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Horace and the Spiders – “From thread to thread”

In 1984, Home Computing Weekly and games chart compilers ASP would split their charts into two categories: ‘arcade’ and ‘non-arcade’. Not all of the games in the arcade…

The Hobbit – “Gandalf says you are doing a great job”

Far over the misty mountains coldTo dungeons deep and caverns oldWe must away ere break of dayTo seek the pale enchanted gold Sinclair Research released the ZX Spectrum…

“Uprooting trees, destroying cars” – Colin McRae: Dirt 2

I absolutely loved Codemasters’ early driving game breakthrough Colin McRae Rally and its first sequel. By the time Dirt 2 came out a decade or so later, I…

“Mankind is your mask” – [Prototype]

Prototype is a tremendously ugly game…

“Lifetime Happiness Points” – The Sims 3

The ‘Evil’ trait is an interesting one, because evil in the Sims universe is a rather nebulous concept…

“Advance to Space” – Spore

[For the latest guest post, I’m happy to hand over once again to Alexander Sigsworth, who you can find blogging at alexsigsworth.wordpress.com and who most recently wrote here…

“Our velocity” – Project Gotham Racing 4

A rising tide lifts all boats. Even at the height of street racing game mania, when Need for Speed, Burnout, Midnight Club and Juiced games all topped the…

“Pete, pick up the pace” – Spider-Man 3

Even as five different games based on new films topped the charts in 2007, Spider-Man 3 stands well apart from the others. It was the only one to…

“Mirror. Signal. Mayhem.” – Burnout 3: Takedown

[It’s guest post time again, and I have someone new to introduce! For this post I am happy to hand over to Iain of Iain Plays, who you…

“Some distant conflict” – Conflict: Vietnam

Contemporary reviews of Conflict: Vietnam mention its position as part of a wave of games based on the Vietnam war, alongside Vietcong: Purple Haze and Shellshock: Nam ‘67,…