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Premier League Predictor 2022/23

Simon Elliott July 28th, 2022

If you think you know your football, why not test yourself in my Premier League Predictor? Earn points for correct scores and results and see how you rank in the leaderboards.

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Void Gore - PS5 Platinum Review

Simon Elliott December 23rd, 2021

Void Gore is an old school vertically-scrolling shooter with a useful upgrade system that makes things easier the more you play.

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Santa's Workshop - PS5 Platinum Review

Simon Elliott December 21st, 2021

Help Santa make toys for Christmas by chopping down trees in this quick and simple idle clicker with a 5 minute Platinum.

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Freddy Spaghetti 2 - PS5 Platinum Review

Simon Elliott December 17th, 2021

Freddy is back in a new 30-minute Platinum adventure. This time he's got an office job but can he keep it amid the chaos?

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Bishoujo Battle Cyber Panic! - PS5 Platinum Review

Simon Elliott December 17th, 2021

Bishoujo Battle Cyber Panic! is a simple puzzle game where you cut slices out of the background to display pictures of gun-wielding girls.

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Rogue Explorer - PS5 Platinum Review

Simon Elliott December 17th, 2021

Rogue Explorer is a combat based platformer with some advanced RPG features and a Platinum you can unlock in under an hour.

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One-Eyed Lee and the Dinner Party - PS5 Platinum Review

Simon Elliott December 15th, 2021

Pop the Platinum Trophy in under 15 minutes in this entertaining point-and-click adventure set inside a skeleton filled house.

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Orbibot - PS5 Platinum Review

Simon Elliott December 15th, 2021

Orbibot is a simple platformer where you guide a ball through a variety of puzzles on your way to a 10 minute Platinum Trophy.

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Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas - The Definitive Edition - PS5 Review

Simon Elliott December 15th, 2021

Carl Johnson is back in Los Santos just in time to help the Grove Street Families get back on their feet.

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Grand Theft Auto: Vice City - The Definitive Edition - PS5 Review

Simon Elliott November 26th, 2021

Head back to the 80's and help Tommy Vercetti take over a sun-soaked Vice City with remastered graphics and controls.

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Would you like to run an idol café? - PS5 Platinum Review

Simon Elliott November 26th, 2021

Naoya puts his education on hold to take a job at a quaint seaside café where he meets two cute waitresses in this quick and easy to Platinum visual novel.

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The Pig D - PS5 Platinum Review

Simon Elliott November 26th, 2021

The Pig D is one of the quickest and easiest Platinums you'll ever unlock. A cheap game aimed at trophy hunters. If that's you, check it out!

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Grand Theft Auto III - The Definitive Edition - PS5 Platinum Review

Simon Elliott November 15th, 2021

Return to Liberty City in the game that started it all, remastered, retextured and with reconfigured controls for a modern gameplay experience.

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Quick Mafs - PS5 Platinum Review

Simon Elliott October 27th, 2021

Quick Mafs is almost exactly what it sounds like. A very fast Platinum earned by solving quick and simple maths questions.

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Crazy Gravity - PS5 Platinum Review

Simon Elliott October 26th, 2021

Crazy Gravity is a simple platformer where you avoid hazards while flipping gravity. Float your way to the Platinum in around 20 minutes.

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Sakura Nova - PS5 Platinum Review

Simon Elliott October 21st, 2021

Sakura Nova is a lewd visual novel following three female knights as they train together at a prestigious academy, with 3 different endings and a 5 minute Platinum!

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Nexomon - PS5 Platinum Review

Simon Elliott September 27th, 2021

Nexomon is a monster taming adventure with 310 creatures to capture and evolve and is one of the best games I've ever played on PlayStation.

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Sakura Swim Club - PS5 Platinum Review

Simon Elliott September 27th, 2021

Sakura Swim Club is a lewd visual novel about a university swimming club and has a Platinum Trophy available in 3 minutes.

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Dojoran - PS5 Platinum Review

Simon Elliott September 17th, 2021

Dojoran is a simple black and white platformer where you control a frog and try to avoid hazards. Grab the Platinum in around 10 minutes.

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GLO - PS5 Platinum Review

Simon Elliott September 17th, 2021

GLO is a fast-paced platformer in the dark. Get your square to the exit with nothing but temporary light bullets to guide your way. Platinum in under 20 minutes!

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Poker Pretty Girls Battle: Texas Hold 'em - PS5 Platinum Review

Simon Elliott September 16th, 2021

Cross your fingers and hope your luck is in while you battle it out against a bunch of 'pretty girls' in this simple Poker simulator.

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Pretty Girls Panic! - PS5 Platinum Review

Simon Elliott September 15th, 2021

Pretty Girls Panic! is a simple and fairly relaxing puzzle game where you cut slices out of the background to display pictures of 'pretty girls'. Grab the Platinum in under 20 mins!

