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Mike Thompson has worked each side of the video game industry, both reporting on and creating narrative content for games. In his free time, he gorges on pizza, referees for roller derby, and uploads ridiculous cat photos to the internet.
  • Fairy Trails Review
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    • iOS
    Fairy Trails Review

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    The Cottingley Fairies were one of the greatest hoaxes ever pulled in the twentieth century. In the 1920s, Elsie Wright and Frances Griffiths skyrocketed to fame for the photographs of "fairies" they had discovered while playing in the village of Cottingley, aided in no small part by an article Sir Arthur Conan Doyle wrote about the images and how they proved the existence of the spiritual plane. People both defended and attacked the authenticity of the photos, but Wright and Griffiths didn't admit they were fakes until 1981. Playing Freeverse's Fairy Trails on the iPhone, it's impossible not to be reminded of this story, mainly because the game lets the player experience a little of the fascination that confounded British Society so many years ago.
  • Westward IV: All Aboard Review
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    • iOS
    • PC
    Westward IV: All Aboard Review

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    It's a shame that the Wild West isn't a more popular setting in video games. If Hollywood and Louis L'Amor are to be believed, this was the era when cowboys had the same sense of honor as Knights of the Round Table, gunfights were used to settle disputes, and gorgeous steam trains were the way to get around. It was a period of romance and adventure, when the nation was still young and the possibilities seemed endless. Thankfully, the Westward series of games have done the setting proud, and the newly-released Westward IV: All Aboard continues the tradition.