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The Pump review: Arnold Schwarzenegger offers his muscle building expertise to the masses

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The Pump app on a phone surrounded by fitness equipment

You’ve heard of Arnold Schwarzenegger. You are familiar with the best fitness apps. Put the two together and what do you get? The pump, that’s what. The app is Arnie’s latest way to offer his considerable training experience and expertise to “anyone with access to a phone.” Instead of offering thousands of clear video workouts … Read more

Poll: What review score would you give Paper Mario: The Thousand-Yard Door?

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Well, the original is my favorite game of all time, which is easily a 10/10 for me. For the remake, I would give it a 9 or a 10, but it’s hard to say. In many ways the game is an improvement over the original, but there are other elements that I don’t think I … Read more

Besiege: The Splintered Sea review: a small ship for extended sea travel

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I can’t compare my experience writing a review for The Splintered Sea, the first paid expansion for the dastardly clever physics puzzle builder Besiege, to that of a journalist keeping a diary facing deadly storms on the horizon. But if we take for granted the idea that a review is only really valuable as an insight into the player’s experience, I haven’t felt particularly good this week. That in mind: Splintered Sea is more Besiege, carefully applied to the already extensive toolkit. More importantly, it’s currently bringing me deep and much-needed moments of untainted, childlike, vaguely-Orcish joy.

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Review: XDefiant (PS5) – Solid shooter that doesn’t stand out much, but still has potential

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The multiplayer shooter genre has gone through a strange movement in recent years. Call of Duty just isn’t what it used to be, Battlefield 2042 missed the mark somewhat, and even Apex Legends has become less interesting as it enters its 21st season of content. This is where a whole bunch of new kids have … Read more

Wizardry: Proving Grounds Of The Mad Overlord PS5 Review

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Wizardry – The Mother of All Roleplayers (Digital Eclipse) GameCentral discusses the most influential video game you’ve never heard of and the precursor to everything from Final Fantasy to Fallout. A few months ago there was a brief debate about whether the term JRPG was derogatory. It was initiated by developers trying to promote Final … Read more

Review: Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Switch) – Still the king of Mario RPGs

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Subscribe to Nintendo Life at YouTube767k Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door was held as the standard for Mario RPGs for 20 years. It, along with its predecessor N64, captured what fans wanted from their turn-based adventures starring plumbers: silly humor, epic adventures, fantastic combat and charm. Purists often see the GameCube original as the end … Read more

Galacticare review: a crazy space sim in the Bullfrog tradition, with a great sense of humor

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Crazy space station management sim Startopia and crazy hospital sim Theme Hospital are two of my favorite older games, so I was really happy with the concept of Galacticare, a crazy space station hospital management sim. And you know what? It is awesome! From the first reveals and previews, I thought it might happen at wacky, but the tone is right, has some really standout levels, and bugs in previous builds have been squashed (much like you can manually splatter little parasites that enter your hospital). I can see this becoming a go-to comfort game for me.

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Review: System Shock (PS5) – A faithful remake that shows its age

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They just don’t make ’em like they used to, do they? 30 years after its launch on PC, the holy grail of immersive sims, System Shock, has made its way to PS4 and PS5 with this slick remake. This is the first chance we PlayStation players have had to try out the game that inspired … Read more