Articles by Tom Orry

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The Medium review – excellent old-school horror with a touch too much jank

27 1 月, 2021 Tom Orry 0

Bloober Team’s latest goes under the microscope in our The Medium review.The Medium isn’t really the game I thought it was. Maybe I should have been paying closer attention to Bloober Team’s Xbox Series X|S and PC exclusive, but this is an old-school horror game through the lens of next-gen power and possibilities. This isn’t […]

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The Medium Interview: Bloober Team talks Xbox Series S power, Game Pass, and new-gen challenges

25 1 月, 2021 Tom Orry 0

With Xbox Series X|S about to get its first proper console exclusive, The Medium dev Bloober Team talks about how the studio has accomplished this achievement.The Medium is Bloober Team’s most ambitious game to date. Not only is it the biggest production the developer has taken on, but it’s also a next-gen Xbox console exclusive […]

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How as a child I used Encarta 95 to sneak a gaming PC into my house

14 1 月, 2021 Tom Orry 0

I can’t have been the only child that made a presentation for their parents in order to sell the value of a home PC in the mid-90s.If you are a fortunate child of the mid-90s you’ll have experience with Encarta, the interactive CD-based encyclopedia from Microsoft. My son being taught how to research a subject […]

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PS5 already looks unbeatable

11 1 月, 2021 Tom Orry 0

We’re two months from the release of the new consoles, yet it already feels like Sony has won the generation.For a while I thought this console generation would be different. Sony seemed to be floundering a little, barely saying anything about the PS5 while Microsoft pushed forward the narrative of the Xbox Series X being […]

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Where are the Xbox Series X|S games? MS needs to give some updates, and soon

11 1 月, 2021 Tom Orry 0

As we kick off 2021, only one next-gen exclusive, a delayed 2020 game, has a release date for the new consoles.I was super hyped for the Xbox Series X/S. I’m a sucker for new consoles, so this is no surprise, but I think it’s pretty clear now that after the big day arrived like a […]

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I like easy games, don’t kill me

6 1 月, 2021 Tom Orry 0

Sometimes I just want to have a traditional gaming experience without the stress and lost time.No, this isn’t a stealth “Dark Souls should have an easy mode” article. I’m talking about the joy of a game that just lets you play without the usual video game tropes that bog you down: death and replaying sections […]

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Best of 2020: Astro’s Playroom, and Tom’s other GOTY picks

19 12 月, 2020 Tom Orry 0

I thought Astro’s Playroom was going to be a throwaway pack-in title. I was wrong.Given that the PS5 had big hitters Spider-Man Miles Morales and Demon’s Souls arrive alongside it, Astro’s Playroom being my favorite launch game is hugely surprising. I figured it would be a gimmick-fest: a few bleeps and bloops out of the […]

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The games I should have written about but didn’t get round to and now feel guilty about, Christmas edition

18 12 月, 2020 Tom Orry 0

Read some very brief thoughts on FIFA 21, Overcooked, Spider-Man PS5, and more.It’s Christmas, sort of, and while the wonder that is two weeks off work is inching ever closer, the guilt I feel for not writing about certain games is weighing me down. To lift that from my shoulders and not at all to […]

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The VG247 reader survey

16 12 月, 2020 Tom Orry 0

Hello. Please help us shape the site as we move into 2021.Yes, we know we had one of these earlier in the year, but as 2021 is shaping up to be a big year for VG247 we wanted to capture your thoughts and feelings again on a variety of topics.This survey is anonymous and confidential, […]

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