By Thistle, on December 20th, 2009
In the middle of the on-going search for free or next to free games I bumped into a link offering cheap copies of Torchlight. Such links are often best avoided but this was pointing straight to the Steam download service. Safe territory and source of a few classic bargains over the years.
By Thistle, on December 8th, 2009
Time to round up our Christmas list with a few suggestions suited to older teenagers or adults. We’re opting for entertainment over anything else and why not!
Batman: The Killing Joke
Batman: The Killing Joke
The Killing Joke builds on the ‘Dark Batman, Dark Gotham’ restyling which saved the franchise following the [...]
By Thistle, on December 3rd, 2009
There’s often a thin line between boardgames and ‘bored games’. Too competitive, too long and too slow are some of the fairly frequent difficulties that can ruin gameplay. The rules also tend to be read like they’re set in stone, and it’s tricky to apply working fixes unless you’re used to the kind [...]
By Thistle, on November 29th, 2009
Keeping children occupied without sending them off on their own doesn’t need to be hard work. Our suggestions for kids of 7+ can fit in the living room and be as entertaining for adults as for kids. They also present plenty of opportunities to help children get started on an activity or to [...]
By Thistle, on November 29th, 2009
This is the first of a series of posts about possible Christmas gifts which encourage imaginative and/ or family play. We’ve sets for the 3+, 7+, 11+ and 16+ ranges. The exact age for each kid can vary quite a lot, so the age ranges are just a guide. The amount of support [...]
By Thistle, on November 22nd, 2009
Add-ons and fillers don’t usually catch our attention. Until we heard about a certain confusion over different versions of Assassin’s Creed 2. The differences between the PS3, the XBox and the delayed PC versions are obvious when ordering. We went online to check on the differences between the different limited editions.
Those [...]
By Thistle, on June 14th, 2009
AD&D 4e has been out for a year and it continues to get mixed reactions from RPG players. Some players see changes from AD&D 3.5e as unnecessary and feel that the game has moved closer to videogames like WoW and Diablo. Others like the emphasis on combat and seem more than happy to [...]
