Peer pressure is a wonderful thing. I had basically written off playing Hogwarts Legacy, mostly because whilst I enjoyed the movies and read the first book I’m not what you’d…
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David Klemke
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There’s nothing quite like a poorly constructed AAA title to get the Internet all ablaze. Setting aside the usual detritus that pegs any failed game on certain aspects which have…
David Klemke
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Rare is the opportunity to play a game back to back with its sequel. Quite often there’s a long period between them, your memories of its predecessor fade and your…
David Klemke
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You know that games series, yeah that one, the one that everyone else in the world seems to play but for some reason you’ve never gotten around to? That one…
David Klemke
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I fucking did it; I got gud. You see, there’s always this trepidation when it comes to a new soulsborne game: is this the one, the game, which finally breaks…
David Klemke
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The Witness stands out for many reasons but chief among them, for me at least, was the idea that a meticulously crafted game could still fail at its prime directive:…
David Klemke
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Oh boy, I thought I knew what it was like to be short on time, but the last month has shown me what it is truly to have zero time…
David Klemke
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Every so often I stumble across a game that feels like it came from a previous era. Sometimes this is a conscious choice, driven by a desire to evoke the…
David Klemke
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The last few years have seen AAA titles tend in a few notable (and notorious) directions. The large investment of capital from the publishers and developers pushes them towards wanting…
David Klemke
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One of the challenges in attempting to play (and review) a new game every week is managing the backlog of titles that I’ve accumulated in my review queue. For the…