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Steam

Steam Addicts Anonymous

Joseph Butler-Hartley CH-D, Editorials, ES, Featured, JB-H, TC, TeamZ1G

We have a lot of fun here at Z1G, but it’s time we addressed a serious issue that’s affecting PC gamers across the world. I’m talking, of course, about Steam Addiction, and the game hoarding that comes with it. According to completely verified and trustworthy statistics, 70% of the games in the average PC gamer’s library are unplayed. The first step towards solving a problem is admitting it, so JBH, Trent, Chris and Ed decided it was time to get their addictions under control by working through some of the unplayed games in their library, one at a time. Read more …

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Silence of the Sleep Review

Ed Spader ES, PC, Reviews

Any misplaced hopes that you might possess of Silence of the Sleep being an uplifting tale disintegrates in the opening moments when you witness the main character, Jacob Reeves, standing on the edge of a cliff pondering his existence. Having apparently nothing to live for, he jumps to what he considers his eminent mortal demise only to awaken in a dark room some time later in a shadowy netherworld known as “the Blackness.” Portraying Jacob, you must interact with the game’s dark environments and the denizens living out their eternities in the Blackness to find clues, solve puzzles and escape the numerous horrors awaiting you behind the next door. Read more …

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Kraven Manor Review

Ed Spader ES, PC, Reviews

It’s October, the scariest time of the year filled with the sights and sounds of ghouls, ghosts, witches and carved jack-o-lanterns. Fear is an innate emotion we all share, with some of us taking it upon ourselves to find and explore its concepts — if only to prove the fact that we can conquer and dispel it. Survival horror games are one such way to experience fear. Many of those I’ve played forced me to sleep with the lights on while others fizzled, providing only a few cheap thrills. Considering the time of the year, I thought a survival horror review was in order. Enter Kraven Manor, an indie budget title by Demon Wagon Studios recently released on Steam. Read more …

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The Games That Make Us Feel

Ed Spader Editorials, ES

I watch American football, and not just for the cheerleaders. I eat my steaks rare and drink plenty of beer to go along with them. I enjoy movies with plenty of explosions where the guy always gets the girl and the villains always get what’s coming to them in the end. This is real manly stuff. I can feel the testosterone surging through my blood vessels just writing about this. Who wants some? You, punk?

And I play a lot of games. You name it, and I’ve probably tried it, from text adventures to FPS titles and everything in between. But there’s a special place in my heart for a rare few that – and I’m not ashamed to admit this – made me feel. Hell, I even played a teenage princess in Long Live the Queen, and that’s as far away from Manly Manville as you can possibly get. But I liked it, and I grew fond of the teenage Queen that I became. Hey, don’t judge. You don’t know me.

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