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Project CARS Review

LOOSE IN THE CORNERS


With the current generation of consoles still waiting on its first true simulation racing game, long-anticipated title Project CARS arrived on the scene last week after spending years in development. Slightly Mad Studios’ racer is as deep in simulation as the genre offers, but the game’s tires spin a little bit off the line. How does it hold up through the rest of the track? Continue reading Project CARS Review

Not a Hero Review

VOTE FOR BUNNYLORD!

You will know whether you like Not a Hero within the first 15 minutes of playing it. Why? It’s simple. It’s an easy to understand game that keeps you invested by giving you an interesting challenge with just the core mechanics. That is why even though the game never really changes after that first 15 minutes, it never needs to. Not a Hero is a game with a funny premise and fun mechanics. That’s it, and that’s all you will need. So what is Not a Hero? Well, it’s a 2D-shooter about politics! Seriously! Continue reading Not a Hero Review

Lost Orbit Review

LOSING CONTROL

Do you know that feeling of skiing down a steep hill, one that is a little above your skill level? As the speed increases the control you thought you had slowly dissolves. The use of your treasured pizza-frenchfry technique proves futile leaving you with two options: crash into the snow and watch your skis fly through the air, or focus and pull of a badass maneuver to gain back control. Continue reading Lost Orbit Review

Guitar Hero Live Setlist Expanded

Activision again expanded its setlist for the upcoming Guitar Hero Live as they revealed an additional 10 tracks on Tuesday.

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Toren Review

LOST IN TRANSLATION?


Toren is the first game by Brazilian developer, Swordtales. This stylish platformer is also one of the first games to come out of the country’s Brazilian Cultural Incentive Law, which allows any Brazilian corporation to pay a percentage of its income tax to finance “cultural projects.” Suffice it to say that Toren takes the nurturing of that imaginative culture very seriously through its abstract and, at times, ambiguous plot. Poetry plays a large part in Swordtales’ storytelling here, and the developer’s artistic style is hard to ignore even at a glance. Still, even with such seeming care and attention to bring a video game into the realm of “high art,” could it be that the drive to build a game got a little lost?

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Ronimo Games (Swords and Soldiers II) Interview

Swords and Soldiers was one of the most underrated WiiWare games, and with Swords and Soldiers II coming out this week, we here at Middle of Nowhere Gaming decided to catch up with Dutch developer Ronimo Games. Continue reading Ronimo Games (Swords and Soldiers II) Interview