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“Even though I wasn’t born until nearly 40 years after the end of World War II, whenever I hear the Colonel Bogey March I can’t help but sing the song about how Hitler’s only got one ball. And I wonder, does it still have any resonance with the younger generation? Do they recognise it? Is [...]
September 12th, 2008 : Eurogamer, Previews
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“Well now. The original Arkanoid was (and far more blatantly than Space Invaders) inspired by the original Breakout, only in this case the difference was – to put it charitably – “subtle”. That’s not to say that the things that Arkanoid added aren’t appreciable – moving enemies, power-ups and even bosses were all added to [...]
July 27th, 2008 : Eurogamer, Reviews
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“Hey! Did you know that Space Invaders was originally inspired by Breakout? I didn’t – until I looked at Space Invader’s Wikipedia page in a desperate attempt to come up with an interesting fact to begin this review.
As it turns out, it’s not only a suitable theme for this intro, but I can use [...]
July 26th, 2008 : Eurogamer, Reviews
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“It’s nostalgia that binds me to the Contra series. Since I first played ‘Gryzor’ in a caravan park’s amusement arcade in the late ’80s I’ve been a fan of the series, enjoying a great Amstrad CPC port, the brilliant 16-bit Probotector titles and then gritted my teeth through 13 years of terrible Contra games.
Thankfully, Contra [...]
January 10th, 2008 : Eurogamer, Reviews
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“This is really a release made for, and by, Castlevania fans. If you don’t think much of the series, this isn’t going to change your mind. I wouldn’t think much of it either if it only included the remake, but the tip-top ports of the original Rondo of Blood and Symphony of the Night bump [...]
January 3rd, 2008 : Eurogamer, Reviews
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“If you’d feel better playing gun games with a controller that’s more like a gun (as some players like to play golf games with a controller that’s ‘more like a golf club’, though we still think they’re mental) Link’s Crossbow Training is a nice little extra but, whatever you do, don’t pick up a Zapper [...]
November 26th, 2007 : Eurogamer, Reviews
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“Mario Party 8. Eight Mario parties! That’s a lot of cake, streamers and mini sausage rolls over the years, and that’s with fudging the numbers; there was also the poorly received Mario Party Advance, plus an e-Reader card game and an arcade installment that were never released here. With that in mind, the first Mario [...]
July 10th, 2007 : Eurogamer, Reviews
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“Carcassonne is a solid game in the Xbox 360’s online multiplayer line-up, but if you’re in the market for a board game designed by a German with a title that begins with the letter C, it’s probably not quite as worthy of a purchase as Catan.”
I think this is a fair enough review as long [...]
July 9th, 2007 : Eurogamer, Reviews
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“Big Brain Academy: Wii Degree is a difficult sort of title for a video game reviewer to approach. Okay, sure, it has many of the trappings of a traditional video game; medals for playing well, a multiplayer mode, it comes in a box on a disc that you put into a console, that sort of [...]
June 20th, 2007 : Eurogamer, Reviews
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“I’ve got a big idea, readers. Why don’t we all get together and declare that we’ve had enough of the same old clichés that lazy Japanese RPG developers like to foist upon us, eh? Just draft up a nice letter, get someone to translate it, and send it off to “All videogame developers, Japan.” I’m [...]
May 29th, 2007 : Eurogamer, Reviews
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