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  • Titanfall 2 (Tech Test)

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    I played a few matches in the game’s Tech Test last weekend (and it continues this coming weekend), and was excited to do so because I had never had a chance to play the first game (because I don’t have an Xbox One, and wasn’t interested in playing it on Xbox 360). My first experience…

  • Legend of the Skyfish

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    The last of the iOS games currently seeing heavy play on my devices is the one that I really knew nothing before launch, but saw it mentioned in articles that were talking about Deus Ex GO and Mr. Robot:1.51exfiltrati0n.ipa, and my interest was piqued. I was first attracted when I saw it getting described as…

  • Deus Ex GO

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    The GO series of games from Square Enix Montreal has been fantastic so far, and I’ve been anxiously waiting for the release of this latest one, based on the Deus Ex franchise (another series I quite like). It’s pretty much what you’d expect it to be like, an extension/evolution of what we saw with Lara…

  • Mr. Robot:1.51exfiltrati0n.ipa

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    I wrote the other day how I was getting excited about playing a few iOS games, and this is another one of them. I really loved the first season of Mr. Robot – and am currently waiting for season 2 to finish before watching it – and when I saw that there was a new…

  • Reigns

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    I haven’t been playing games on iOS of late, but finally got around to trying out Reigns last night (a game I’d been hearing raves about), and loved it. It’s such a simple idea – a binary text adventure game (think choose-your-own-adventure) – but presented in such a beautiful way, and with the added mechanics…

  • Picotachi Vol. 35

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    The indie gaming scene in Tokyo is on the rise — the Branching Paths documentary illustrates this quite nicely — and one of the components of that growing scene is the Picotachi series. Organized by game dev Joseph White at his Pico Pico Cafe — a lovely space in Kichijoji — it’s a bilingual show-and-tell series…

  • Toco Toco on Daisuke Ishiwatari

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    Toco Toco is an interview video series directed by Anne Ferrero (who also directed the fantastic Branching Paths documentary), and the latest episode features Guilty Gear director Daisuke Ishiwatari. The series was recently re-launched and currently focuses on game creators — the previous episode focused on Suda51.

  • Mirror’s Edge Catalyst

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    Did you like Mirror’s Edge? Well then why haven’t you played Mirror’s Edge Catalyst? (I say this because it seems to have been criminally overlooked upon release.) Just like the first was so enjoyable for its unique clean world design and parkour first-person gameplay, the sequel takes all that, betters it, and offers an open…

  • Yoshi’s Wooly World

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    The Wii U may be underpowered when compared to PS4/X1, but you sure couldn’t tell when playing through Yoshi’s Wooly World. One of the most beautiful games I’ve seen in action, the mix of wooly art direction with a color palette that is joyous beyond belief makes for such a fun experience. Put all that…

  • Ratchet & Clank

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    I was quite looking forward to playing this, as I’m a huge fan of the series, and everything I’d seen so far made it look like a beautiful graphical showcase. I finally played through it last week, and I wasn’t disappointed. I still don’t understand why they decided to remake the first game, in terms…