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Excellent feedback, thanks. There was every chance (and still is, to be honest) that this will be a christmas present this year, as my young'uns adore P.P. The lack of actual theme songs and voice acting though... yikes.

Jeff said it years ago, and other reviewers have also called this out, and I reckon any parent-who-also-games will have shouted it their tellies: games do a bad job of respecting the skills and abilities of youth, especially this preschool group. The $59.95AUD asking price is also cheeky.

I wonder what the design brief was for the dev teams, the poor buggers. Thrown to the RDR wolves in many ways,

For something a bit different to the many awesome bits of feedback already present: I wanna give a massive shoutout to whoever made the sublime decision to add the half-second delay before the top bar drop downs, drop down. I detest websites with those normally (cos normally they drop down instantly and trigger on any mouse hover), but that half-second delay before they're triggered fixes the grief they ordinarily cause.

Thumbs up!

So very, very good <3

Came here to mention Chrome and HTML5 not working. Kind-of glad to see it isn't just me.

Running Chrome 51.0.2704.84 m (64-bit) with all blockers off/whitelisted. Hitting play sees the video partly fade out, then... nothing. Was the same on the work PC, too, but I figured that was a sign to do something!

Enjoyed this review immensely. It's not a run down of in-game features (ala every FIFA review ever), or reductive comparisons of similar titles (most recently every Rogue-like game).

I really enjoyed reading your articulation of how the nuances of the game mechanics and presentation entwined themselves into your larger narrative of nostalgia, or empty nostalgia. And more importantly, why that matters (or even doesn't!) Just a pleasure.

It pleases me no end to see Jazzpunk on another GOTY list, and indeed, at the very top of one. High five Alex, that is exactly where I sat Jazzpunk in my list.

This was a pleasure to read, Patrick. Thanks.

Ripper article, Patrick. Thanks. And congratulations to BanasaurusRex - via proxy of this article.

I don't live anywhere near the US and access to second hand guitars is not nearly as readily - or easily - achieved locally. Furthermore, there is a lot to be said for the 'grab-and-go'-ness of buying the pack - no research into what makes a good guitar required, for example.

Having said all that, a fortunate meeting with a local muso at the pub last week during open-mic night lead to my buying a new guitar anyway! Can't wait for launch next week, giddyup!

I was rather annoyed to find that the pack-in guitar cannot be strung and flipped for a lefty. Massive bummer, given how cheap the pack-in guitar and game package is relative to buying a separate guitar.