Author: Charlotte
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Pitfalls & Powerups – DC Superheroes
DC is a currently a comic book game powerhouse but what about their older offerings? Charlotte looks at the best and worst of retro DC games.
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Pitfalls & Powerups – Girl Power
Is Charlie’s Angels the worst game of all time? Charlotte weighs up the best and the worst of female characters in gaming days gone by.
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Pitfalls & Powerups – Sports Games
It’s almost the end of January, so by now all attempts to get fitter/thinner/less looking like a gelatinous blob made of Quality Street have all but most likely failed. So after two productive hours at the gym and that one early morning jog on the 2nd of January, it’s time to stay in the seated…
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Pitfalls & Powerups – Forgotten Video Game Mascots
The 80s and 90s were the age of video game mascots. Every company wanted that signature character who they could stick on lunchboxes, t-shirts and, of course, as many of their games as possible. But for every Mario and Sonic, there were a slew of wannabes who, rather than jumping on the bandwagon, just clawed…
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Pitfalls & Powerups – Perverted Ol’ Men
Hear me out. I promise I’m not condoning perverts but as such a widely used character trait during the golden age of home video games, it seemed like one of those things that you could do no right with. Back in the ’70s, a few members of the Atari team left to create a little company…
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Pitfalls & Powerups – Survival Horror
Survival horror games seem to be limited recently, with every AAA title and their dog adding way too much action to their new releases in series that were almost exclusively survival horror – Resident Evil and Dead Space immediately spring to mind. In the days of yore where survival horror was a staple for every…