Daily Archives: April 6, 2011

Daily Little Big Planet 2: amuse-bouche

I remember getting these little brain-teaser booklets as a kid, usually as a stocking stuffer. Flimsy books that felt like they were printed on something akin to newspaper paper. They had all kinds of little puzzles inside and were perfect … Continue reading

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Silent Hunter III: missed it by that much?

While I’m out there hustling (well, as much as hustling is possible at 1/3 speed) through the middle of Bay of Biscay, let’s talk some terminology. Things like crash dives, ballast blowing, silent running and torpedo impact. All of these … Continue reading

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War in the East: Gaia ex machina

If you’ve been following the series up to this point, you’ve undoubtedly been waiting patiently for something which up until now I’ve avoided doing, and I don’t mean taking unsolicited cheap shots at Tom Chick. That comes later. I mean … Continue reading

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Test Drive Unlimited 2: the single best road in the game

When I started writing, I was going to talk about a few different roads. I was going to take readers to some of my favorite places on Ibiza and Oahu. Together we were going to enjoy the coastal roads of … Continue reading

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Harvest Moon: Hero of Leaf Valley: a moon among moons

I mentioned in my first entry that own ten Harvest Moons. There are two main problems with almost every one of these games. After the jump, Hero of Leaf Valley dodges one of them

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Skulls of the Shogun aren’t just for breakfast anymore

I couldn’t quite decide whether Skulls of the Shogun was a good title. Now that I’ve played it, I’m pretty sure it is a good title, because it’s actually an important part of the game. As you kill enemy undead … Continue reading

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