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Devil’s advocate: gamers still need to work to earn the right to mature games

June 27, 2013

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Over the last couple of days the gamers in Australia have experienced something that is nothing short of a farce with two games in two days being refused classification for some truly ridiculous reasons. Saint’s Row IV was effectively banned because it features a weapon that looks like a sex…

Review: Pro Cycling Manager 2013 (PC)

June 27, 2013

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When I started up Pro Cycling Manager 2013, I figured that this would be a very easy game to play. Feed the athletes performance enhancing drugs, drop the occasional bribe to make sure that the drug tests come through clean, and claim the trophy. Then I discovered that this game…

Review: Disney Epic Mickey: The Power of Two (Vita)

June 27, 2013

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It’s a little sad seeing Mickey’s second “Epic” outing ported to the Vita, given that the original console release was such a failure that the team that made the game no longer exists. It’s like the port is a virtual obituary to the developers: “here is the last game of…

Review: Magic the Gathering: Duels of the Planeswalkers 2014 (iPad)

June 26, 2013

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The games industry tends to mock games that have a yearly release cycle. Call of Duty and the FIFA games are prime examples – games that people accuse (rightly or wrongly) of phoning in the barest minimum of new features and innovation in order to sell to the same people…

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June 26, 2013

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In two days the Australian Classification Board has shown its true colours. That R18+ rating, which was introduced on the promise that the Board recognised the rights for Australian adults to play the kinds of games that children should not be playing, was a lie – the Board plans to…

Review: Bugs Vs. Tanks (3DS)

June 26, 2013

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Really, we expect better from Keiji Inafune. The man is outspoken, but deeply creative, and his other recent games (Soul Sacrifice, Asura’s Wrath) are well worth playing. His upcoming Yaiba: Ninja Gaiden Z looks brilliant. What the heck happened with Bugs Vs. Tanks? I can only assume that some executives…

Interview: Claymation, Wii U and Kickstarter; Pencil Test Studios on Armikrog

June 26, 2013

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A couple of generations of gaming ago, a few developers experimented with claymation and bringing the unique and hugely entertaining style of stop-motion gaming to gamers. Unfortunately, games like Clayfighter demonstrated some issues with this style of game – it just doesn’t work for action titles. However there was one…

Animal Crossing: New Leaf; the perfect game?

June 25, 2013

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Digitally Downloaded is invading your games! My little avatar is sitting in a cafe, having a mid-afternoon digital coffee and chat with Digitally Downloaded editor, Clark (or, at least, his avatar). They’re not actually doing much. Just performing the in-game action of sitting and chatting via short, single-line conversation bubbles.…

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June 25, 2013

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I do not mind the Spurs in the least, but I will admit I was pulling for the Heat in the finals this year – and it was a ridiculously close finals to boot. Going in, I thought the Heat would win – but there were some games that put…

Brutal Gamer News Wrap: Rezzed edition

June 25, 2013

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This past weekend, Brutal Gamer went to the Rezzed gaming expo in Birmingham, England. The show is all about indie gaming, specifically indie gaming on the PC, and man did it not disappoint. BG got hands on with a good number of titles yet to come including the very impressive…

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