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Another World 20th Anniversary Edition Review: Does it still hold up?

Another World 20th Anniversary Edition is the re-release of Delphine Software’s 1991 Platformer and adventure title, also known as Outer World in some areas. This updated 2011 edition comes with…

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Yu-Gi-Oh! GX: Duel Academy Review: Duel Monsters & School

Yu-Gi-Oh! GX: Duel Academy is the first video game of the Yu-Gi-Oh! GX series, and is based on the famous Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game. It was released by Konami for…

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Dragon Ball Z: Budokai 3 Review

15 years ago I was a snotty child, but the Dragon Ball Z: Budokai game series was also born. The Dragon Ball Z: Budokai game series was very important because…

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Shenmue Retrospective

The Sega Dreamcast: quite possibly the most underrated, misunderstood console of all time. A labour of love and the company’s last bastion in the home console wars. Has it really…

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F.E.A.R. Retrospective

First Encounter Assault Recon; so much more than a cool acronym; in late 2005 it was the only thing I could talk about. Allow me to paint a picture; it’s…

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Virtua Fighter 2 Retrospective

Hands up who remembers the Sega Saturn? Now hands up who actually bought the Sega Saturn? Didn’t think so. Back in 1995 there was the release of a (at the time) little known…

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WCW/NWO Revenge Retrospective

The Ultra 64 (or as the majority of you will know it, the Nintendo 64); what a piece of hardware! Four controller ports, acute loading times, smooth graphics and Mario…

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Devil May Cry Retrospective

This one…this one’s a big one. Devil May Cry; ‘DMC’, the daddy of the third-person action/adventure genre. Such an effortlessly cool game; no fancy game modes where you face wave…

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Project Gotham Racing Retrospective

Driving; it’s a fundamental part of our human development. When traversing the pitfalls of the teenage years our lives are structured towards three simple goals; finishing school, having intercourse and…

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Dead Space Retrospective

It’s time for a change; normally I use this segment as a vehicle to evoke some lost nostalgia, a dormant memory of some great game finally coming back to life…

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Dead or Alive 4 Retrospective

What makes a good computer game? Is it shiny graphics, responsive controls or good, old-fashioned well-constructed story telling? Ultimately the answer to that question is up to you- the game-endorsing…

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Virtua Tennis Retrospective

Let’s do some word association: Football? Glamorous. Rugby? Punishing. Basketball? Exciting. Tennis? Boring. Enjoyable to play (I presume) but to watch…plain, old boring. Every year people congregate in the same part…

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Halo Retrospective

Christmas 2002; I’m 15 and, barring the conclusion of Star Trek: Voyager, life is going relatively well. I’ve spent the majority of the year chasing girls, dreaming of becoming a wrestler, and worrying about…

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Pro Evolution Soccer Retrospective

Human beings love sports. It’s a simple truth, but a universal one. The most recent Olympics proved that, even if the regularity of the event is 4 years apart and…

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The Sims Retrospective

Do sales make a game? As our favourite interactive medium devolves into a circus of sequels & repetition (save for the occasional original title like Watchdogs or Remember Me) the…

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Gears of War Retrospective

In a year’s time, when you’re sitting in front of your Xbox Scorpio/Playstation 4 Pro marveling at the impossibly shiny, next-gen goodness and a loved one stroll by and says…

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007: Agent Under Fire Retrospective

What would you do if you had to make a sequel to one of the most beloved games of all time? Seriously, what would you do? Yea, I’m a little…

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Half-Life 2 Retrospective

When was the last time you heard a good story? For me, it was last weekend – I was chatting with a friend who regaled about his exploits from the…

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Mafia: The City of Lost Heaven review

Hello, gangster girls and boys. I assume that every gamer has a special place in their heart and strongly nostalgic feelings for this game. For me, it’s the first Mafia…

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Mafia II review

Many fans of the first Mafia were anticipating its sequel with a genuine excitement until it finally released in 2010. However, an extra year of development would have benefited it…

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War Of The Monsters – My Needless Wait

They say “never meet your heroes” and now I know why… For some time now PlayStation has been steadily releasing PS2 remasters over on the PS4. The likes of GTA…

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Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 3 Review (PS2)

Let’s go back to a couple of years ago when Dragon Ball was just casually being its awesome self. The times when Super Saiyan 4 Goku was the most impressive…

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Sonic the Hedgehog Retrospective

Memory’s a tricky thing; time has the ability to cloud our interpretations, turning jaded pastimes into heroic exploits through the donning of the proverbial rose-tinted spectacles. Sometimes this can be…

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Nintendo Game & Watch Donkey Kong Jr. (New Wide Screen)

  Greetings, gamer girls and boys! In this particular article I would like to tell you about something special. I’m talking about a rarity, an artifact from the past, a…

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Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins Review

In the year 1992, after saving the Mushroom Kingdom several times and Sarasaland once (Sa-ra-sa-land, I sometimes have trouble remembering how it’s pronounced), Mario returned for another Gameboy adventure. This…

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Super Mario Land Review

Travel back 27 years ago to 1989… the era of the Gameboy. Chances are you were already born, but it’s likely that you were not (I personally was not). Gaming…

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Beyond Good and Evil – Review

Created by Michel Ancel, the creator of Rayman, Beyond Good and Evil is a game that not many people have heard of, even less have played, but the majority that…

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August Freebies – Patapon 3 Review

Every single month Playstation and Xbox serve up to its loyal (paying) gamers a fresh batch of video games to play for absolutely nothing. Be it Playstation Plus or Games…

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Top 5 PlayStation 3 Racing Games

The PlayStation 3 is no stranger to great racing games. There have been many amazing racing titles released for this system throughout the years and to compile an accurate list of…

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Rogue Warrior Review (PS3)

Killing Commies With Dick Rogue Warrior got a lot of flak upon release and to this day stands at an astonishing 27 out of 100 critic rating on Metacritic. It’s…

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