Category: Gaming
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Review: Rise of Nations Extended Edition
When it comes to gaming, a lot of my joy comes from nostalgia and rediscovering gems from my youth. Rise of Nations ticks all the boxes there so discovering Microsoft (in a rare display of doing something good in the gaming sphere) was planning to re-issue the revered strategy game in a remastered format I…
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Reinventing Game Manuals
Being of a certain age I remember a time when games came in big boxes with an actual manual that took the form of a weighty book, a lot like this (from my personal collection): However, this golden age of bog boxes, CDs and manuals has sadly long passed, replaced by DVD slim-cases and digital…
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Review: Deus Ex Human Revolution
I always had a bit of a soft spot for the original Deus Ex back in the day – a first-person shooter that was more than a little inspired by the best in role-playing games with a cool cyberpunk twist. Step forward a number of years and, finally, I turn my attention to the sequel…
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