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Review – Cult of the Lamb

Matt Clarke March 8, 2026 No Comments
I recently played through Cult of the Lamb, a satirical take on the concept of running a demonic cult. It turns horrific things like sacrificial rituals, cannibalism and straight up…
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New Design Announcement

Matt Clarke March 8, 2026 No Comments
Hello, world! This post marks the moment in time and space when BangClickReload got a little redesign and was dragged kicking and screaming into the 21st century. Every post before…
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Review – Quantum Break

Matt Clarke October 7, 2020 No Comments
I don’t know many people who played Quantum Break, and nobody ever talks about it anymore, so it must have been rather forgettable for those who did. Even as I…
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Gaming Memories – DayZ

Matt Clarke April 26, 2017 No Comments
The following took place in 2012, in the beta version of the DayZ mod for ARMA 2. It recounts the story of how I survived the zombie apocalypse by eating…
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Gaming Memories – The N64

Matt Clarke April 25, 2017 No Comments
Years: 1996 - 2003 To this day, the N64 holds my fondest gaming memories on a console. The PC may have stolen my heart eventually, but I’ll never forget the…
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Gaming Memories – Deus Ex

Matt Clarke April 22, 2017 No Comments
Format: PC Year: 2000 It may look clunky as hell thanks to the original Unreal engine, but Deus Ex was a pioneer in videogames because it gave the player so…
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Gaming Memories – Outlast

Matt Clarke April 19, 2017 No Comments
Format: PC Release date: 2013 Well, fuck. A FPS horror game, set in a mental asylum where all the patients are violent hyper crazed lunatics, and you are a guy…
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Gaming Memories – Heavy Rain

Matt Clarke April 17, 2017 No Comments
Format: PS3 Release date: 2010 Heavy Rain is more like an interactive movie than a game, and it is mostly excellent. It’s a game about choices and living with the…
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Gaming Memories – World of Warcraft

Matt Clarke April 16, 2017 No Comments
WoW consumed my life for almost the entirety of 2004/05, when I was studying for my A-levels, and was probably a key contributor to my D-grades. I’m probably not the…
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Gaming Memories – Trials

Matt Clarke April 14, 2017 No Comments
The Trials franchise is surely the most successful game to ever start out life as a Flash browser game. I remember playing the original game on Miniclip back in the…
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Gaming Memories – Portal

Matt Clarke April 12, 2017 No Comments
Format: PC Release date: 2007 Portal is one of those games that sprang out of nowhere, taking everyone by surprise and causing a storm all across the internet. With almost…
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Gaming Memories – Fighter Ace

Matt Clarke April 11, 2017 No Comments
Format: PC Release date: 1997 Fighter Ace was a free-to-play Second World War dogfighting game. You just logged in, spawned in a big sky with about 20 or 30 other…
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