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Overcooked! All You Can Eat - PS5 Platinum Review

Simon Elliott September 14th, 2021

Overcooked is a fast-paced cooking game where you chop, mix and cook various ingredients to make meals and score points. Free on PS+ for Sep 2021.

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Highschool Romance - PS5 Platinum Review

Simon Elliott September 10th, 2021

Can you guide Shoji through his final year of high school... at an all-girls school? Find out in this quick and fun 5 minute Platinum.

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Virtuous Western - PS5 Platinum Review

Simon Elliott September 03rd, 2021

Take down enemies one bullet at a time in this fun wild west puzzle-platformer.

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Heal: Console Edition - PS5 Platinum Review

Simon Elliott September 03rd, 2021

Solve puzzles to help an old man escape a variety of rooms in this strange point and click adventure.

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Cross the Moon - PS5 Platinum Review

Simon Elliott August 24th, 2021

Cross the Moon is a vampire-themed visual novel with a Platinum trophy available in under 5 minutes.

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Sakura Succubus 4 - PS5 Platinum Review

Simon Elliott August 19th, 2021

Join Hiroki on a relaxing vacation at the beach with his adoring succubi girls and grab a 2 minute Platinum!

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Barry the Bunny - PS5 Platinum Review

Simon Elliott August 16th, 2021

Barry the Bunny is a builder. Help him grab wooden logs and build bridges to rescue his fellow rabbits in this fun and easy 30 minute Platinum.

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Apple Slash - PS5 Platinum Review

Simon Elliott August 09th, 2021

Swing your sword and defeat blobs, collect apples and find new abilities in this quick and easy free-roam adventure.

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Premier League Predictor 2021/22

Simon Elliott August 09th, 2021

If you think you know your football, why not test yourself in my Premier League Predictor? Earn points for correct scores and results and see how you rank in the leaderboards.

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112th Seed - PS5 Platinum Review

Simon Elliott August 08th, 2021

Jump, fly, push and grow as you try to get your seed to the plant pot in this quick and fun puzzle platformer.

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Castle of Pixel Skulls - PS5 Platinum Review

Simon Elliott August 08th, 2021

Guide your skeleton past hazards and enemies in this quick and fun platformer with a 30-minute Platinum.

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Bone Marrow - PS5 Platinum Review

Simon Elliott August 07th, 2021

Bone Marrow is a unique RPG-puzzle game where you'll combine items to increase your stats as you fight off the undead.

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Dating Life: Miley x Emily - PS5 Platinum Review

Simon Elliott August 05th, 2021

Control Miley as she ends up accidentally dating a girl called Emily following a mix up with her dating profile in this 3-minute Platinum.

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COVID-19 Coronavirus Review

Simon Elliott August 02nd, 2021

In July 2021 I jumped on the worldwide bandwagon for the COVID-19 coronavirus. See what I thought and whether I'd recommend it to friends & family in my latest review.

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Sun Wukong vs Robot - PS5 Platinum Review

Simon Elliott August 02nd, 2021

Grab your sword and prepare to chop robots into pieces in this fun and quick platformer.

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Skatemasta Tcheco - PS5 Platinum Review

Simon Elliott August 01st, 2021

Hop over hazards and bounce on enemies in this quick and easy old school skateboarding platformer.

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Gaps by POWGI - PS5 Platinum Review

Simon Elliott July 22nd, 2021

Fill in the missing letters and create new words in this quick and easy sub-30 minute Platinum.

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Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart - PS5 Platinum Review

Simon Elliott July 20th, 2021

Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart is one of the best games on PS5. Help Ratchet and and his female counterpart Rivet save the universe from the evil Dr. Nefarious.

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Blitz Breaker - PS5 Platinum Review

Simon Elliott July 07th, 2021

Get your reflexes into gear and whizz through puzzles with this unique gravity-defying platformer!

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Super Destronaut DX-2 - PS5 Platinum Review

Simon Elliott July 03rd, 2021

Blast away alien invaders and avoid their bullets in this fun, retro-styled space shooter with a quick and easy Platinum Trophy.

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Mina & Michi - PS5 Platinum Review

Simon Elliott June 30th, 2021

Help Mina and her buddy Michi solve puzzles and defeat baddies in this quick and easy Platinum!

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Loopindex - PS5 Platinum Review

Simon Elliott June 27th, 2021

Solve puzzles with two robots using their loop functionality to repeat your actions over and over in this fun, unique and fairly easy Platinum.

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Sakura Succubus 3 - PS5 Platinum Review

Simon Elliott June 24th, 2021

The Succubus queen wants to whisk Hiroki off to her realm. Will he succumb to her advances or try to escape? Find out in Sakura Succubus 3 (and grab another 3 minute Platinum)!

