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Sherlock Holmes: The Mystery of the Persian Carpet
As I come to the end of the year, we’ve exhausted Jeremy Brett’s run as the great detective and somewhere in the future, I will come back to other greats who have played Holmes but for now, I want to … Continue reading
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Sherlock Holmes: Chapter One
I confess that I was totally disappointed when Frogwares announced that their next foray into the world of Sherlock Holmes would be a prequel, examining when Sherlock was a young man, pre-Watson. Part of the joy of the Sherlock Holmes … Continue reading
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Violence in Video Games: The Definitive Answer?
This is my second “editorial” and is strictly based on opinion. I want to be very clear to start with: I am not a mental health professional and base my opinions solely on observation and my own experience as a … Continue reading
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What Remains of Edith Finch
It’s been a while, but we’re back with some games that I got into while we were on a Twilight Zone kick! Some time ago, I picked up a game called Gone Home which one might call a walking simulator, in … Continue reading
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Subnautica: Below Zero
As readers of the Junkyard know, I loved Subnautica. UnknownWorlds released a survival game that kept me completely immersed without needing to create an action-packed battle game. Instead, it’s a game that keeps your toes curling as you dive deep into the … Continue reading
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Wizard of Wor
When I went back for a bit of retro gaming, I was delighted with Jumpman and his son, Jumpman Jr. It reminded me of some of the great games that came before the modern era of computer gaming, when the … Continue reading
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Starflight
Oh, you want me to tell you about the glory days? Well sit on down John me’ boy and I’ll tell you how me and my crew saved the universe. When we heard about the stars going nova, we knew … Continue reading
Kingdoms of Amalur Re-Reckoning
Baldur’s Gate and my recent foray into Pathfinder hasn’t quite scratched my itch for a good RPG. I mentioned this to an old and dear friend of mine and he said he quite enjoyed Kingdoms of Amalur Re-Reckoning. So why not, … Continue reading
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Mail Order Monsters and other giant memories
This is a weird situation. I typically reserve Thursday for a single video game review but this past weekend I watched Godzilla vs. Kong and it made me reminisce for some older games. Mostly this is because I wanted to … Continue reading
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Tagged Archon, Mail Order Monsters, Rampage, Starflight
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Pathfinder: Kingmaker
There’s been a lot of hype around Baldur’s Gate which returned in a playable, Early Access form in October of 2020. I was surprised to see an Early Access game released for full price, but Larian Studio’s knows the power … Continue reading
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Call of the Sea
As frequent visitors to the Junkyard know, I am a fan of the works of HP Lovecraft. Having recently read a graphic novel of one of his best works, The Mountains of Madness, I was still craving some time in that … Continue reading
Empyrion: Galactic Survival
It’s very disappointing when you are craving more of a game but there’s just one of the title on the market. Steam offers you a chance to look up similar games in the same way that Amazon gives us the … Continue reading
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Beat Saber
This year we started to look at video games to try to understand why some people attribute violence in the real world with the games we play. What I’ve noticed is that there are seldom games that really warrant the … Continue reading
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Violence in Video Games: Thief
In September of 2019, Roger started a series looking at the “rights and wrongs” of Fanservice in anime. I found the series informative as I was often one of the biggest critics of fanservice. Recently it’s come to my attention … Continue reading
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Tagged Thief, Violence in Video Games
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Mass Effect 3
In 2012, EA and Bioware, two of my favorite game companies of all time, launched Mass Effect 3. It was time for Mike Sheridan to captain the Normandy one last time. I have to say it was a mixed bag for … Continue reading
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Mass Effect 2
Last week I mentioned I had gone back for a replay of Mass Effect which proved so entertaining, I jumped immediately into Mass Effect 2. Mass Effect 2 was released in 2010 but between my playing the first and second … Continue reading
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Mass Effect
Over the last few weeks, I’ve been taking part in what I call “comfort gaming”; replaying those oldies but goodies during a year woefully devoid of the joy and excitement we typically have in our lives. I don’t know about … Continue reading
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Gone Home
In the Summer of 2015, I picked up Gone Home, a game that was getting a lot of good reviews. It still retails for $15, so my $2.40 purchase was a steal. (Thanks Steam!) Today, Covid-19 has caused governments and … Continue reading
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Quake II: Extremities
I’ve been discussing the idea of “comfort gaming” and took a trip back in time to some classics from the 90’s which invariably means I’d want to look at my favorite FPS game, Quake II. What happened nearly a year … Continue reading
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Quake II
Last week I took a dive into Black Mesa and mentioned that right now, a bit of comfort gaming could go a long way. Well I am often reminded of Quake II whenever I hear the Coldplay song Viva la … Continue reading
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