Richard Cobbett
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This is Amazon: Guardians of Eden, another entry for your worst games of all time list
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Crapshoot We're rerunning Richard Cobbett's classic Crapshoot column, in which he rolled the dice and took a chance on obscure games—both good and bad.
Does The Journeyman Project deserve its cult status?
By Richard Cobbett published
Crapshoot We're rerunning Richard Cobbett's classic Crapshoot column, in which he rolled the dice and took a chance on obscure games—both good and bad.
In this 1991 sim game, you played as Ant Jesus
By Richard Cobbett published
Crapshoot We're rerunning Richard Cobbett's classic Crapshoot column, in which he rolled the dice and took a chance on obscure games—both good and bad.
Muppets Inside was a classic of the 'CD-ROM full of stuff' era
By Richard Cobbett published
Crapshoot We're rerunning Richard Cobbett's classic Crapshoot column, in which he rolled the dice and took a chance on obscure games—both good and bad.
In 1998, hardboiled gumshoe Detective Barbie cracked the case of the carnival caper
By Richard Cobbett published
Crapshoot We're rerunning Richard Cobbett's classic Crapshoot column, in which he rolled the dice and took a chance on obscure games—both good and bad.
Bad Mojo was one of the grossest games ever made
By Richard Cobbett published
Crapshoot We're rerunning Richard Cobbett's classic Crapshoot column, in which he rolled the dice and took a chance on obscure games—both good and bad.
How do the Home Alone videogames hold up?
By Richard Cobbett published
Crapshoot We're rerunning Richard Cobbett's classic Crapshoot column, in which he rolled the dice and took a chance on obscure games—both good and bad.
The ultimate Christmas videogame: Die Hard
By Richard Cobbett published
Crapshoot We're rerunning Richard Cobbett's classic Crapshoot column, in which he rolled the dice and took a chance on obscure games—both good and bad.
Maupiti Island was a detective game unlike any other
By Richard Cobbett published
Crapshoot We're rerunning Richard Cobbett's classic Crapshoot column, in which he rolled the dice and took a chance on obscure games—both good and bad.
Just how bad was the Aerosmith videogame, Revolution X?
By Richard Cobbett published
Crapshoot We're rerunning Richard Cobbett's classic Crapshoot column, in which he rolled the dice and took a chance on obscure games—both good and bad.
A quick tour of Discworld MUD, one of the longest-running online games ever
By Richard Cobbett published
Crapshoot We're rerunning Richard Cobbett's classic Crapshoot column, in which he rolled the dice and took a chance on obscure games—both good and bad.
How does 1990's Future Classics Collection hold up?
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Crapshoot We're rerunning Richard Cobbett's classic Crapshoot column, in which he rolled the dice and took a chance on obscure games—both good and bad.
Before becoming a Call of Duty sequel factory, Treyarch made experimental 1998 action game Die By the Sword
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Crapshoot We're rerunning Richard Cobbett's classic Crapshoot column, in which he rolled the dice and took a chance on obscure games—both good and bad.
In Hell: A Cyberpunk Thriller, Dennis Hopper played a porn baron who dressed like a Pentium
By Richard Cobbett published
Crapshoot We're rerunning Richard Cobbett's classic Crapshoot column, in which he rolled the dice and took a chance on obscure games—both good and bad.
Westwood's forgotten fantasy flight simulator
By Richard Cobbett published
Crapshoot We're rerunning Richard Cobbett's classic Crapshoot column, in which he rolled the dice and took a chance on obscure games—both good and bad.
Another one for the list of terrible adaptations—Aliens: A Comic Book Adventure
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Crapshoot We're rerunning Richard Cobbett's classic Crapshoot column, in which he rolled the dice and took a chance on obscure games—both good and bad.
Guess what They're Alive! ripped off? It's not a trick question
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Crapshoot We're rerunning Richard Cobbett's classic Crapshoot column, in which he rolled the dice and took a chance on obscure games—both good and bad.
Capcom's interactive spy comedy movie Fox Hunt was probably better left forgotten
By Richard Cobbett published
Crapshoot We're rerunning Richard Cobbett's classic Crapshoot column, in which he rolled the dice and took a chance on obscure games—both good and bad.
The Shivah had an awesomely rabbinical take on Monkey Island's insult sword-fighting
By Richard Cobbett published
Crapshoot We're rerunning Richard Cobbett's classic Crapshoot column, in which he rolled the dice and took a chance on obscure games—both good and bad.
Great moments in PC gaming: The Dark Carnival level in Blood
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Hot Blooded Who doesn't love throwing TNT at mimes?
That time National Lampoon made a parody chess game
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Crapshoot We're rerunning Richard Cobbett's classic Crapshoot column, in which he rolled the dice and took a chance on obscure games—both good and bad.
Civilization: From Alpha Centauri To Beyond Earth
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Critical Paths It's not just the journey... it's the people you meet on the way.
What if the 1991 Lone Wolf videogame was actually a choose-your-own-adventure book?
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Crapshoot We're rerunning Richard Cobbett's classic Crapshoot column, in which he rolled the dice and took a chance on obscure games—both good and bad.
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