Where am I?
Using the following clues (the map above is purely decorative) in combination with Street View, work out my location.
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Win THC’s favourite drone sim, Liftoff: Micro Drones
Already deep, my affection for Early Access Liftoff: Micro Drones is in danger of turning into an obsession now I’m weaning myself off H-ALT mode with the help of a new controller. Bedtime seems to come around awfully quickly when I’m making like a happy hummingbird in Melon-Pan Park, or tearing about like a tipsy dragonfly in Silver Screen’s multi-storey. Of the innumerable flight sims I own, only a handful have the capacity to eat evenings and intoxicate me the way this one does.
Friday Foxer #212
Every Friday, Tally-Ho Corner’s cleverest clogs come together to solve a ‘foxer’ handcrafted by my sadistic chum and colleague, Roman. A complete ‘defoxing’ sometimes takes several days and usually involves the little grey cells of many readers. All are welcome to participate.
Speed-date ravishing vintage pinball tables in Zaccaria Pinball
I’ve just discovered Zaccaria Pinball’s ‘story mode’ and I love it. Drawn back to Magic Pixel’s stunning sphere slapping sim by an unexpected announcement (yesterday, after a lull of over two years, the Hungarian devs released an update that included thirteen free ‘retro’ tables) I noticed a play option I’d not tried before. Would ‘story mode’ lace me into the battered sneakers of an awkward Seventies teenager bent on dethroning the thuggish local pinball wizard? I had to find out.
Platoon Commander prematurely pilloried
Pay no heed to curstking, Brumes Wolf, and GenXGamer, the three people who’ve Steam reviewed the Platoon Commander demo so far*. While this available-since-Monday trial currently has more rough edges than a gritstone rhombhectotriadiohedron, it’s also the closest thing to a 3D Close Combat I’ve played in a long while.
Apache Canyon is as early Eighties as Blake’s Seven and Bananarama
Me and the creator of Apache Canyon – a new game for the venerable Acorn Electron – have a few things in common. Not only are we Brits of a similar vintage, we’ve got the same surname and paternal grandparents.
Where am I?
Using the following clues (the map above is purely decorative) in combination with Street View, work out my location.
Review dilemma: jazzy footwear or niche hardware?
A quick show of hands, please. I’ve decided that the first proper Friday feature of 2025 will be a review of one of my Christmas presents, but I can’t decide which present to assess. As Simon Bradley’s The Railways is out of the frame because I’ve not finished it yet, and my vocabulary and taste buds probably aren’t sophisticated enough to do justice to a bottle of Laphroaig single malt, the choice is between a striking pair of hand-knitted socks and an unusual sim peripheral. Which should I assay?