, honest (it’s actually a lot worse). StalinsGhost wasn’t around to Talkythink L4D, but he was there in spirit, blessing it with his good [...]
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A privileged elite thrust from a dying world, an exiled criminal making his escape with a bounty of fuel and fireworks, or over-reliance on GPS leading to a Sunday drive gone terribly awry. Form your own story – you’re in space and there’s gonna be ’splosions before the end. This is Reset by chatroom regular [...]
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I am a big fan of Trials 2 by RedLynx, I think it is one of the finest indie games currently on the market. The mix of physics with the desire to go one better than your previous ride is massively appealing to me.
So it was with great pleasure that I got to pose [...]
[This is written as an 'other perspective' piece, and isn't necessarily exactly how I think of the topic. However, it's how I 'could' see the topic, so I believe it's still valid.]
Recently there’s been a growing distaste with the word ‘gameplay’, mainly stemming from the shockingly odd meaning it seems to construe. Words like ‘bookread’ [...]
This is just a quick post in memory of Jimbo, the Reticule office monkey, who worked himself to death to bring about the new fangled design to the website! Marvel in it’s bittersweet pleasures, knowing that Jimbo himself never managed to gaze upon it in all its glory. He would’ve been proud, so proud, to [...]
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If Farcry 2 , Left 4 Dead, and STALKER are anything to go by, the big buzz word here to have a bash at stealing “open world’s” crown is “procedural”. While the two are sometimes linked – in the case of Farcry 2 for example, Gabe Newell, writing on Edge, believes that the future will [...]
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Command and Conquer: The First Decade was an epic box set of all the Command and Conquer games that were released before Tiberium Wars. It was magnificent for having all those classic games on one disc, however there were issues with it, even after two official patches.
Thus I was shocked when I saw this [...]
Red Alert 3 is the latest game in the Red Alert franchise, Steve thought it was good and from what I have played I must concur. If you haven’t played it yet then it is well worth checking out demo for it.
I recently got the chance to pose a few questions at the lead designer [...]
