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Broken Trails: June 2014
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Thursday, 12 June 2014. Some time back I wrote about a game and a book called 'Homefront' that came from the pens of John Millius (Red Dawn and Apocalypse Now) and novelist Raymond Benson. Both came under heavy criticism from games reviewers - the 'Homefront' game recoding an average score of 7. Now 'Homefront' is about to rise, phoenix-style, from the ashes. Crytek UK has not only breathed new life into the franchise but expanded the whole experience into open world. Early reports say that 'Home...The s...
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Broken Trails: August 2014
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Friday, 29 August 2014. THE RISE (OR FALL) OF THE TOMB RAIDER. Way back when Lara Croft hit the games consoles she did so on the Playstation One. From that moment on Crystal Dynamics started one of the biggest grossing game franchises that spawned adds and two movies. Over the years the adventures of Lara Croft have evolved to the point where, under Square Enix, Tomb Raider was re-invented without losing her appeal. Old and new generations of gamers were united in their approval. I doubt if Xbox sales wi...
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Broken Trails: November 2014
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Saturday, 8 November 2014. CALL OF DUTY: ADVANCED WARFARE. Go to Call Of Duty's Facebook page and 99% of the comments cry out that the franchise is dead. For something that is 'dead' the midnight launch on the 3rd November seemed to be well attended and I was told that the version for the PS4 outsold those for the Xbox. Whatever the view 'Advanced Warfare' came from Sledgehammer Games who were behind another CoD title 'Modern Warfare 3' (and is the first CoD game that I played. Saturday, 1 November 2014.
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Broken Trails: January 2014
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Monday, 27 January 2014. KILLING TIME by Jack Giles. KILLING TIME by Jack Giles is now available on Kindle at Amazon and other e-readers and downloads. This is a new departure for me - embracing the world of digital publishing. So my thanks go to Endeavour Press and Amy Durant for making it happen. Let's just say that the during the gap between 'Lawmen' and this new e-book I have just been 'KILLING TIME'. Labels: Killing Time - Jack Giles - Endeavour Press - Steve Myall - Western Fiction Review. The peac...
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Broken Trails: WWE2K15 (video game)
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Saturday, 1 November 2014. The con is on. As soon as the disc loaded I thought that I had put the wrong one in. The promised My Career mode wasn't there; the creation mode was the same as in the previous years and the modes were the same. This could well have been WWE2K14 or 13 (when it was in the hands of the unimaginative THQ who churned out the same game like forever). It looks as though 2K is following on. Labels: WWE2K15 - 2K. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). View my complete profile.
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Broken Trails: March 2014
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Thursday, 27 March 2014. THE PATIENCE OF THE IMPATIENT PATIENT by Ray Foster. THE PATIENCE OF THE IMPATIENT PATIENT. In big red digital letters the screen reads: ‘Patients who are ten minutes late for their appointment may not be seen.’. So, if I’m late the doctor has the right to refuse to see me – what reciprocal right do I have? I mean if he’s ten minutes late for the appointment can I fine him? Go home and demand another appointment? No, it’s all self-defeating. Should have brought a book. Then there...
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Broken Trails: AGEISM IS ALIVE AND WELL
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Tuesday, 14 October 2014. AGEISM IS ALIVE AND WELL. We'd love you to join an exclusive new research community website called PlayStation Voice. Commissioned by PlayStation and run by Join the Dots (a Market Research company), we're looking for players across the UK to come together and help PlayStation develop the best possible products and services they can. CLICK HERE TO JOIN. We welcome players in all shape and sizes so why not take a look and see if it's for you? Labels: Play Station Voice. Subscribe...
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Broken Trails: February 2014
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Saturday, 15 February 2014. KILLING TIME - Update. From Wednesday the 19th February for 5 days KILLING TIME by Jack Giles will be available to download for free. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). I was born in North London but moved to Orpington, Kent. I write westerns under the name of Jack Giles that are published by Robert Hale's Black Horse Western brand. Having brought up six children and seen them married off -as a result we now have 15 grandchildren - we now live in Kent. View my complete profile.
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Broken Trails: September 2014
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Thursday, 18 September 2014. OUT OF THE PAST. The discovery of floppy discs were nothing new. I had already found a few, some years back with a couple of started westerns, a fantasy style story and a small collection of short stories. Expecting more of the same I connected my external disk drive to my laptop and fed the first disc in. And while I may smile at the at the way that the two books read they do need a lot of revising without losing the political incorrectness of the period. I hate that 'ac...
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