February 1st, 2009 by admin
One of the reasons I love this game so much is that it’s easy to pick up and put down. You can play for five minutes at a time or five hours. I should warn you though, last night I picked it up for a quick puzzle in an advert break, and fell into some strange space time continum; the next time I looked up nearly two hours had passed! Probably best to keep your wits about you if you’re on the bus or train.
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December 7th, 2008 by admin
When I was younger I used to love watching Agatha Christie movies; I’d try and see if I could solve the mystery before Miss Marple managed to. The more you watch the easier it becomes to spot the clues, and more often than not the murderer gives themselves away by talking something that hadn’t been revealed by the police. After all that ‘training’ I was keen to put my murder solving skills to the test with this Death on the Nile themed game.
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December 7th, 2008 by admin
Despite the fact that most of the television adverts seem to be positioning the Nintendo DS as an adult hand-held console many of the games are aimed at the child or casual gamer. Having struggled to find something that might require a few brain cells to play I was intrigued by Runaway: The Dream of the Turtle. This point-and-click adventure stems from a critically acclaimed PC game series. With that kind of pedigree I figured it was worth a look.
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November 2nd, 2008 by admin
I think Koei have missed a trick with this game; the single player option is clunky and confusing and the competitive races are so difficult to master that it’s not the kind of game you can just pull out when friends come to visit. I was severely tempted by the Wii version of this game as it ties in with the Wii Balance Board, but I think I’ll give it a miss.
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October 4th, 2008 by admin
Twelve years ago the Sonic Team released Nights into Dreams for the Sega Saturn; the game went on to appear in several ‘greatest games’ lists, and last year demand for a sequel was finally answered in the guise of Nights: Journey into Dreams on the Wii.
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