Machinarium - Review (PC and Mobile game)

It was love at first sight. From the moment I first saw ‘Machinarium’ sitting in the list of recommended games I knew it was to be mine. For a price so meager it was almost an insult I downloaded an exceptionally tiny game of around 200MB and proceeded to be astounded by a puzzle game that was bursting with personality, story and beautifully hand drawn artwork.  Developer: Amanita Design Genre: Adventure, puzzle, point and clickRelease...

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Harvest moon, A Wonderful Life, SE: Befriending villagers and receiving gifts

Certain villagers will give you gifts if you befriend them. You can find a list of who gives what further down below. You know if a villager is your friend because when you walk past them they will turn their head to look at you, practically snapping their own necks in the process. It’s a very obvious animation but only occurs when they’re moving. To befriend a villager you must give them enough gifts to get, what I will be calling, ‘friendship...

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Haunting Ground - Review (PlayStation 2 game)

A young girl finds herself trapped inside a castle with no memory of how she got there. The twisted and monstrous inhabitants of the castle chase and attack Fiona as she tries to find the way out, solving puzzles and hiding all along the way. Joined only by a white German Shepard called Hewie the two must team up and escape Belli Castle in what turns out to be a very well written, surprisingly artistic survival horror game where puzzle solving...

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Harvest Moon, A Wonderful Life: SE: Marriage, Dating and The Girls

In Harvest Moon, A Wonderful Life Special Edition there are four girls to marry; Celia, Muffy, Nami and Lumina and it’s an essential part of the game to pick one of them. If you haven’t married by the end of Year 1 then it’s game over for you. If you feel like you’re under pressure, then good, because you are. If you haven’t proposed to any of the girls by the end of the 10th day of Winter then the one who likes you the most will ask you. If you...

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