Everyone has that game which defined, for them, the core of many games that came after it. DOOM for FPS, Warcraft for RTS and for this old reviewer anything that…
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113 Articles
David Klemke
7 Min Read
Some things just tickle your dopamine receptors just right. In the past I’ve avoided bullet hell games, almost certainly because I’ve been absolutely terrible at them. But that changed back…
David Klemke
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Of the many great lines that came out of the American version of the Office was the one from Andy Bernard: “I wish there was a way to know you’re…
David Klemke
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Cast your mind back to high school English classes, the ones where they decided try to introduce Shakespeare to a severely disinterested bunch of teenagers (I count myself among them…
David Klemke
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It’ll be different this time, you tell yourself. You’ve been down this road before, you know the mistakes to avoid so when you do the thing it won’t end up…
David Klemke
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Most retro-revival shooters I’ve played over the years have, in my opinion, been pretty terrible. Certainly there’s worth in exploring the roots of a genre but the unfortunate reality is…
David Klemke
4 Min Read
Ah party games, it’s such a polarising genre. For every person I know who loves the chaos that comes about due to the uncaring rolls of RNGesus there’s another who’ll…
David Klemke
3 Min Read
It’s late at night and you’ve been out with your friends, regaling each other with stories of the past and just generally enjoying each others company. Then your friend, that…
David Klemke
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There are some major disadvantages to being on a low-information diet for video games. As release dates for new titles approach, I have to duck and weave past all the…
David Klemke
3 Min Read
Past me can be a fickle bastard. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve gone back through my Steam wishlist to find a litany of titles that I have…