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Adventure Pals is a Great Adventure
One of the most addictive, pleasurable, experiences I’ve had in game playing not just in 2018 but a long time was THE ADVENTURE PALS. A 2-D platforming action-adventure with cutesy art, puzzles and minor combat it delivers the kind of … Continue reading
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The MISSING: J.J. Macfield and the Island of Memories Arrives Today!
Immune to death. Motivated by love. Powered by Swery The MISSING: J.J. Macfield and the Island of Memories Arrives Today! Torrance, California – October 11, 2018 – Arc System Works, Inc. is happy to announce that the brand new puzzle platformer game by … Continue reading
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CAPCOM ANNOUNCES FILM ADAPTATION OF BLOCKBUSTER MONSTER HUNTER™ GAME SERIES
LOS ANGELES, CA — (October 4, 2018) – Capcom Co., Ltd. (Capcom) today announced that their mega-hit video game series, Monster Hunter™, is being adapted for the big screen by Constantin Film with Paul W.S. Anderson directing. “After living and breathing … Continue reading
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Tagged adaptation, capcom, monster hunter, movie, press release, TV and Movies, video games
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No rite from the stars
This is the hardest game review this site has ever had to write. Negative reviews is just not part of its formula, yet when something has been gifted to us for review it feels only right to recognize the game. … Continue reading
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Selling and Killing and Killing what you Sell (again and again)
Retail work can be hell. Especially when you run your own business shop. There’s ordering, pricing, displaying, selling, keeping customers happy; Keeping track of trends, supply and demand, influx, stock, reorganizing, running the register. To some in Japan that in … Continue reading
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Tagged 11bit studios, game review, moonlighter, pixel art, review, rpg, video games
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The Incident is Unforeseen but Completely Worth it
Traditional point and click 2D third person adventure games at high levels with excellent voice acting are a rarity. Especially in 2018. Unless of course the publisher is Application Systems Heidelberg, who this year are also publishing an HD remake … Continue reading
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Tagged adventure, mystery, point and click, point n click, unforeseen incidents, video games
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Looking Ahead to 2018 Part 2 (Video Games)
GAMES Telltale Games The Wolf Among Us-Season 2 & The Walking Dead Final Season: Telltale does a lot. Batman, Guardians of the Galaxy, Game of Thrones, even original stories based in Minecraft, but their FABLES prequel and their Walking Dead … Continue reading
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Tagged a way out, double fine, knights and bikes, lamplight city, left alive, no more heroes, ooblets, pc, ps4, tunic, unavowed, vampyr, video games, where the water tastes like wine
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Population 81 (strike that) 80
In 1987 at the tender age of 10 I had owned a Commodore 64 for a few years, falling in love with Infocom, Sierra, Tellarium and other individual games in the adventure genre. It was in October of that year … Continue reading
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Tagged adventure, lucasarts, mystery, point and click, point n click, ron gilbert, suspense, thimbleweed park, video games
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2017: A Look Ahead
2016 is near its end or it’s over based on when you read this. It was a rough year in many respects, but it gave us a ton of excellent pop-culture. 2017 as of now promises to do the same. … Continue reading
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Tagged 2017, bones, books, degrassi, double fine, double fine games, dunkirk, excitement, flaming lips, fox television, george saunders, lego batman, michael critchton, Music, netflix, night in the woods, random house, steven universe, thimbleweed park, video games
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A Look at Independent Games that Are My Fancy
Independent video games have tons of soul, but finding ones that truly call to me are difficult. Finding video games that I want period are difficult, but they do exist. I generally enjoy point n’ click adventures, third person action … Continue reading
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