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PlayStation 4 Knack SCE Japan Studios Sony is like PlayStation 1 classics PS1 Crash Bandicoot Spyro etc.
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Knack Is Every PS1 Game as You Remember Them

When nearly a hundred people voted for me to look at a random PlayStation 4-exclusive kids game, I was a bit surprised. I ...
By Elijah BeahmJanuary 30, 2020
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Of Dragons & Ruined Cities

All human culture is phlegm. Phlegm emitted from the throat of human beings collectively as a species. And just like phlegm, sometimes analyzing ...
By Ben "Yahtzee" Croshaw Legacy AuthorJanuary 14, 2014
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Knack Review

Developed by SCE Japan Studio. Published by Sony Computer Entertainment Japan. Released November 15 2013. PS4 only. Knack throws you right into the ...
By Paul Goodman Legacy AuthorNovember 14, 2013

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