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Time, Gentlemen, Please – The Verdict

Time, Gentlemen, Please – The Verdict

A very childish part of me hates it when other people succeed. That someone has fulfilled their dreams while I’m still sat in this bloody bedroom waiting for oodles of rejection letters in regards to my novel while, on the other side of the internet, some talented person is getting the praise he deserves. Over the years, this has led to me stubbornly ignoring some well-received indie title, only to curse myself later when I actually force myself to play…

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Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Verdict

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Verdict

Oh God, I’m such a pervert. Everyone who has read a Harry Potter book will naturally gravitate towards a specific character. Unfortunately, I started with the films before I read the books, which solidified the characters into the film versions. This has made Emma Watson/Hermione rather appealing. Or she was until I played this game. For as long as the films have been going on, EA has been churning out Harry Potter games to varying degrees of success. It was…

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Overlord 2 – The Verdict

Overlord 2 – The Verdict

As anyone who has talked to me about the fantasy genre can attest, I have a strong dislike for elves. I may even have stated it once or twice on this website, although in truth I cannot remember, so if I have then you will have to indulge me for a moment.

GFWL fails again.

GFWL fails again.

You may remember from the ether that Greg Wild has previously reviewed the last two addons for Fallout 3.  He’s managed to get himself clogged up with something in the real world, exams or whatever, so I volunteered to do the Broken Steel review.  Ordinarily we wouldn’t announce that we are going to review something, because it’s rather pointless, but this is a special occasion. That occasion is Microsoft’s complete inability to make a bloody content delivery system that works….

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Drakensang – NOT a Verdict

Drakensang – NOT a Verdict

First things first. This is not a review/verdict or anything similar. I set out with the intention of giving Drakensang a fair, long and ultimately helpful review, but I can’t. I just can’t get far enough into the game to give it a proper review, so this is an impressions piece. That said, what this piece will also attempt to illustrate is the need for the first chapter of a game to be engaging and, above all, entertaining. It’s not…

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WANTED: Weapons of Fate – The Verdict

WANTED: Weapons of Fate – The Verdict

I am well known amongst my peers for enjoying movies of questionable artistic merit. I’ll admit it right now, I even enjoyed watching Doom. I think it’s important to watch the odd “stupid” film from time to time, to satisfy the more basic and juvenile parts of the human brain which, for men, seems to mean EXPLOSIONS. As a result, I am quite forgiving when it comes to ridiculous films full of stupid Kung Fu, explosions and gun play, and…

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You may now be eaten by a Grue – Legends of Zork goes live

You may now be eaten by a Grue – Legends of Zork goes live

I mentioned, weeks ago now, that a free-to-play and browser based Zork game was in production.  Well, now it’s ready for you to play!  I’ve given it a brief playthrough and it seems decent enough. By the admission of the development team, this is not a hardcore Zork adventure.  What Legends is, however, is a nice casual game that can slot into any free time you have.  You seem to get 30 action points a day, which is rather a…

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My Name is Mercurio Silver and I don’t like… most of you.

My Name is Mercurio Silver and I don’t like… most of you.

[A brief public service announcement first.  For some reason (we honestly don’t quite understand why) Mercurio has gone and signed up for twitter.  If you want to see more of his vitriolic hatred of various things to do with the internet, you can find him at MSilverESQ.] Morons of the internet, gather round! I made certain to book an extra large room today, I know how many of you cretins litter the various tubes of our electronic kingdom, but if…

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