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Computer Games

Minecraft Pocket Edition for iOS Review

Posted on November 18, 2011 by RupertG
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The port of Minecraft to iOS has been a long and uncomfortable wait for many. Despite an original announcement stating that iOS was going to be first off the rank, Android pipped iDevices to the post when Minecraft Pocket Edition was announced for the Xperia Play. Thankfully, for those of you with an iOS enabled device, the wait is over and you can now enjoy the fruits of Mojang’s labour in the form of a much cutdown version of everyone’s favourite sandboxed game. Continue reading →

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Dice of Doom Podcast 012: Speeding up D&D4e Combat Using Morale, Star Wars Roleplaying Game (Saga Edition) review and Minecraft vs Dwarf Fortress

Posted on February 5, 2011 by RupertG
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In this interesting and exciting (and completely ‘yorp’ free) episode of the podcast we debate the virtues of Mincecraft vs Dwarf Fortress, we look at Speeding up D&D4e Combat by using Morale and we review the Star Wars Roleplaying Game: Saga Edition. Continue reading →

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iPhone app review: MineCraft Pro

Posted on February 1, 2011 by Ellisthion
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The success of Minecraft has led to lots of iPhone apps trying to play on this success. MineCraft Pro is one of these… and unlike some of the other apps, it costs money. So naturally, I was extremely dubious about it. While it’s a reference app designed to be used whilst you play Minecraft on your computer the question remains: “Is it worth the price tag?”. Continue reading →

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Godville: The best game you don’t have to play

Posted on July 31, 2010 by RupertG
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In Godville, you don’t play a character. You don’t move around, you don’t go on quests and you certainly don’t fight monsters. You just watch your hero (who worships you for some reason) do all of these things – often badly. And this is deeply satisfying. Continue reading →

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Dwarf Fortress v.0.31.10 – Strike the Earth!

Posted on July 26, 2010 by Cuchulain

A major update has recently been released to Dwarf Fortress which has altered the game significantly. So what changes have been brought to the table? Here’s a list… Continue reading →

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Google celebrates 30 years of Pac-Man… and yes, you can still play it…

Posted on May 24, 2010 by RupertG

If you want to continue playing the Google Pac-Man (and who doesn’t), Google has kept it alive at Google Pac-Man (which you can find here…). Continue reading →

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Australian Government puts R18+ Rating for computer games on the table

Posted on December 16, 2009 by Cuchulain
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As many of you know, most of the writers for this blog live in Australia. And for that fact we have been subjected to one of the most backward and condescending ratings systems for computer games in the developed world. … Continue reading →

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DOOM Classic now available in the App Store for the iPhone

Posted on October 31, 2009 by RupertG
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DOOM is one of those games that helped to define a genre. From running around with a myriad of realistic and ridiculous weaponry, to the blood and gore, and even the occasionally questionable imagery, DOOM helped define the First Person … Continue reading →

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Starcraft II: No LAN support. Huh. Implications?

Posted on July 2, 2009 by Ellisthion
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Latest news reports that the upcoming Real Time Stategy Game Starcraft II won’t have LAN support. Basically, you’ll have to play it over Battle.net, Blizzard’s online gaming system. Article on Gamespot.

An interesting move, to be sure and here are a couple of reasons for this… Continue reading →

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List of the Best 8 iPhone RPG Dice Rolling Apps

Posted on June 11, 2009 by RupertG
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We have covered a lot of different dice rolling applications for role-playing games that are available in Apple’s App Store on this site. Over the past year that the app store has been around, these apps have started to fall … Continue reading →

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