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Interview: Screen Cheat is coming to PS4!

April 20, 2015

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Screencheat was one of our favourite PC games from last year. As a multiplayer-only game it provided all of the necessary elements for a quality, classic local multiplayer experience; tight mechanics, well-balanced gameplay, and an entertaining concept that would allow competitive players to really get stuck into it. The basic…

Film review: Rurouni Kenshin: Kyoto Inferno (Blu-Ray)

April 20, 2015

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The Rurouni Kenshin series of films is what 47 Ronin should have been. Stripped of the formula that marks a Hollywood period film, and replaced with an actual understanding of the Japanese culture and philosophy (as you would hope, given that it is a film native to Japan), Rurouni Kenshin…

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April 20, 2015

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It’s undeniable that the retro gaming aesthetic is a major force in gaming. Tapping into the nostalgia for simplicity and pixels, developers, from the indies right through to the big publishers, are investing in games that appeal to that specific community. And that’s what two industry veterans, Mike Kennedy and…

Review: Guac’ a Mole (Nintendo Wii U)

April 20, 2015

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Who doesn’t like Whack A Mole? One of the truly classic arcade games, Whack A Mole gives players a little hammer to thump moles on the head as they pop up out of the machine? The goal is as simple as tallying up as many points as possible as a…

Review: MLB 15 The Show (Sony PlayStation Vita)

April 19, 2015

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Having recently visited America, I did my best to appreciate a lot of the culture that yells “AMERICA”. And while I certainly enjoyed a lot of it (I already am a huge fan of ice hockey), the Americans certainly made baseball, an otherwise interesting twist on cricket (a sport that,…

The Friday Ten: Ten fine PlayStation Minis for your consideration

April 17, 2015

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When it was released in 2004, the PlayStation Portable was the new shining toy for the cool dude. The first handheld in the PlayStation line of gaming consoles by Sony, the PSP, just like its console siblings, has had a healthy run and a surprisingly balanced library. There was something…

Review: Football Manager Classic 2015 (Apple iPad)

April 17, 2015

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People often criticise the annual updates for sports franchises. “Why buy FIFA each year?!?” they proclaim with the righteousness that so characterises ‘gamer’ community, suggesting that their taste in games makes it apparently impossible to comprehend that other people might in fact have their own reasons to enjoying – and…

Review: House of Caravan (PC)

April 16, 2015

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I’m not normally the one to jump the gun at trying out a horror game, or anything that could potentially provide jump scares or even just suspense. Yet, here I found myself playing a game that could realise all these fears at once. From the moment that I stepped into…

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April 16, 2015

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Now that we’re fully in the swing of the new generation of consoles, the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and Wii are starting to fade from mainstream coverage. The (many) classics that those consoles threw up will be remembered as classics, of course. No one will forget about Uncharted, Dark Souls…

Why it is a problem that Australia has no AAA studios left

April 16, 2015

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Today brought some sad news indeed: 2K Games has shut down its Canberra-based development studio, 2K Australia. 2K Australia was best known for the very good Borderlands: The Pre Sequel, a popular PlayStation 3 game that was recently re-released on the PlayStation 4 as part of The Handsome Collection. But…

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