[dropcap]W[/dropcap]e begin our Game of the Year countdown with one of the best games of the year that wins our Best Sports Game as well as perhaps one of the worst. It’s so plagued with bugs and glitches that it gets an award all of it’s own. Stay tuned in for...
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[dropcap]I[/dropcap]f Bethesda’s latest effort somehow doesn’t fulfil your desire for the post-apocaylpse, or you prefer to experience your nuclear war on a budget, then 60 Seconds, the two-part story of one family’s attempt to survive the end of the world, could be for you. [divider] 60 seconds’ two parts differ...
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[dropcap]H[/dropcap]aving spent the last ten years playing through the Halo series, I’d consider myself something of a fan. From the revolutionary first-person shooting of Halo: Combat Evolved to the RTS combat of Halo Wars, I’ve experienced the width and breadth of what the Halo Universe has to offer on consoles....
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Ali Jones, Games editor, defends people's right to not participate in the Poppy Appeal and to choose the charities they want to support
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[dropcap]I[/dropcap]t’s not exactly surprising with Mad Max’s gasoline-hungry desert to compete with, but as the second instalment in a trilogy, it’s a real shame that LISA: The Painful RPG is as underappreciated as it is. The game focuses around your quest to find your kidnapped daughter in a world where...
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Ali Jones watched Warwick Women's Rugby win their BUCS opener against Lincoln.
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[dropcap]T[/dropcap]urning up to the National Exhibition Centre at 9.30 on the first day of EGX, the UK’s biggest gaming exhibition, I thought it would only be the hardcore fans and some particularly zealous press that would be arriving before me. Unfortunately, I was wrong, and by the time I arrived,...
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[dropcap]U[/dropcap]ni is crammed full of new experiences, from trying out a whole new sport to just managing to cook something resembling a meal for the first time. For four Boar Games writers, however, coming to uni marked a notable change in how they chose to use their downtime. [divider] Ali...
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[dropcap]R[/dropcap]ONIN looks a lot like two games I enjoyed a huge amount – the shadowy backdrop and indulgent katana usage feels a lot like Mark of the Ninja, while its jump arcs and vaguely cyberpunk aesthetic reminded me of Gunpoint. In reality, though, despite appearing to be the love-child of these two games, RONIN spends...
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Ali Jones takes a look at Frank Turner's latest effort, 'Positive Songs for Negative People'.
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The Boar's editorial and business team break their silence on the result of the General Election 2015
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Hotline Miami 2 was a title I always had a certain degree of excitement for. Sequels to such spot-on games as Hotline Miami normally bring with them a large amount of cynicism and criticism from me, as so few of them nail the magic or innovation of the originals. One...
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Is creating your own hero from a blank slate great, or is it all just a waste of time? Two of our writers decide...
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