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Long-time PC gamer and shorter-time freelance writer, with work at Gamezebo, The Escapist, PC Gamer, Joystiq and parts unknown. Owner of many cats, drinker of fine beers, eater of too much. A steadfast javelin in a flaccid world.
  • Dark Parables: The Exiled Prince Review
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    Dark Parables: The Exiled Prince Review

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    The Frog Prince may not be the first guy who leaps to mind when you think about intimidating fairy tale villains, but he's up to some pretty serious badness in Dark Parables: The Exiled Prince, the impressive new hidden object game from Blue Tea. People are mysteriously vanishing as they stroll through the woods and it's up to you to find out why - and to put a stop to it once and for all.
  • Gemini Rue Review
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    Gemini Rue Review

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    If I had to classify Gemini Rue - and I do - I think I'd call it a "cyberpunk-noir existentialist thriller." It's a fascinating examination of humanity that unfolds against a grimy, dystopian sci-fi backdrop, where high technology and interstellar travel cross paths with desperate junkies and organized crime in a grim, slow-burning mystery that asks two questions for every one it answers. And it's a fantastically good game, too.
  • King’s Quest III Redux Review
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    King’s Quest III Redux Review

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    I have mixed feelings about King's Quest III Redux, AGDInteractive's remake of the classic 1986 Sierra adventure game. On one hand, it replicates the gameplay experience of the golden age of Sierra with such fidelity that it's likely to make fans squeal with delight. On the other, it's been 25 years since the original KQ3 was released and it's hard to ignore the fact that in many ways, it just hasn't aged very well.
  • Behind the Reflection Review
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    Behind the Reflection Review

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    Let's cut right to the chase: Behind the Reflection does not impress. It's visually dull, musically generic and tells a disjointed story built around anonymous and entirely unengaging characters. It's also very short and very easy. It feels like it comes from the early days of the hidden object genre, when games lacked the depth and sophistication that's commonplace today. There's nothing specifically wrong with it; you will find hidden objects and you will pursue your missing son. Just don't expect to have a whole lot of fun while you're doing it.
  • Treasure Seekers: The Time Has Come Review
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    Treasure Seekers: The Time Has Come Review

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    Tom, Nelly and Totenkraft are back for Treasure Seekers: The Time Has Come, the fourth installment in the Treasure Seekers series that sees them in a race for nothing less than the Holy Grail itself - with the very fate of the world hanging in the balance! Fortunately, Tom and Nelly are pretty good at what they do and so is the game, which serves up a healthy dose of hidden object adventuring fun.
  • Death at Fairing Point: A Dana Knightstone Novel Review
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    Death at Fairing Point: A Dana Knightstone Novel Review

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    Romeo and Juliet. Samson and Delilah. Archie and Edith Bunker. Throughout history, all the great romances of lore have ended in the same way: tragedy and death. It's a tradition that holds true in Death at Faring Point: A Dana Knightstone Novel, a new hidden object whodunnit that doesn't break any new ground but delivers some interesting twists along the way to solving a centuries-old mystery.
  • Twisted: A Haunted Carol Review
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    Twisted: A Haunted Carol Review

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    When I was young, my dad would tell me that if I didn't quit messing around I'd get a lump of coal in my stocking for Christmas. Modern dads with techno-savvy children have a better option: threaten them with Twisted: A Haunted Carol instead. It's easier to get hold of, not nearly as messy and about the same amount of fun when you play with it.
  • Chronicles of Albian: The Magic Convention Review
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    Chronicles of Albian: The Magic Convention Review

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    After hour upon hour of complicated stories, tough puzzles, creepy characters and the serious business of hardcore hidden object adventure gaming, it's nice sometimes to get back to the basics of looking for random items amidst overflowing piles of fantastic junk. That's what Chronicles of Albian: The Magic Convention serves up in spades: Straight-ahead hidden object gaming that keeps things simple, light-hearted and lots of fun.