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		<title>Nick Bounty: A Case of the Crabs &#8211; REVIEW</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2009 23:35:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Igor Hardy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[How funny can be a game that parodies the classic noir fiction, but happens neither on the Discworld, nor in the skeleton-laden Land of The Dead, but looks like just a &#8220;straight&#8221; parody of the genre set in our boring Earthrealm? Incredibly funny it seems. Presented in true B&#38;W and equipped with a P.I. hero [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Emerald City Confidential &#8211; REVIEW</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2009 13:38:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Emerald City Confidential succeeds first and foremost as an adventure because it tells a good story. I cannot emphasize even  nearly enough how much this game has surprised me with its gripping narrative with a fresh take on the already well known Land of Oz and its inhabitants. Telling the story of Petra, an Emerald [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gumshoe (1971) &#8211; REVIEW</title>
		<link>http://www.hardydev.com/2009/01/30/albert-finney-is-gumshoe-review/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jan 2009 14:41:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Igor Hardy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gumshoe tells the story of a run-out-of-luck sap from Liverpool called Eddie Ginlay &#8211; hitting 31, living alone, small-time bingo caller and noir-fiction aficionado for years trying unsuccessfully to make out as a nightclub comic. As far as the man&#8217;s social life goes, his woman was stolen by his wealthy brother a year earlier and [...]]]></description>
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