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ARKive: A Great Free Game for All
Congrats to Thought Den, who’ve just finished a cool little quiz app for Wildscreen. What I like is that the questions require a two-stage mental process rather than simply answering, so in selecting...
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#Crysis and the Biological Singularity of Life
Another article from me on the Wellcome Trust blog: A recent game release that has done well both critically and with fans is Crysis 2. A ‘First Person Shooter’ (FPS), the player looks through the...
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Playing on the Brink of Climate Change (Longer Version)
This is a longer version of the article that appeared on the Wellcome Trust blog… Playing on the Brink of Climate Change There can be little doubt that one of the major, if not the major challenge of...
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Yes, Crysis 3 Does Look Amazing
Dang, I thought so. The New York City of 2047 lies in ruins, according to the official Crysis 3 website. The buildings have collapsed and are wrapped in vines. The streets are now rivers. The subway...
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Games I’m Playing Spring Update
Now: - Company of Myself (Web) - D&D Heroes of Neverwinter (Facebook) - Tank Battle 1944 (iPod Touch) - Dead Space 2 (PS3) - Golden Axe (PS3/PSN) - Cthulhu Saves the World (PC) Was: - Deus Ex:...
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Currently Playing – Dungeon Village
I’m a huge fan of Kariosoft’s games (e.g. Game Dev Story) and so was pleased to see a new one out: Dungeon Village! I’m currently having a lot of fun with it. Here’s 3 of my heroes about to run off and...
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Games I am Playing, Late Summer 2012
Now: - Diamond Dash (Facebook/iOS) - Crysis (PS3, PC) - Comix Zone (PS3, Megadrive) - Pocket Planes (iOS) - Skyrim (PS3) - Tastemaker X - Swords & Soldiers (iOS) - Super Meat Boy (PC) - Fez (Xbox)...
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Commit Point Five
I’ve been playing this little gem by Daniel Twomey which is great fun: Commit Point Five – Click on image to play! As well as this I’ve also been messing with Pursuit of Hat and Too Many Ninjas.
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My Picks from #EuroGamerExpo
So I’ve been at the Euro Gamer Expo today and here’s my thoughts on what I liked there… Of the bigger games Assasin’s Creed 3 looked really good; amazing visuals and the re-invented Tomb Raider, there...
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Games I’m Playing: Winter 2012/3
Now: - Hotline: Miami (PC) - Orks Must Die (PC) - Black Ops 2 (PS3 yeah, I know…) - Journey (PS3) - XCom (PS3) - FTL (PC) - Total War: Battles (iOS) - Kingdom Rush (iOS) -FTL (PC) Was: - Diamond Dash...
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Gimme Shelter (The Game)
I’ve spend some time this weekend playing a new card-based strategy title called ‘Shelter‘: - - The game uses a comic styling and has a solid strategy mechanic in it. It’s really well done. Great...
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Games I’m Playing (Summer 2013)
Now: - Shelter (iOS, brilliant game!!) - Hotline: Miami (PS3 – back to playing it over and over…) - VVVVVV (PC, love it) - Fez (PC, so love the vibe of this) - DOTA 2 (PC, only dabbled, scarily...
View ArticleGameTheNews Special on #Twitch Where I Lose At My Own Game
Myself and AurochJake recently did a play though of a couple of our newsgames; NarcoGuerra and Endgame:Syria on our Twitch channel. Here’s how it went… (short answer I got peace in one, lost the...
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XCOM Too – A New Turn-Based Strategy Project to Scratch any XCOM Itch
As a games designer I do (and need to) play a wide range of games. However, of the many genres of games out there, the one I most often find myself returning to is turn-based strategy. There were many...
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