Fallout and the history of the crotch punch

What was that thing I just fell off?
Oh. It was a wagon.

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There won’t be an update for a while.

This is because I’ve taken on a commission to write a soundtrack for a short film, which is hell of awesome, but it does mean I’ll have my hands full for the next few weeks. I’ll be back in early September with a brand new Dubious Review. See you then!

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Pretty much the most awesome video ever.

Game Over.

A guy animates classic arcade games using household items. The inventiveness here is amazing.
Dude can’t play for shit though.

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Absent Friends: Aliens Versus Predator

It is 1 AM. The room is lit only by the flickering lights issuing from the monitor in the corner. Menacing shadows spring from the banisters of the stairs, looming and dying in the space of a gunshot. The house is asleep, except for one sallow-cheeked yet incredibly attractive man, hunched at the computer and [...]

Gaming with your dad

When my mum and dad bought me a Commodore Amiga, it was one of the happiest days of my life.
My parents were art teachers and were not rich; thinking back, they must have spent a fortune on that computer. I’m sure I was incredibly grateful, but I expressed that gratitude by disappearing into my bedroom [...]

The joys of game abuse

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I’ve always had a special fondness in my heart for games that can be abused; games that allow you to do things you’re really not supposed to do, and get away with it.
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Absent friends: Diablo 2

It’s the fourth hour of my gaming session. For the entirety of my evening, I have been hacking a bunch of monsters to bits with my axe, looting their corpses, then reloading and killing the same monsters all over again. I am hitting the Council for Charms, and if I don’t dick about, I can [...]

Turbo Titblast Excitegasm

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I don’t know about you, but the previews for this game have made me poop myself nine times already. It’s going to be the dicks.

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Absent Friends: Oblivion

It’s been a month since I uninstalled Oblivion for the last time. It felt like saying goodbye to an old friend. The cruellest thing about removing this game is that you can’t just press one button and let the computer perform the euthanasia while you weep quietly and hug yourself; no, you have to delete [...]