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Excalibur review
| Reading time: 2 minutes
Excalibur is the conclusion to Bernard Cornwell's Arthurian trilogy, and is the best of the series. In Excalibur Cornwell masterfully brings to a conclusion plot points he's been weaving for hundreds of pages, and never once misses a step. Every character is given a satisfying - if bittersweet -...
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A Way Out review
| Reading time: 2 minutes
A while ago I posted my initial thoughts on A Way Out, and now that I've finished the game I'd like to expand on them a bit. A way out is pretty unique, being co-op only, and that remains its biggest strength. Gameplay never really evolves past simple puzzles and QTEs, but this game isn't trying...
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Hogwarts Legacy Review
| Reading time: 4 minutes
A few weeks ago I made a post about Hogwarts Legacy, and I laid the praise on pretty thick. I've now beaten the game, and while I still very much enjoyed the game I do need to dial back the compliments a bit. I've completed the vast majority of the game's content and seen the true ending, and...
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Enemy of God review
| Reading time: ~1 minute
Enemy of God suffers, ever so slightly, from "second book syndrome". Clearly the second part of a planned three book trilogy, it definitely takes some time to get going. An improvement in some ways on the first book, with more developed characters and plots and schemes finally coming together, it...
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The Winter King review
| Reading time: 2 minutes
I'm a huge fan of historical fiction and history in general, but I have to admit that beyond the broad strokes, I'm pretty unfamiliar with the legend of Arthur. Everyone knows about the Sword in the Stone, the Round Table, and Merlin, but I've never read the "source material" myself. So when I...
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Tom Swan and the Keys of Saint Peter Review
| Reading time: ~1 minute
Tom Swan and the Keys of Saint Peter is Christian Cameron's first novel-length Tom Swan adventure, the former all being serialized novels realized in parts. It loses nothing as it gains length, in fact, Saint Peter might be the strongest entry yet.
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