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Spade doubt, geddit? Funny software from CRL. Their latest offering comes complete with a little comic for you to read while waiting for the game to load. The comic follows the adventures of the crew of the USS Omnibus and its mission to transport a cargo of food to the hungry workers of the planet Niblondis.

As tends to happen in these stories, The Omnibus is barely 200 light years from earth when it comes under heavy bombardment from a meteor storm. But the meteor storm is not all it appears to be and is in fact a swarm of dreaded bogloids - they live to eat.

The bogloids break through the hull of The Omnibus and make straight for the cargo hold wherein are stored the food supplies for the hungry workers of Niblondis.

Commander Sock, Colonel Skvijibod and Major Underpant are in turn awoken from cryogenic sleep to blast the Bogloids, but only Underpant survives to complete the mission and land on Niblondis. The only problem is that by this time the Bogloids have eaten all the good that hasn't been blasted.

Space Doubt s one of the most enjoyable comics I've read since they put up the price of The Beano. I stayed with it through to the last page. The graphics are very good indeed, though it's a bit of a shame they're only black and white. The game on the other hand is pretty boring stuff. It more or less follows the story in the comic, you taking the role of each of the three space heroes. Unfortunately, five minutes of blasting Bogloids against different backgrounds and I was dying of boredom.