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by Martin Mulrooney | 26/06/2025 · 7:00 pm

FEATURE ARTICLE – Silent Hill 2 Remake: In My Restless Dreams, I See That Video Game

By Marty Mulrooney

Silent Hill 2 (2024) is a ground-up remake of the seminal survival horror game of the same name (2001). When it was first announced in October 2022, I remember being completely blown away by the graphical fidelity, art direction and soundscape of the teaser trailer. I also remember thinking: ‘It’s such a shame I won’t be able to play it.’ The prospect filled me with dread. Yet, when it was finally released two years later, much to my own surprise, I bought it, played it and completed it. And I haven’t stopped thinking about it since.

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Tagged as Horror, James Sunderland, Silent Hill, Silent Hill 2, Silent Hill 2 Remake, Video Games

by Martin Mulrooney | 12/05/2025 · 10:10 pm

GAME REVIEW – World of Goo 2 (PC)

By Marty Mulrooney

World of Goo 2 is a physics-based puzzle video game developed by 2D Boy and Tomorrow Corporation. Just like its predecessor, World of Goo (2008) – which AMO’s review described as ‘an instant classic’ and ‘the most insanely brilliant, hardcore-casual game ever made’ – this long-awaited sequel presents a series of increasingly mind-boggling levels that involve building structures using goo balls to solve puzzles and reach the exit.

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by Martin Mulrooney | 28/04/2025 · 8:52 pm

GAME REVIEW – Rosewater (PC)

By Marty Mulrooney

Rosewater is a Wild West point-and-click adventure game set in the alternate 19th-century world of Vespuccia. Developed by Grundislav Games (Francisco González) and published by Application Systems Heidelberg, players take control of brawler-turned-writer Harley Leger as she travels across the frontier with five eclectic companions in search of a missing fortune.

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Tagged as Adventure Games, Francisco González, Gavin Hammon, Grundislav Games, Lamplight City, Maya Murphy, pc, point and click, Review, Roger Clark, Rosewater, Shardlight, Video Games

by Martin Mulrooney | 02/04/2025 · 8:01 am

GAME REVIEW – Croc: Legend of the Gobbos Remaster (PlayStation 5)

By Marty Mulrooney

Croc: Legend of the Gobbos is a remaster of the beloved 3D platformer of the same name originally released in 1997 for PlayStation, Sega Saturn and PC. With updated modern controls, HD graphics and a ‘Crocipedia’ filled with video interviews, development materials, music and more, this new release from reformed studio Argonaut Games brings the multi-million-selling hit to modern PCs and consoles, including the PlayStation, Nintendo and Xbox digital storefronts.

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