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Terminator Resistance: Enhanced - PS5 Platinum Review

Simon Elliott June 21st, 2021

Take control of Private Jacob Rivers as he leads the fight back against the Terminators in this post-apocalyptic first-person shooter.

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Sable's Grimoire - PS5 Platinum Review

Simon Elliott June 14th, 2021

Sable's Grimoire is a visual novel set in a fantasy world filled with magic and monsters. Follow the adventures of Sable, a young human with plans to become a magic researcher at Amadronia Academy.

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Donuts 'n' Justice - PS5 Platinum Review

Simon Elliott June 07th, 2021

Clean the streets - or leave them soaked in the blood of your enemies - as one of two super cops with a hatred for crime in this quick, easy and fun 2D shooter with a 15 minute Platinum!

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Our Hollow, Our Home - Burn in the Flood - Review

Simon Elliott May 28th, 2021

Burn in the Flood, the 3rd album from Our Hollow, Our Home is out now - so I decided to make it my first ever music review!

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Trails and Traces: The Tomb of Thomas Tew - PS5 Platinum Review

Simon Elliott May 20th, 2021

Take control of Detective James Labbett as he stumbles into an adventure to discover what happened to infamous pirate Thomas Tew.

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Sakura Succubus 2 - PS5 Platinum Review

Simon Elliott May 20th, 2021

Continue the story of an ordinary man called Hiroki, surrounded by five beautiful women who somehow find him irresistible in this visual novel with a 2 minute Platinum.

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Wreckfest - PS5 Platinum Review

Simon Elliott May 15th, 2021

Wreckfest is a destruction based racing game where most of the fun comes from destroying other racers on the way to victory!

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Rabisco+ - PS5 Platinum Review

Simon Elliott May 15th, 2021

Rabisco+ is a simple and fun top-down platformer with around a 30 minute Platinum.

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Rift Racoon - PS5 Platinum Review

Simon Elliott May 12th, 2021

Grab a sub-30 minute Platinum Trophy as you control a teleporting racoon in this tricky but short 2D platformer.

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Infestor - PS5 Platinum Review

Simon Elliott May 08th, 2021

Infestor is a quick and fun puzzle based platformer where you take control of humans and use their abilities to help you escape each level.

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CrossKrush - PS5 Platinum Review

Simon Elliott May 02nd, 2021

CrossKrush is a fun road based puzzle game where you've got to destroy as much noisy traffic as possible before it reaches your peaceful town.

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Ladders by POWGI - PS5 Platinum Review

Simon Elliott April 27th, 2021

Change one letter at a time to morph old words into new and win a free dad joke with each puzzle solved! Easy 30 minute Platinum with a guide.

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Sakura Succubus - PS5 Platinum Review

Simon Elliott April 22nd, 2021

Follow the story of Hiroki, an ordinary man who somehow becomes irresistible to three beautiful women who should be well out of his league. Grab the Platinum in 30 seconds!

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Kingdom of Arcadia - PS5 Platinum Review

Simon Elliott April 16th, 2021

Slay enemies, avoid dangers and help Sam escape from the video game world in this fun pixel-art platformer.

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Drowning - PS5 Platinum Review

Simon Elliott April 14th, 2021

Drowning is a unique and basic short story which follows a young boy struggling with depression in his early years of high school.

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War Theatre: Blood of Winter - PS5 Platinum Review

Simon Elliott April 12th, 2021

War Theatre: Blood of Winter is a simple and fun turn based strategy game where you'll take over territories and produce new units to help win the battle.

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Legends of Talia: Arcadia - PS5 Platinum Review

Simon Elliott April 09th, 2021

Legends of Talia: Arcadia is a very short visual novel which can be Platinum'd in around 30 seconds!

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Sumatra: Fate of Yandi - PS5 Platinum Review

Simon Elliott March 27th, 2021

Follow the story of Yandi, a logging worker who is caught up in a terrible accident which leaves him lost and alone deep in the jungle. Can you help him make it home?

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Platinum Trophies

Simon Elliott March 26th, 2021

What is a Platinum Trophy? Where do they come from? Is there any point? Which ones have I unlocked? Keep reading to find out...

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One Escape - PS5 Platinum Review

Simon Elliott March 26th, 2021

After a bank job went wrong, three buddies must escape from prison. It's your job to guide DOOK the duck, GOR the gorilla and HOG the boar through a series of puzzling levels to freedom.

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Hellbreachers - PS5 Platinum Review

Simon Elliott March 24th, 2021

Hellbreachers is a retro style side-scrolling platformer. Choose to control a Knight, Magician or Assassin, each with different abilities and fight your way to hell and back.

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Spirit of the North: Enhanced Edition - PS5 Platinum Review

Simon Elliott March 16th, 2021

Follow an ordinary fox through an extraordinary journey across the magical lands of Iceland.

