Mean Machines

(Found in a rubbish bag in the rain. Lucky me!)

My Top "Four" Computer Games EVER

There was a #MyFave4GamesEVER thing on twitter.

I couldn't stick to four.

Trenchcoat Cyborg Murder

Some time ago there was a game called Syndicate. It was a sort-of-strategy game in which you controlled a squad of trenchcoat-clad cyborgs in an attempt to force your corporate rivals out of a number of futuristic cities. It played a bit like a more complex Cannon Fodder but with less comedy. Except when you sent your agents running around with flamethrowers. Or squeezed forty people into a car then blew it up with a laser.



There was a sequel that wasn't quite as good and in 2012 a remake, but because the video game industry is being invaded by the sorts of dull, unimaginative idiots who infest the film industry it was a first-person shooter Doom-clone, because there aren't enough of those yet. It makes one want to put a Persuadertron to one's head.

5 Lives Studios are producing a game called Satellite Reign. It's not a Doom-clone but it does look a bit familiar, in the best possible way.

The Chaos Has Ended. You Will Be Remembered.

But Aren't Mercenaries By Default "For Hire"?

I was reminded of this by the ever-excellent British old school gaming tumblr:



To this day the Amiga is one of my favourite gaming machines, although don't tell my father; he thinks he bought it so I could do my school work.