Category: Gaming
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Year of the Backlog: A Review / Take 2
Looking back over my list of games played, 2024 has actually been a great year for games. I’ve managed to get a good cross-section of big and small games, new and old, mainstream and indie, and across 3 or 4 different platforms.
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Playdate Review: Daedalus Versus Minotaur
It turns out labyrinths can also be a fun favourite for all the family!
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September Round-up Notes
Strong winds have blown in a sense of something new, an autumnal rebirth. But far from being chaotic, their blustered whirls have worked to organise the leaves more efficiently than any human.
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Playdate Review: Funny Racer
I wasn’t intrigued by Funny Racer on the Playdate as much I was unavoidably intertwined with it. Tiny cars. Twisty tracks. Let’s race.
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Playdate Review: The Keyper
The Keyper by Cool Lemon ClubYear: 2023Platforms: Playdate (Catalog, itch.io) Did you ever spend a merry hour or two as a kid drawing long, looping mazes out on paper? Wriggling worm-like labyrinths that barely forked, but hypnotised you with their never-ending curves that seemed to go on forever? The Keyper on Playdate took me back…
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Year of the Backlog: Year Walk
Year Walk is a bit of a gem of a game, a small but lovingly formed parcel of delicately aged delights. The quiet, crisp crunch of footsteps in the snow lends itself perfectly to the ominous ambience hanging over the landscape.
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Year of the Backlog: Zen Bound 2
Zen Bound 2 is a delicate experience where ledges and corners are your friends and enemies.
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2024: Year of the Backlog?
At some point I realised I probably didn’t actually need to buy any more games ever, and could realistically just play through the existing backlog until I pass on.
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10 Mins In: Pulpergeist (Playdate)
If you’re a fan of ghost stories and Film Noir then you’ll be right at home here.