The F1 2009 Game Diary – Season 3 Round 16: Brazil

The penultimate round of my little career concluded earlier on, with yet another wet race at Interlagos. My previous two attempts to win this grand prix failed, with the conditions proving tricky on tyres – a three stop strategy was the way to go, but intermediate tyres don’t fare too well even on a three […]

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Skyward Sword – as Good as I Remember?

I wrote a review of The Legend of Zelda Skyward Sword some time ago, and when I wrote this review I did so through the slight haze of time and nostalgia. Recently I’ve been replaying this game, and whilst there are certain elements that I have come back to and enjoyed, I dare say there […]

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What I want from the Nintendo NX

If the rumours are to be believed, Nintendo’s next home console, the tentatively titled ‘NX’, is due to be released later this year (whether that applies to the entire globe or whether it will be a staggered release remains to be seen). As a lifelong Nintendo fan, I am naturally pretty excited at the prospect […]

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The F1 2009 Game Diary Round 10 – Hungary

The tenth race of the 2009 season took me to the Hungaroring, the venue of the Hungarian Grand Prix. I’ve often enjoyed this track on F1 games. For reasons I can’t explain, I find it to be an easy circuit to learn and easy to master as well. It was clear from practice sessions that […]

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The F1 2009 Game Diary Round 9 – Germany

After a British Grand Prix that was, frankly, disappointing, I came into the German GP in a more optimistic mood. The  Nurburgring was the venue and I rather enjoyed this track. There were no especially difficult corners and in practice sessions I was posting competitive lap times, that I was able to convert into pole […]

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The F1 2009 Wii Game Diary Round 8 – Silverstone

So, having taken a trio of wins at the last three events (Spain, Monaco and Turkey), I came to Silverstone feeling moderately confident, despite not traditionally enjoying this track on F1 games (the fast turns from 2 to 6 in particular have a tendency to outfox me, and I would usually drift wide through at […]

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The F1 2009 Game Diary Round 7 – Turkey

After a stunning second win of the season at Monaco, my F1 circus rolled into Istanbul Park for the Turkish Grand Prix. Few tracks in F1 run counter-clockwise, but Turkey is one of them. The track is fast, featuring one of Formula 1’s fastest corners, the long but quick turn 8. There aren’t many areas […]

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