With Halloween swiftly approaching, I’d like to take a moment to salute one of the most memorable non-playable characters of my childhood. A figure so firm in his convictions that even the game defines him as an object instead of a person. On the shores of Ultima VII’s Misty Channel, there stands a ferry station shrouded in a mysterious fog. Aboard the rickety wooden ferry a sole figure waits with an eternal patience, his only duty in life to shuttle…
I’ve been pondering today about how this year seems to have gone by oh so fast, and then I realise that this is already the fourteenth edition of Our Week in Games. Where has the time gone I wonder? Maybe someone flipped a switch and sent us back in time to the days of the Mega Drive and turn based strategy games? I think Edcrab and Jordan had something to do with it…
The majority of us here at Reticule Towers (disclaimer: we have no towers) have been playing Dishonored like there is no other game on the planet. Well, apart from Nick who has been exploring the universe of Star Trek: Online. As the odd one out, we start with Nick, then we have some Dishonored thoughts.
For over a year now, I’ve observed an unsettling trend in class-based shooters. Instead of standing proudly amongst equals, one class has, through no fault of its own become the unwanted cousin. They’ve become the runt of the class-based litter, attracting names like ‘the coward’, ‘the camper’ and ‘the noob.’ Far behind the scuffles on the front line, they watch patiently, waiting for the perfect moment to strike. But despite their devotion to the cause of bringing people to an end, they are…
What is worse than coming down with a post-Eurogamer Expo cold? Having a killer hangover. That was how I felt this morning, and it is only now that I feel a tiny bit alive. Thanks go out to Nick for covering the column last week. This week we have some words from Edcrab about classic title StarTopia, hit the jump for Week 12 of Our Week in Games here at The Reticule.
Merry Sunday everybody, it’s Nick here. With Chris no doubt dining on Ferrero Rocher and Buck’s fizz over at Eurogamer, I’ve been left with the privilege of introducing this week’s Our Week In Games. This week has been an FTL heavy week, with both Ed and Mike dying amidst the stars. It’s a remarkable game that’s been absorbing the time of pretty much everyone here at the Reticule. If you haven’t had a chance to experience it yet, its recent release…
What a week or so it is to be a gamer: Pro Evo Soccer, Borderlands 2, F1 2012 and Torchlight 2 have just come out and at the end of the coming week we have FIFA and the Eurogamer Expo. I will be representing The Reticule at the Expo with Dishonored and the Wii U at the top of my list of things to check out. Meanwhile, check out Our Week in Games after the break.
Football season is well and truly back under way; after the announcement of Football Manager 2013 earlier in the month, the demo’s for both FIFA and PES have been unleashed. While they are on my list of things to try out, I have personally been distracted by Armored Kill for Battlefield 3 and I am extremely eager to get my hands on Black Mesa Source which Edcrab has been playing this week. Meanwhile, Nick has been dabbling with Mount and…
It is that time of the week again, today we just have Edcrab and Nick chipping in. Busy weekend for me, I haven’t been able to get my thoughts down on paper about what I have played. Enjoy Trine and Kerbal Space Program chat.
It is later than normal for this edition of Our Week in Games, but I passed out when I heard that Black Mesa, (the mod which re-creates Half-Life in the Source engine) was actually going to be released in 12 days time. Either that or I had a busy day at work. Either way, it is Our Week in Games, in a week which saw Guild Wars 2, Dark Souls: Prepare to Die Edition and The Walking Dead: Episode 3 get released, what have we been playing? Read on to find out…