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Tag: Video games
Eat, drink, play Cook, Serve, Delicious! 2!!, be merry
Reading Time: 5 minutes This game takes the player deep into the world of running a restaurant, with tasty challenges throughout
Breaking technology’s pernicious grip on our children
Reading Time: 3 minutes The formative years with our children only come once. When we make them the highest priorities in our lives, we give them the message that they’re worthwhile
Old Man’s Journey a tale of hope and redemption
Reading Time: 4 minutes This short video game is high on quality, humanity and sentimentality. And it’s perfect for playing in bits on a mobile device, perhaps while you’re on transit
What’s new and exciting in the gaming world
Reading Time: 5 minutes A periodic roundup of game-related subjects to keep you abreast of developments and trends (and a few other things that amuse and intrigue me)
Video game Beat Cop soon wears out its welcome
Reading Time: 5 minutes This throwback pixel art game honours 1980s cop shows, but it tends to tedium – with some unsettling racist and homophobic elements thrown in
There’s nothing empty about Hollow Knight
Reading Time: 4 minutes Video game perfectly blends challenge with reward, a rich world full of exploration, evocative music, intriguing characters and story, and plenty of combat
Night in the Woods: compelling, heartfelt and scary
Reading Time: 5 minutes Seamlessly weaves one person’s very personal story with a murder mystery, surrounded by some of the most fun and truthful characters you’ll ever encounter
Destined to take a direct path to the delete bin
Reading Time: 4 minutes Stories: The Path of Destinies has a cool concept but fails to construct the necessary elements to provide a worthwhile experience
Rise and Shine: solving puzzles, paying homage
Reading Time: 4 minutes This video game is engaging and the art is top-notch, but the story borrows a little too heavily from classics in the genre