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Thanks to the joy of private messaging on the AGS Forums, I caught up with Ben Chandler whose recent games Awakener and Feather Weight both impressed me. I asked him about making games, playing adventure games, etc... 1/ What made you start making your own games? I used to play a lot of ...
Gaming
Lots of variety in this game - two main campaigns, peacetime (pretty much a city builder sim ) and a conquest mode where you not only build castle but knock them down too (not your own, of course). There are multi-player and free play modes as well - a massive game and well put together. It's ...
Gaming
Stronghold 2
It occurred to me to wonder just why I'm so competitive when it comes to computer games - two games in particular recently, New Star Soccer 2010 and X-Kings , have hundreds or thousands of players and I'm ranked around 20 in the world for both of them. But am I satisfied with that? Hell ...
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If you want more basic information on the gameplay etc, please see my review of this game's predecessor, New Star Soccer 4 . This review focuses mainly on the updates from that version. Simon Read of New Star Software has already taken us into the world of being a professional footballer 4 ...
Gaming
The West is a slightly different MMORPG that's based in, of course, the Wild West and puts you in the role of a cowboy. After a short tutorial you start the game proper, which is a little boring at first to be honest - much of it consists of merely finding jobs you can do, accepting them for ...
Gaming
It's become clear to me recently that a lot of the games I've become really hooked on and played for hours are, in fact, games I've given fairly modest ratings to while some which I've rated highly have pretty much been left on the shelf to gather dust. One reason is because some of the games ...
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I'm not going to go into too much detail here, because many things I can say about this game I've said before - naturally it has many things in common with the previous Tales of Monkey Island episodes. In particular the graphics are very good, the voice acting and music superb, and the controls ...
Gaming
Monkey Island
LucasArts
Telltale Games
After a quick play test (which mixed results - some success but not overwhelmingly so!), I'm happy to say that Awesome Soccer plays rather like an updated version of Kick Off 2. It has a completely different look and feel, and it's not actually trying to be a clone of any sort, but the controls ...
Gaming
This is a new release from Mastertronic, £24.99 as a download and a tenner more for the boxed version. Looks like a game I might try sometime, here's the blurb: Many years have passed since the Damned One was defeated and banished from the world of Rivellon. But while mankind enjoys its first ...
Gaming
I'll be able to give you a full review soon(ish), but in the meantime all you footie fans might want to know about an Indie game called Awesome Soccer. Costing just $9.95 at the moment (introductory price, not sure when it will revert to the normal price of $14.95), this looks like a bit of a ...
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Mysterious Happenings Plague the Caribbean as Denizens Anxiously Await Answers in "Rise of the Pirate God" on Tuesday, December 8 SAN RAFAEL, Calif . -- November 18, 2009 -- Telltale Games and LucasArts today are reporting the purported demise of Guybrush Threepwood , one of gaming's ...
Gaming
Monkey Island
Telltale Games
LucasArts
Neverwinter Nights is an old but still very good RPG which is now out in a " Platinum Edition ", which includes two expansion packs for the measly sum of ten pounds (about $16.50 at the current exchange rate). [In the UK this was released as Neverwinter Nights: Deluxe Edition, but I've checked ...
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Neverwinter Nights
What, you mean you haven't played (or at least heard of) The Marionette yet? Shame on you! See my review for more details on one of the best freeware adventure games of 2009. Otherwise, read on... Auriond and Team Effigy put together The Marionette, and since I liked the game so much, I ...
Gaming
In the fight against the machines, featherweights play a minor role - scouting, recon and spying. Considered as mere data collectors rather than true warriors, they're untrained in combat and ill equipped for any encounters with the enemy. However, when Thadd, a young featherweight, sees a ...
Gaming
It's a very long time since I've been this impressed with a freeware adventure game. The Marionette has you playing the part of an artist, who receives a mysterious message and then finds himself trapped in a nightmarish scenario which seems to be somewhere between a dream and reality. ...
Gaming
I've been trying out this online game for a few days, thought it would be worth mentioning on the blog. You play a cowboy (or cowgirl if you want, I expect) in the Wild West, and have plenty of jobs to do to get a few bucks and keep you busy. There's a short tutorial - not too bad - and you're ...
Gaming
The Wild West
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"Energizer" is set in an alternative history with England and France at war, with the discovery / creation of the object that gives the game its title potentially about to change the face of the battlefield. The English have it, the French want it, and it's being kept on a remote outpost where ...
Gaming
After a quick playtest, New Star Soccer 2010 definitely seems to have a smoother game engine than NSS4 - the matches look more like the real thing, with far fewer predictable patterns observable in the way things happen. So far all looks good, though it's still a game that will really challenge ...
Gaming
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Can't have too many LEGO games, I always say... CaptainD - PC Gaming Blog