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Active Neurons 3 - Wonders Of The World - PS5 Platinum Review

Simon Elliott March 15th, 2021

Active Neurons 3 is a relaxing puzzle game which will give your brain a workout! There are 140 levels to complete for a relatively quick and easy Platinum.

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GraviFire - PS5 Platinum Review

Simon Elliott March 12th, 2021

GraviFire is nothing to do with flaming gravy. It's a unique gravity-based puzzle game set in space with a fairly quick and easy Platinum trophy.

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Pinkman+ - PS5 Platinum Review

Simon Elliott March 12th, 2021

Pinkman+ is a fast-paced and fun 2D platformer where the colour palette changes every time you die. Boost across gaps with your jetpack or wall jump to safety in this quick and easy Platinum.

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Dreaming Sarah - PS5 Platinum Review

Simon Elliott March 09th, 2021

Dreaming Sarah is a peaceful and relaxing 2D platformer with no combat and almost no dangers.

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Dungeons & Bombs - PS5 Platinum Review

Simon Elliott March 09th, 2021

Blast your way through obstacles and avoid enemies to save the bearded-princess in this quick bomberman-inspired puzzle game.

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Thunderflash - PS5 Platinum Review

Simon Elliott March 08th, 2021

Grab your weapons and fight your way through a variety of side-scrolling levels in this old school retro shooter.

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Undead Horde - PS5 Platinum Review

Simon Elliott March 05th, 2021

Control an army of the dead as you try to wipe out the living, reanimating those you've killed to join your growing horde of monsters!

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Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales - PS5 Platinum Review

Simon Elliott March 03rd, 2021

Zip around Manhattan fighting criminals and bad guys as Miles Morales. He's Spider-Man (too).

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UltraGoodness 2 - PS5 Platinum Review

Simon Elliott February 13th, 2021

UltraGoodness 2 is a twin-stick shooter plotting good against evil. Take your trusty cat and tear Satan's forces to pieces!

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Maneater - PS5 Platinum Review

Simon Elliott January 28th, 2021

Maneater is an open world RPG where you control a shark and eat your way through the ecosystem. Nothing is off the menu from turtles to humans!

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DIRT 5 - PS5 Platinum Review

Simon Elliott January 25th, 2021

DIRT 5 was the first major racing game available on PS5. Race off-road in all weather conditions on tracks around the world from Nepal and Norway to Brazil, Italy and plenty more.

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Assassin's Creed Valhalla - PS5 Platinum Review

Simon Elliott January 19th, 2021

Assassin's Creed: Valhalla takes you from the snowy mountains of Norway to the fields of England on an epic journey as a Viking warrior.

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Freddy Spaghetti - PS5 Platinum Review

Simon Elliott December 20th, 2020

Have you ever wanted to cause mayhem while in control of a piece of spaghetti? If so, this is probably the game for you.

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Concept Destruction - PS5 Platinum Review

Simon Elliott December 20th, 2020

Concept Destruction is a demolition derby style driving game featuring cardboard battery operated cars in a cardboard world.

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Watch Dogs Legion - PS5 Platinum Review

Simon Elliott December 20th, 2020

Watch Dogs Legion is based in a futuristic London and has you tracking down those responsible for a terrorist attack with a variety of hacking tools and gadgets.

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Bugsnax - PS5 Platinum Review

Simon Elliott December 20th, 2020

Bugsnax was the first PS5 game included with PlayStation Plus and was a fun and tasty journey.

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Astro's Playroom - PS5 Platinum Review

Simon Elliott December 20th, 2020

Astro's Playroom is a 3D platformer included free on every PlayStation 5 console. You play as a small robot called Astro tasked with solving puzzles and recovering PlayStation related artefacts.

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Just Cause 4 - Platinum Review

Simon Elliott September 03rd, 2019

I haven't posted a blog for awhile, but I just got the Platinum for Just Cause 4 so here are some of my thoughts on a very enjoyable game.

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Goin' To Madrid - Including a Review of Fanpass

Simon Elliott June 06th, 2019

After missing out on the UEFA and official LFC ballot, we bought 2 tickets for the Champions League final in Madrid through fanpass for over £8,000. It didn't go well.

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Elder Scrolls: Blades - First Impressions

Simon Elliott April 01st, 2019

The Elder Scrolls Blades has finally launched on mobile devices and after a weekend of playing it, I give my first impressions on what is a fun but frustrating 'free' to play game.

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Betting Against Your Own Team

Simon Elliott March 05th, 2019

Why would you want to bet against your own team? I explain my reasons about why betting against Liverpool as a coping mechanism for this seasons title race works for me!

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Welcome To My New Website!

Simon Elliott February 15th, 2019

I started rebuilding my personal website a year ago but finally got around to finishing and launching it. Welcome to my brand new portfolio and blog!

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