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Mars: Chaos Menace Review

Some things in life are just tough. Early starts on cold days, dentist bills, Windows 10 updates. And some things are tougher still. You’ll have your own thoughts on life’s biggest challenges, but trust me, once you’ve played Mars: Chaos Menace on Xbox One, you’ll be adding it to the list.

The Age of Xbox

Getting older has many downsides. One is that I have accrued so many pet hates, that I now need a zoo to accommodate them all. But taking pride of place in the centre of my hate zoo (which, by the way, is not a nice place to visit) is the predictable, condescending response I get when I reveal my passion for gaming.

Can you have too much of a good thing?

Time is on my side, yes it is, at least according to the Rolling Stones. Well, they would say that. It was 1964, and they hadn’t just seen a pop-up inform them that the fourth batch of Assassin’s Creed Odyssey DLC had arrived.

Xbox: Guns, Swords and Microsoft Rewards

When Microsoft retired the criminally underappreciated Xbox rewards scheme in June of 2018, I was genuinely sad to see it go. Seeing those rewards credits turn into cash was a great way to offset purchases, and a decent incentive to buy direct from Microsoft.

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