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Gaming

Spice battles and shipbreakers

A couple of sci-fi gaming recommendations… Dune: Spice WarsShiro Games Finally got my hands on this RTS from my New Year wishlist at the beginning of the year, in which I was hoping it would follow in the lineage of the two quality retro Dune games from the Amiga era. I’ve played around 10 hours […]

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Gaming

Testing… testing

Time for a round-up of how I’ve spent my gaming time lately and I have to admit, it’s mostly been in yet another renaissance of the mighty State of Decay 2 – easily the best zombie game on any gaming platform to my mind – all triggered by the enticing reveals of the forthcoming next instalment, which […]

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Gaming

Ortega’s Big Day Out – Arcade Club

I mean, would you look at that? Retro-gamer heaven, right? I recently spent a day with a few friends at Arcade Club, a small franchise providing an old-school arcade experience in a few locations around the UK, and I can thoroughly recommend it. You pay an entry fee, get a wristband and then dive into […]

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Aliens: Fireteam – far more than just another bug hunt

Settle down people, because this month has been all about waiting out the countdown to the release of Aliens: Fireteam. I think it’s excellent, delivering exactly what it says on the tin. You’re one of a three-person team (preferably multiplayer for best experience) comprising character tropes from the Cameron film, the vibe of which it nails from the […]

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Gaming

Why Carrier Command still conquers

Having managed to get a fully functioning DOSBox (and Amiga and C64…) emulator running on an Android tablet I’ve been enjoying some of the highlights of gaming from the days of yore for the first time in years. Most notably, the mighty sci-fi strategy simulation Carrier Command – there’s a great little sci-fi concept in […]

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