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The Adventures of Bertram Fiddle: Chapter 2 Review

Platforms: PC Reviewed On: PC Developer: Mundus Publisher: Deck13 Singleplayer: Yes Multiplayer: No Review code provided free of charge by the publisher. The Adventures of Bertram Fiddle: Episode 2 might just have the most amount of puns in a videogame ever. Practically each and every sentence somehow manages to contain a pun relating to a nearby item, a name or anything else the writers manage to think of. It’s wonderful. It’s stupid. It’s annoying. It’s funny. God, puns evoke such complex emotions, don’t they? As you’ve probably already surmised from the title of the game there was a first episode of The Adventures of Bertram Fiddle a few years back that I never got around to playing. Happily, though, this second episode is entirely standalone and like me you can enjoy from beginning to end without ever having touched the first game. There are a few references to the previous adventures of the protagonist, but they’re small and you don’t feel like you’re missing something im...

Adventures At 4TG Game Con 2017, Aberdeen

This post contains a sponsored advertisement link. The seething mass of bodies all packed into one place is a stark reminder of just how big games have become since I was but a lad in the ’90s where it was still seen, along with comics, as a geeky hobby. Now it seems everyone plays games, either casually on a phone or tablet for a few minutes a day or on a custom PC that costs a terrifying amount of money. Games are just part of everyday life now, and conventions are springing up all over the place. Now there are people from all walks of life celebrating a medium that has gone from strength to strength. Walking the concrete floors are kids, teenagers, moms, dads, businessmen, grandfathers, grandmothers and more. There are no barriers now that games have gotten almost complete mainstream acceptance, and it’s amazing to see. This is 4TG’s second year, and stepping into the venue at Aberdeen AECC I was eager to see if it had gotten bigger since its 2016 debut. It had. Sure, the event i...