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• Driving ambition: pCARS, crowdfunding and the FSA

• Trowel 19/04/2013

  Nice article, but just to rain on the parade a touch the FSA have been the FCA (Financial Conduct Authority) since the start of April. Reply 0

• Remember this - is Capcom's new IP the last of a dying breed?

• Trowel 09/04/2013

  The last of a dying breed until the next generation of dying breeds? Reply +9

• Don't expect more updated versions of classic Capcom fighting games

• Trowel 09/04/2013

  Get going with Super Ghouls and Ghosts HD instead please. Reply +14

• Saturday Soapbox: The high cost of high standards

• Trowel 06/04/2013

  So can we assume EG will no longer run the hyper-critical Digital Foundry comparisons? Reply +8

• Nvidia's disembodied head called Ira

• Trowel 21/03/2013

  /inhales helium
  
  "Ira is a legitimate disembodied head." Reply 0

• Apple iPad 4 review

• Trowel 20/12/2012

  "for our money, the best larger tablet on the market today"
  
  Presumably "today" being October, as the review makes not even a passing mention of the Nexus 10? Reply +4

• Are the rich old men ruining Kickstarter?

• Trowel 15/12/2012

  I see the author's point, but no-one's forcing people to support them. Reply +1

• Editor's Blog: New Editorial Policies

• Trowel 09/11/2012

  Will we still get advertorials for dating sites? Reply +3

• X-COM creator Julian Gollop has announced a sequel to Chaos

• Trowel 02/11/2012

  Real/Illusion? Reply +4

• Saturday Soapbox: Hard times are here again

• Trowel 27/10/2012

  To clarify, I agree with his point to an extent, but I imagine 99% of the people who bought Dishonoured played it any way they bloody well pleased. Reply +1

• Trowel 27/10/2012

  If you're an idiot, you can indeed blast through it in four or five hours.

  Stopped reading there. Not everyone has the time to "roam the wilderness" (for "freelancer" read unemployed?). Why love games, but cast damming judgement on how other people decide to play them? Reply +11

• Super Meat Boy developer announces mutant cat game Mew-Genics

• Trowel 22/10/2012

  Very distinctive joined heads, seems to be a copy of The London Police's art work? Reply 0

• Salman Rushdie was an avid Super Mario World player while in hiding

• Trowel 10/10/2012

  Satanic vs. M Bison. Reply +3

• PES 2013 review

• Trowel 18/09/2012

  The wind is rushing through the stadium with this one. Reply +24

• Steam's Big Picture Mode to launch tonight

• Trowel 10/09/2012

  /checks position of A + B buttons on controller
  
  Fuck... Reply +1

• Saturday Soapbox: Adult Gaming

• Trowel 08/09/2012

  I don't know why there's this obsession to validate gaming into adulthood by elevating certain games to a higher status. Games not far removed from the likes of Spelunky and Fez existed when we were 12; they were for kids then, and they still are now.
  
  The content may sometimes be perceived as "mature", but the very nature of gaming is escapism, which is age agnostic. Just enjoy what you enjoy, arthritis permitting. Reply +12

• Football Manager 2013 introduces a "less time-consuming" Classic mode

• Trowel 06/09/2012

  Sold! I stopped at CM3 and still play CM 96/97, but this will drag me back...
  
  ... Oh God no!! Reply +1

• Tearaway Preview: World of Papercraft

• Trowel 24/08/2012

  How do we view, let alone print, PDFs on Vita? Reply 0

• Saturday Soapbox: Yearning Japanese

• Trowel 04/08/2012

  Fond memories of the WE6:FE commentary too: From "Doh...robbiekeane." to the brilliant can-can goal commentary :) Reply +1

• Two-button fighting game Divekick finds publisher, cancels Kickstarter

• Trowel 31/07/2012

  Publishers: the new Kickstarter. Reply +13

• X-Wing Retrospective

• Trowel 01/07/2012

  Brings back memories of StarLancer on the Dreamcast, a forgotten gem. Reply +1

• Eve Online has "what may be the most crafty players in the world" - CCP

• Trowel 29/06/2012

  Quantitative Eve-ing? Reply +24

• Saturday Soapbox: The Majesty of Menus

• Trowel 23/06/2012

  Another classic menu attract screen moment is Super Metroid, where if you leave it long enough you get a sneek peek of Samus's secret energy recharge. Reply +3

• Tech, Teasing and Torture Porn: Eurogamer's E3 Predictions

• Trowel 04/06/2012

  Is this cool? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vWHNwmzf1o
  
  \o/ Reply +5

• Japan chart: Vita sales slump to new sub-10k low

• Trowel 11/04/2012

  Vita sales down 27%, but 3DS sales down 40% yet no hyperbole there, plummeted being a measure of relative movement and all? Reply -3