Ben Taylor

Well, after 4 years lurking in the darkest corners of YARS, it's probably about time I updated this profile. I'm Ben, one of the senior editors here, and outside of scribbling on here, editing and finding pwetty pics to put in reviews, I'm studying 'Game Cultures' at uni. That's...that's game development in simpler terms, I don't spend my time analysing pixelated toes to determine whether they're 'art' or not. Anyway, I generally write to either save people money on utter crud or at least make them smile in some wry way with my bitterness and general disdain. If you're not laughing with me, you're laughing at me, and hey, that's progress in my books. :)

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Dicey Exploits: Episode 2-[Rampage]

Another month means another Dicey Exploits, although this time we’re tackling a game that could even further distance itself from the image of board games that you may currently have. And when we say tackling, there’s potential to take that literally. Meet dexterity based Godzilla-’em-up Rampage.

Early permission to die in ‘Dark souls 2’ granted with beta access

Head on over to the Playstation Network to gain access to the Beta of Dark Souls 2…or click this absurd link here… store.sonyentertainmentnetwork.com/#!/en-gb/games/dark-souls-ii-closed-beta-registration-ticket/cid=EP0700-BLET50006_00-SE00010000000000 The first Beta round for North America and Europe/Australasia will begin on 12th October and the second round will begin on 27th October. Check DARK SOULS™ Facebook page  and PlayStation®Network Website today and get all the details …

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Borderlands 2 Game of the Year Edition filled to the brim with downloadable loot

2K and Gearbox Software today announced that the Borderlands 2 Game of the Year Edition will be available on all platforms internationally on October 11, 2013, in celebration of the success of Borderlands ® 2. With theBorderlands 2 Season Pass now complete, this is the perfect opportunity to get all of its content as well as the base game, Premiere Club content, and more in one …

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Rayman Legends out Friday. Ben having mini excitement fit.

Today, Ubisoft announced that Rayman Legends, the highly anticipated platformer developed by Ubisoft Montpellier, will be available on Nintendo Wii UTM, Microsoft Xbox 360®, Sony PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system and Microsoft Windows PC  on August 30th in the United Kingdom, and on PlayStation®Vita on September 13th, 2013. www.youtube.com/watch?v=aiF96Krpj5o Following Rayman Origins, our heroes take a 100-year nap, …

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See the zombie apocalypse from a different perspective with ‘The Walking Dead: 400 Days’

Those cryptic Vine gifs Telltale has been putting up have all lead up to this. A new episode for ‘The Walking Dead’ entitled ‘400 Days’ Leading publisher of digital entertainment Telltale Games and Robert Kirkman, the Eisner Award-winning creator and writer of The Walking Dead for his Skybound imprint at Image Comics, announced today that the 2012 …

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Marvelous ‘Lego Marvel Super Heroes’ trailer

The Super Heroes of the Marvel Universe are descending on the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) – this time in LEGO form!  Marvel at your favorite LEGO®  Marvel™ Super Heroes in this all-new trailer, featuring legendary Marvel characters, such as Captain America, Wolverine, Thor, Human Torch and Mr. Fantastic.  Prepare yourselves for more brick-smashing good time as several  LEGO …

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Gotta catch ’em all…again in ‘Pokemon X & Y’ this October

Kicking off an exciting week of Pokémon activity at E3, the Electronic Entertainment Expo in Los Angeles, The Pokémon Company International and Nintendo announced today that the Pokémon X and Pokémon Yvideo games will launch worldwide on Saturday, October 12, 2013 for the Nintendo 3DS family of systems. The simultaneous worldwide release of Pokémon X and Pokémon Y will allow new and veteran Pokémon …

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