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Clive Barker’s Jericho in 2007: PC Planet’s 91% and the QTEs I Hated

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PC Planet gave Clive Barker’s Jericho 91% in 2007. I played it on Xbox 360 when it came out and returned to it once later. Reading that score now, I can recognise the game the reviewer describes, but I remember being frustrated far more often than I remember enjoying it. The monsters, blood, ruined buildings […]

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Xodus on Linux: I Still Want Games I Can Keep

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Xodus is a pretty damn impressive project. An open-source attempt to bring Xbox PC games to Linux, working on the pieces Microsoft has never provided there. I like seeing developers take something that supposedly needs Windows and start pulling that requirement apart. I have spent stupid amounts of time getting Windows software working through Wine […]

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13 PC Games for 26 DKK at Mission Afrika Plus a Hidden Claw Dis

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Thirteen PC game cases for 26 kroner at Mission Afrika genbrug in Frederikssund. Two kroner a case, and an extra game turned up when I opened Age of Empires: a loose Claw disc. No cover, no matching box, just a pirate cat sitting inside a strategy game. I normally try to keep these second-hand PC […]

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Empire Earth II in 2005: The Huge RTS I Only Really Enjoyed With Friends

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Empire Earth II wanted to put most of human history on one battlefield. Fifteen epochs, fourteen civilizations, changing resources, borders, diplomacy, weather and armies that could grow from early warriors into machinery from the future. PC Planet Denmark gave it 85% in 2005. I understand the attraction. I also understand why, after all that ambition, […]

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Hitman 2: Silent Assassin Denmark’s Famous Contract Killer Returned in 2002

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I have seven Hitman games in my Steam library, and I still would not call myself a Hitman fan. Blood Money got some of my time. Absolution got considerably more. I have played a little World of Assassination too, but the older games mostly sit there. Having a series in my collection does not mean […]

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Unreal Tournament 2003: The Stunning PC Shooter That Blew Gamers Away in 2002

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In 2002, Computer for Alle presented Unreal Tournament 2003 as one of the most beautiful PC games in the world. Looking at the screenshots, I understand the excitement. Looking at the game as a sequel, I have more questions. I have been gaming since the late 80s and early 90s. I remember the period when […]

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Gaming in Denmark: From the C64 to an Industry That Forgot Its Players

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There is something strange about watching Danish television from the 1980s while looking at the gaming industry we have today. On that old screen, people are trying to understand what a computer can do. A game on the television is enough to make somebody lean forward, pick up the controls and forget the time. Then […]

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LEGO Spybotics: When LEGO Sent Kids on Secret Robot Missions

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A LEGO robot, a PC and a secret mission that ended up on the floor instead of staying inside the monitor. I like that idea. LEGO Spybotics tried it in 2002, with four small robots built around programmable electronics. The computer gave you the briefing and the settings. Your room supplied the battlefield. It is […]

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