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Continue reading →: Sherlock Holmes – Consulting DetectiveAs I continue to search for games that outdo The Return of The Obra Dinn for its sleuth feel, I’ve discovered that I’m not the only one who’s been thinking about detective games lately. Mark Brown of the excellent Game Makers Toolkit has recently posted a deep dive into what…
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Continue reading →: Rugby World Cup 2023And now for something totally different… In my last post I discussed a couple of upcoming video game releases that have caught my attention, but they’re far from the only thing that I’m excited about right now. In fact, what I’m most excited for is the upcoming Rugby World Cup.…
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Continue reading →: My Perfect ConsoleOver the last couple of months I’ve been blown away by My Perfect Console, a podcast by Simon Parkin. Simon hosts a new guest each week and asks them to assemble their perfect console consisting of five games that are important to them. It’s been really interesting to hear how…
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Continue reading →: The Lucky Clover Gazette – Tools of the TradeI’ve already touched a little on how some of Link’s new abilities re-invigorate Hyrule, but I wanted to go through each in a bit more detail, offering some examples of how they mix-up the gameplay loops from Breath of the Wild to keep Tears of the Kingdom feeling fresh. I’ll…
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Continue reading →: Disco Elysium – Returning to RevacholHaving recently called Obra Dinn the essential detective game, I wanted to try, or in this case revisit, some other games that could challenge that status. First up Disco Elysium, a game where you play a police officer who wakes up in a trashed room with absolutely no memory of…
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Continue reading →: The Lucky Clover Gazette – Rediscovering HyruleMy time over the last few weeks has been mostly dominated by Tears of the Kingdom, I’m around 80 hours in and must be nearing the end, but I’m not there yet. Despite that, I think I can safely say that it has catapaulted itself into my list of favourite…
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Continue reading →: Obra DinnThe Obra Dinn is a damaged vessel, mysteriously returned to Falmouth in 1807 having been missing for several years. The ship is abandoned. Silent but for the creaking of the boards beneath your feet and the patter of rain upon the deck. You task is to learn the fate of…

