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  • Review of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

    This review originally appeared on Steam. See more reviews by Dan. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Rating: ๐Ÿ‘ Spectacular, deep, enormous, living world. And I just wanted to explore it, take on epic quests, carve out a legacy as an adventurer.

    But then I took an arrow in the knee.

    Seriously though: an awesome game. I spent โ€ฆ

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    • posted 18 December, 2011
  • Review of Beat Hazard

    This review originally appeared on Steam. See more reviews by Dan. Beat Hazard Rating: ๐Ÿ‘ Man, I play so much of this game. Whether you've got an hour to spare or just three minutes, there's nothing like firing up Beat Hazard and blasting aliens to the sound of your favourite music, turned up nice and โ€ฆ

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    • Review
    • posted 16 June, 2011
  • Review of Leisure Suit Larry: Magna Cum Laude (PC CD)

    This review originally appeared on Amazon. See more reviews by Dan. Leisure Suit Larry: Magna Cum Laude (PC CD) Rating: โญโญโญ Moderately Amusing; But Somewhat Repetitive
    Sadly, the dramatic graphical improvements over the previous 'Larry' games is countered by a significant reduction in playability. Most of the sub-quests come down to one of five or โ€ฆ

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    • Review
    • posted 13 December, 2004
  • Review of Enter the Matrix (PC)

    This review originally appeared on Amazon. See more reviews by Dan. Enter the Matrix (PC), Video Game Rating: โญโญ Released Five Months Too Soon
    As a professional software developer (and an avid fan of The Matrix), I can tell you what went wrong with this game: it was released too soon! While great in principle โ€ฆ

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    • Review
    • posted 9 June, 2003
  • Review of Windows XP Home Edition Upgrade

    This review originally appeared on Amazon. See more reviews by Dan. Windows XP Home Edition Upgrade, CD-ROM Rating: โญโญโญ Use Windows XP Pro
    The XP Suite of Operating Systems IS good, but why go for the Home edition? It's fundamentally crippled. Most of the code remains the same as for the Professional edition, but the โ€ฆ

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    • posted 17 April, 2003

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