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Archives for November, 2007

And I’m steaming mad…

Whatever the pros and cons of Steam, it’s clear that it (and other similar methods of online content delivery) are going to play a big part in gaming’s immediate future. There will always be some who prefer having their games in boxes, but there’s no doubting the convenience of being able to buy and download […]

Baldur’s missing disk

So my adventures into the Forgotten Realms come to a premature halt, thanks to missing data. Originally Baldur’s gate came on five disks. Some time later it was re-released along with the Tales of the Sword Coast expansion, but now fitted on two disks + one for the expansion. Presumably the reduction in disks was […]

You must gather your party before venturing forth

A year or so ago I recall that of our review categories, Sports was the smallest in size. Since then tho Rik has churned out several reviews from the realms of football, golf, tennis and cricket. I don’t have a lot to offer in this section myself, but you never know. I have this odd […]

Review: Tennis Masters, Flight of the Amazon Queen, Quake

November: it’s dull and grey outside, so you may as well stop feeling guilty about playing videogames. Thus we’ve been unusually active these past few weeks. A while back we were thinking that the Sports section looked undernourished; Rik has been working steadily over the past year to rectify that and his latest offering is […]

Review: Undying

Good evening. One new review for you this evening – of EA horror shooter Clive Barker’s Undying. My plan was to have this review ready for a Halloween update, so it would be kind of, er, topical. Unfortunately this didn’t happen, although round my way the scares aren’t over until the shops have flogged the […]