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Sunday just gone, myself and Dan LV from @CCLComputers made the trek westwards towards Blackpool for the now annual Play Blackpool retro gaming event hosted by http://www.replayevents.com. The event itself is like a mini version of the more expansive and also annual Play Expo held in Manchester. Which you can read about my experience of last years ..
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I sit here fuelled by various energy drinks, reflecting on my past gaming history. You see I am starting to hoard things. This started with games, specifically the Final Fantasy series, but has spread to year editions of various hardware. This includes the UK releases of Ducky mechanical keyboards, from the Year of the Dragon ..
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It’s that time of the year again, time to sit back relax and watch some amazing people speedrun games in the name of charity. AGDQ is back, bigger and better than ever in 2015, and we are just over 4 days away from the start. Again the event is being run to raise money for the ..
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Brace yourselves, if the end date of the Steam Auction is anything to go by, the Steam Winter Sale should start on the 18th of December. With that in mind, and I know the format has changed every time a new sale has started I thought best to dig into the archives and pull out the ..
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Yes that is correct, Square-Enix is going to be releasing a PS4 version of the iconic FF7 (one of my favourite games) now before you start jumping for joy over the potential based on the tech-demo released many years ago for the PS3. You will be sad to hear that it is only a port….of ..
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It seems not a day goes by without someone mixing a bit of history with the present. Today is no different, a gamer has managed to recreate in spirit, the opening credits and bombing mission from the iconic Final Fantasy 7. The use of Little Big Planet to create such things is not a new ..
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You may have noticed the DavePlays.co.uk site being down these past few days. because of the major Azure VM outages experienced. Hopefully you all had the prior knowledge that the Desert Bus gaming marathon was well under way with its challenge to raise funds for Child’s Play, the charity that helps get consoles and games ..
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So far each year I have been to Play Expo, there has been a battle, a longing, each year myself and a friend have tried to beat Thunder Cross 2. Thunder Cross 2 is a horizontally scrolling shoot ’em up arcade game released by Konami in 1991 and is a direct sequel to the game with the same ..
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So Summer Games Done Quick 2014 is almost over for another year, but once again it is going to leave us by smashing its previous donation total for the event as a whole. Raising over $500,000 Dollars for Doctors Without Borders. If you missed the main event and want to catch any of the games you missed, you ..
Road Redemption seems to be progressing nicely since meeting its Kickstarter goal last year, and today (or a few days ago) posted a gameplay update video, as a backer update, and it looks very nice! The video, which you have probably already watched, shows the current state of the game and even shows off a ..
A good way to ring in a new year I have finally finished Bioshock, and whilst the game was very good (with some very annoying jump scares :/) I thought the ending was a bit poo. Just seemed to not be as rewarding as I thought it would be and it was just a bit ..
