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Alec Meer·Apr 7, 2015

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Dungeon Keeper has always felt important to me, and I’ve rarely analysed why, for the same reason I don’t question why …

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Alec Meer·Mar 20, 2015

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Battlefield: Hardline is a stupid game. I quite like it.

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Alec Meer·Mar 18, 2015

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If it's playing I can close my eyes and feel what HLM made me feel. Because my associations for HLM2 are confusion and frustration more than exhilaration and escapism, the second doesn't seem to have power. But there are some lovely pieces in there for sure.

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Alec Meer·Mar 10, 2015

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Cities: Skylines [official site] feels like the response to a question. That question is “what, exactly, do people want…

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Alec Meer·Feb 24, 2015

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Hand of Fate [official site] is a CCG/roguelite in which a masked, magical figure challenges you to play an increasingl…

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Alec Meer·Feb 17, 2015

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Please note this is the last instalment of a multi-part Wot I Think (done that way as we didn’t have pre-release code) …

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Alec Meer·Feb 6, 2015

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Look, Sunless Sea isn't for everyone. It requires patience, and it requires no small amount of imagination. For those who have those qualities, or are prepared to try and acquire them, I would say that Sunless Sea is an uncommonly rewarding roleplaying game, and an essential one.

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Alec Meer·Jan 27, 2015

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Grim Fandango (official site) is considered the end of Lucasarts' imperial period (no pun intended): its first 3D adven…

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Alec Meer·Nov 18, 2011

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Minecraft is spectacularly simple and yet capable of being fiendishly complicated - if you decide to set yourself an ambitious construction project that require