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Archives for January, 2014

Welcome aboard, Kane

Hello everyone. I don’t do reviews so much these days, but have been feeling steadily more ashamed as Rik continues to churn out articles like a pro. So here’s one humble effort – mid 2000s shooter Quake IV. I have something else in the works, of a much earlier generation, for you grizzled early-90s veterans […]

TIE Fighter Soundtrack – a modern version

Pointed out to me by a friend on facebook: TIE Fighter soundtrack updated by Laserschwert The game originally used midi music, played through the dinky little synth chip on your adlib or soundblaster card. This chap however has instead used some professional-grade orchestral sample libraries. As much as I have a soft spot for the […]

The bowler’s Holding, the batsman’s Willey

Hi there! Wow, two updates in a week. Well, if our discussion of hack and slash RPGs wasn’t for you, how does this review of a really old cricket game grab you? *chorus of boos* It would have arrived sooner, if the recent Ashes series hadn’t been such an unmitigated tale of woe – but […]

this is madness, Chester!

Evening, all! It’s time for another discussion piece. We aim to do something a little different each time, and certainly we’ve not got much coverage of Japanese RPGs on this site in general. So today we’re looking exactly at just that sort of game, with Ys: The Oath in Felghana.