Monthly Archives: November 2011

A Look at ‘Metro 2033’, or, Virtue in a Broken World

Metro 2033 is a first-person shooter set in a post-apocalyptic Moscow frozen stiff in the grip of a nuclear winter. As the bombs fell some managed to take refuge in the Moscow metro system, and today, long after that time, … Continue reading

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Activate the Three Artefacts and then Leave

Steven Lavelle is fond of making games that make you feel uncomfortable. In previous efforts he’s had you controlling an old man falling apart, function by biological function, in a nursing home, a parent searching vainly for their long-lost child, … Continue reading

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