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Our Year in Games 2016 – Chris (Part One)

Our Year in Games 2016 – Chris (Part One)

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Welcome to Our Year in Games coming at you from Reticule Towers. I realise that we didn’t do any sort of yearly roundup for 2015, but we’re making up for it this year. I’ve invited a few old faces to take part in Our Year in Games, so hopefully you won’t just have me for company!

I’m probably going to split my tales across a few entries to cover the games from previous years that I’ve been playing this year as well as the games from 2016 that I’ve been playing. So read on and enjoy. …

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The Thames in AC: Syndicate Reminds Me of Something…

The Thames in AC: Syndicate Reminds Me of Something…

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I’ve been greatly enjoying my adventures in Victorian London in Assassin’s Creed: Syndicate so far. Some of the game mechanics will be awfully familiar to anyone who has played any other Assassin’s Creed game, but it is the London setting that makes the game stand out. There is something about the Thames that I find strangely alluring, the movement of the boats and barges hints at a city that is truly alive. What makes the Thames stand out even more in my mind, is that it well and truly reminds me something from my childhood… …

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EXG 2015 – Day One Report

EXG 2015 – Day One Report

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This year, the biggest annual gaming show in Britain has moved. No longer am I travelling down the M4 to visit EGX in Earl’s Court in London while staying in a rip-off hotel. This time, I have travelled up the M5 to the NEC in Birmingham while crashing with some family. Bit of a difference I must say, but it means that I can sit here on my netbook with a can of Strongbow and the New Zealand v Namibia match in the Rugby World Cup.

My visit this year will last until mid-afternoon Saturday. One reason for not doing the full four days is that I want to be back in Wales to watch Saturday’s massive World Cup fixture as Wales take on England. Now that I’ve bored you all to the high heavens with logistics and rugby, I’ll proceed with the my Day One report. …

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