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1001 Mobile: Teeter

Simplicity is a concept all good mobile games thrive on, but can a handset title be too simple for its own good? Teeter takes this theory to the limit in this roller-ball balance challenge. ROUND-UP:...

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1001 Reviews: Mass Effect 2

It’s time to step aboard the Normandy and take to the skies once again for another epic space adventure in Mass Effect 2. But will the second instalment of the trilogy live up to what came before or...

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1001 Reviews: Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis

After the success of original point-and-click adventure, it came as no surprise that LucasArts would make another staring the globe-trotting archaeologist. So get your whips out and let’s start...

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1001 Future: Thomas Was Alone

Mike Bithell’s indie puzzle, Thomas Was Alone, proves that you don’t need millions of dollars and hundreds of staff to make a game with a story worth telling. As along as you’ve got a whole lot of...

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1001 Mobile: Zombie Invasion: T-Virus

It’s time to save the world from yet another undead apocalypse in the Zombie Invasion: T-Virus. Will this title stand out from all the other mobile zombie games out there or just get lost in the...

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1001 Reviews: The Secret of Monkey Island

LucasArts’ classic The Secret of Monkey Island was originally released in 1990 and quickly became the pinnacle of the point-and-click adventure genre. It’s much-loved by… look behind you, a...

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1001 Future: Tomb Raider (2013)

Lara Croft returns in this reboot of the Tomb Raider series, is this the triple-A title we’ve been waiting for? We know her in her later life as the intelligent and athletic archaeologist, but does...

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1001 Reviews: Fallout 3

Fallout 3 is on my list as one my favourite games of all time. That may sound like a biased review is on its way (and indeed, I may ‘fall out’ with some readers because of it) but there are many flaws...

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1001 Reviews: Monkey Island 2: LeChuck’s Revenge

Hot off the success of their original point-and-click adventure, LucasArts released Monkey Island 2: LeChuck’s Revenge over twenty years ago. There are no three-headed monkeys this time around but I do...

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1001 Reviews: Braid

Jonathan Blow’s Braid is like an art-house-style take on the famous Super Mario Bros (review coming soon) platformer with some time manipulation elements thrown in for good measure. Would we want to...

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1001 Reviews: PlanetSide

Today is the tenth anniversary of the original PlanetSide so to celebrate, it’s time to review the long-running subscription-based MMOFPS (Massively-Multiplayer Online First-Person-Shooter). ROUND-UP:...

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1001 Reviews: Zork I: The Great Underground Empire

“You are standing in an open field west of a white house, with a boarded front door” is probably the most famous opening line to a video game ever. Zork I: The Great Underground Empire was one the...

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1001 Mobile: 8 Ball Pool

It’s time to put all those wasted hours in the pub to good use as we play 8 Ball Pool, the world’s most downloaded pool game, but will it stand out or get lost in mire of the hundreds of other such...

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1001 Future: Kraven Manor

A short but sweet entry to the FPS survival-horror genre, Kraven Manor is the result of six months’ work from a team of students at The Guildhall in Southern Methodist University, Texas. ROUND-UP:...

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1001 Reviews: Noby Noby Boy

From the creator of the Katamari Damacy (review coming soon) series, Noby Noby Boy is an odd game to say the least. This isn’t a title that’s going to keep you playing for hours on end, but is it worth...

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1001 Reviews: Façade

Façade is Michael Mateas and Andrew Stern’s real life simulator where you’re thrown into the middle of an argument between two of your friends. If you’ve ever fancied yourself as a relationship...

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1001 Reviews: Costume Quest

Double Fine’s Costume Quest is a charming RPG that takes a delightful look into the minds of children. It’s a window into their vivid imaginations and the places that their dreams can take them on the...

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1001 Reviews: Dreamfall: The Longest Journey

Dreamfall: The Longest Journey is the 2006 follow-up to Funcom’s critically acclaimed point-and-click adventure The Longest Journey. But the second instalment in the series moves towards a more...

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1001 Reviews: The Curse of Monkey Island

Like its predecessors, The Curse of Monkey Island has all the makings of a classic: good gameplay, lovely graphics and music, challenging puzzles, a piratey plot and hilarious dialogue. But with the...

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1001 Reviews: Portal

We step into the Enrichment Centre for Aperture Laboratories to aid in the testing of a new experimental device, the Aperture Science Handheld Portal Device, or as we call it: Portal gun. ROUND-UP:...

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