P-3
The world of video games can be quite fickle; trends come and go in the night like thieves, and no one can really tell what’ll be the next big thing. Plenty of people scoffed at the Wii and it’s plethora … Continue reading
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Binary Domain – Hands On
There’s a popular idea floating about the internet that concerns the Japanese games industry: that it’s heading for the scrapheap. There’s folk on forums and discussion boards typing about how Japanese developers can’t compete with their Western counterparts, and that … Continue reading
BlindGiRl 2
Video games, like many of the modern forms of entertainment, rely on the use of our key senses. Fancy graphics and soaring musical scores mean nothing if you don’t have the ability to process the information. A few games have … Continue reading
I, Zombie
Zombie games sure are popular now, aren’t they? Dead Rising, Plants Vs Zombies, Resident Evil and Left 4 Dead form just the tip of the undead iceberg. There’s something about mowing through row after row of the previously living that … Continue reading
Pingvinas
If television, films and stuffed animals have told me anything over the last year or so, it’s that penguins are in. Whether dancing and singing, being narrated by David Attenborough or gazed at through the prison-like bars of your nearest … Continue reading
Defenders of Ardania
Imagine the scene: you’ve spent months looking for the perfect castle to suit your needs, at a good price and with a Spar so close you can almost smell it. You’ve set up your throne room, torture and pleasure chambers … Continue reading
Shinobi
The 3DS after a less than smooth start has begun to flower in the video game industry; not only can owners of Nintendo’s latest system play the likes of Ocarina of Time and Star Fox, they can now play gems … Continue reading
PocketWings: Discovery Island
The power of the imagination has been greatly maligned in the current video game market. So often exposition and pointless information is thrown at the player in an attempt to remove all doubts, all the lingering questions. Even when … Continue reading
Batman: Arkham City Limited Series
Everyone has a favourite Batman; for some it’s Adam West’s portly sleuth from the 1960s, Christian Bale’s shouty super-ninja or maybe Frank Millar’s determined, older take on the Dark Knight. For me, it’s always been Kevin Conroy’s from Batman: The … Continue reading
Barnyard Mahjong
George Orwell’s Animal Farm was written as a reaction to the Stalinist corruption of the Socialist dream. After escaping the Communist purges during the Spanish Civil War, Orwell had become disillusioned with the Socialist movement and wrote the then controversial … Continue reading