Adventures in the Magic Kingdom (NES)
In some ways, quite a lot of video games can feel like theme parks. To include more variety, many game
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The Game Hoard
Chronicling Video Game History By Playing Every Video Game Ever Released
Puzzle Agent 2 (PC)
The original Puzzle Agent is a strong puzzle game tied to a story that managed to build up a lot
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CityLights – San Francisco (iOS)
NOTE: As is the nature of mobile games, it is possible this game may undergo changes to its gameplay design,
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Mass Effect 2 (PS3)
The original Mass Effect is a stupendous combination of detailed world-building, likeable characters, and dynamically branching story beats, hampered only
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Alleyway (Game Boy)
Since the Game Boy was the first majorly successful portable gaming console, many early games for the system could get
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Nano Assault EX (3DS)
The microscopic world of microbes is a fascinating place, with creatures that defy the standards we hold for animals. Even
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Puzzle Agent (PC)
Back before Telltale Games slipped into their comfortable niche of choice-focused adventure games, they approached the adventure genre with a
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The Unfinished Swan (PS Vita)
Sometimes it can be difficult to figure out what exactly a video game is going for, and The Unfinished Swan
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Mass Effect (PS3)
It’s near impossible to predict how humanity will react when we first encounter intelligent life on other worlds, but sci-fi
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Spider Fighter (Atari 2600)
Activision is sort of the king of quality Atari 2600 titles, although that’s partly because they were the first third
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The Magic Circle (PC)
There are films about the directing process, books about the struggles of being an author, and with The Magic Circle,
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Ittle Dew (PC)
Block-pushing puzzles are an incredibly common yet usually rather boring inclusion in video games. Existing as a token “mental challenge”,
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Dreaming Sarah (PC)
Dreaming Sarah is a quizzical little platformer that has you exploring the dream world of a girl in a coma.
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3-Demon (PC)
Back in the 1980s, Pac-Man’s pellet-munching maze adventures hit the world by storm, and a slew of imitators shortly followed
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Phalanx (SNES)
Before you get too excited by the prospect of a game with hillbillies dueling with starships in space, it should
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The Blue Flamingo (PC)
For anyone interested in the shoot-’em-up game The Blue Flamingo, the first fact they’re likely to come across is that
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Devilish (Game Gear)
Back in the early days of gaming, copying the design of popular titles was a surprisingly common practice. Plenty of
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Prey (Xbox 360)
Prey, while a suitably ominous singular word title that fits the game’s storyline, doesn’t really seem to best capture the
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Death Jr. (PSP)
Sometimes when playing a video game you can’t help but wonder if the creative team would have rather been working
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Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: My Life as a King (Wii)
One of the launch titles for the WiiWare service and still one if its highest profile releases, Final Fantasy Crystal
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Bonsai Barber (Wii)
Trimming bonsai trees is a relaxing and meditative practice, and considering that WiiWare has multiple fireplace simulators and virtual aquariums,
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