Richie Shoemaker

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Richie Shoemaker·May 14, 2018

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The survival game bandwagon is looking more and more like a plague cart these days, with the stillborn corpses of quick…

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Richie Shoemaker·Apr 24, 2018

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For a tabletop strategy as revered as BattleTech, it's remarkable that it's taken this long - close to 35 years, by cri…

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Richie Shoemaker·Dec 13, 2017

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Describing a game as a mash-up of two other well-known titles is lazy, but you know what? It's fun and sometimes useful…

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Richie Shoemaker·Nov 16, 2017

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Although its augmentations are selective and skin deep, Outcast remains a generous and uniquely captivating game.

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Richie Shoemaker·Oct 18, 2017

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Without being signed up to work on a big franchise, or having successfully developed one of its own over the course of …

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Richie Shoemaker·Sep 25, 2017

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It's taken nearly two decades, but they've finally nailed it. Warhammer 2 is Total War perfected.

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Richie Shoemaker·Dec 19, 2016

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I can't see it much myself, but Deathwing is supposed to be Warhammer 40k's take on Left 4 Dead. Sure its multiplayer g…

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Richie Shoemaker·Nov 23, 2016

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Perhaps you've seen a movie called Cargo? No, Jason Statham isn't in it. It's a dystopian sci-fi film from Switzerland …

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Richie Shoemaker·Nov 11, 2016

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Now don't get yourselves all worked up over this, I'm just using them as reference points rather than yardsticks of dep…

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Richie Shoemaker·Oct 7, 2016

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If you've ever looked at Eve Online's space fleet battles and wished you could participate, but have been put off by th…

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Richie Shoemaker·Sep 26, 2016

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QI-type question for you: What enduring PC game, first unleashed upon the world in 2002, links this here Eternal Crusad…

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Richie Shoemaker·Sep 2, 2016

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1993 was a splendid year for PC gaming - perhaps the very best there's been - with Dune 2, Syndicate, X-Wing and Myst a…

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Richie Shoemaker·Oct 1, 2015

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It has numerous issues and lacks content, but Blood Bowl 2 offers a solid foundation for the future of the celebrated turn-based sport.

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Richie Shoemaker·May 28, 2015

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The new model Carmageddon offers a bloody good ride, though too often it's a danger to itself.

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Richie Shoemaker·Mar 3, 2015

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With space battles now more spectacular than even the evergreen Eve Online, and with far less effort required to enjoy them, this sees two excellent games restored. While in a past it was tricky to argue a decisive case for either of the Homeworld games for greatest RTS of all time, now they've been forever merged, updated and supplemented with the original games, the collection is indispensable.