Posts By Spencer Campbell
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2.6KPreviewsWater works — The Flame in the Flood hands-on
Steam’s Early Access service is constantly bombarded with roguelike survival games, but The Flame in the Flood from The Molasses Flood gives direction...
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2.6KPreviewsNot your average bear — Paddington: Adventures in London
Movie tie-in titles, especially ones for children’s movies, are almost universally laughably unappealing. They’re usually either reskins of other games or half-assed...
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2.2KPreviewsPlatforming with ease and complexity — Mighty No. 9
Mighty No. 9 is one of the original Kickstarter darlings, and it looks like we’re finally going to be able to get...
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3.7KPreviewsPlanes, boats and automobiles — Skylanders SuperChargers hands-on impressions
In SuperChargers, you play as a Skylander defending Skylands from the evil Kaos, who threatens the world with his “Doomstation of Ultimate...
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3.1KPreviewsWargaming is Bringing World of Tanks to Xbox One in Style
World of Tanks is a free-to-play powerhouse on the Xbox 360. Since it launched in February 2014, Wargaming has had over four...
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4.0KReviewsZen Pinball 2 – Portal: Now you’re thinking with pinballs
When I saw the first trailer for Portal, my mind broke. I couldn’t comprehend anything that was happening in the video, I...
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3.6KReviewsFalling Short of Super — Zen Pinball 2 – Avengers: Age of Ultron
Zen Pinball 2’s Age of Ultron table is an interesting beast. It lies somewhere between blatant cash in and labor of love....
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10.9KReviewsCities: Skylines — Easy to Build, Hard to Break
It’s impossible to avoid that Cities: Skylines stands on the shoulders of its predecessors. SimCity laid the foundation for modern city building...
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4.7KReviewsCrypt of the Necrodancer — Dungeon of Dance
Crypt of the Necrodancer is a one-of-a-kind rhythm rogue-like that has players battling to the beat to find mystical treasures at the...
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4.0KReviewsHand of Fate — Cards against humanity
Slicing your way through enemy hordes beat ‘em up style is a blast, but sometimes I want to relax and play a...
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2.7KReviewsLet Me Out of Here! — The Escapists
The idea of a prison break does nothing but excite me. There aren’t many prospects more thrilling than sticking it to the...
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2.6KFeaturesSpencer Campbell’s Top 10 Games of 2014
2014 was a strange year for video games. The first year of a new console release puts a lot of pressure on...
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4.2KPreviewsConquest on a huge scale — Grand Ages: Medieval preview
Earlier this week, I went to a Kalypso press event where I got to see a demo of Grand Ages: Medieval. It’s...
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1.8KPreviewsSneak in style — Crookz preview
Earlier this week, I was given a preview of the 70’s style heist game Crookz from Skilltree Studios. Crookz’ designer Sebastian Merkel...
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3.1KPreviewsLet’s get evil — Dungeons 2 hands on preview
While at a Kalypso press event, I was able to get a demonstration as well as some hands-on time with Realmforge Studios’...
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2.9KReviewsRediscovering Sound — Wicked Audio’s Reverb Headphones
I so often find myself utilizing less than ideal mechanisms for the enjoyment of music and game audio (my buzzing car stereo,...
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3.3KReviewsHow can something so pretty be so spooky? — The Vanishing of Ethan Carter
When I saw the Gamescom trailer of The Vanishing of Ethan Carter, I was unreasonably pumped. The trailer presented an eerie detective...
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3.5KReviewsMarch of the machines — Anomaly 2
Many of us have wasted countless hours placing buildings and defeating endless waves of enemies in tower defense games, and 11 Bit...
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4.3KReviewsFire, fall, repeat — Firefall
I’ve been excited for Firefall since it was announced back in 2010. The premise seemed so promising back then — a shooter...
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4.9KEditorialsDS’ed and Confused: Nintendo’s baffling mission to obscure their next handheld
On paper, Nintendo’s new 3DS model seems like a pretty legitimate grab at hardcore gamers. It features two extra shoulder buttons, more...
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2.0KImpressionsTales from the Borderlands brings Borderlands mechanics to Telltale’s familiar format
Before E3, I hadn’t been following Tales from the Borderlands, Telltale’s (of The Walking Dead and The Wolf Among Us fame) entry...
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1.7KPreviewsXING: The Land Beyond E3 hands-on demo transports players to a different realm
“It’s really more of a stop and smell the roses kind of game,” Xing developer John Torkington told me as I clumsily...
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Interviews
Valiant Hearts: The Great War brings puzzles plus historical accuracy
Valiant Hearts wooed us with their moving trailer at E3 on Monday, and after a hands on they deliver on that emotion....
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3.3KReviewsHitman GO — A perfect crime
The Hitman games have been headed in a logical direction over the past few years. A simple stealth-em-up formula that has been,...
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5.1KReviewsFinal Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn — Fine-al fantasy
If you had told me in 2000 that I’d be reviewing Final Fantasy 14: A Realm Reborn on PS4, I would’ve whizzed...
