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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‘Gotham City Imposters’ infiltrates consoles in February (PSN, XBLA)

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Today Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and DC Entertainment confirmed that the launch of Gotham City Impostors has been moved to February. Gotham City Impostors is a download only title that will be available in the Xbox LIVE®Marketplace for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, PlayStation®Network and Windows PC.  Fans can go to www.GothamCityImpostors.comfor updates …

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‘Amy’ runs for her life and straight onto XBLA and PSN (PSN, XBLA)

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Lexis Num�rique announces AMY’s release on PlayStation�Network and Xbox Live Arcade (XBLA in partnership with NAMCO BANDAI Partners). Lexis Numérique, one of Europe’s biggest independent videogame studios, have also released images of some of the horrors that confront Lana and Amy during their journey. The story takes place in December 2034. Global warming has taken effect, …

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All Zombies Must Die! Review (PSN, XBLA)

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Pretty self explanatory really …it’s fairly hard to write an opening paragraph for a game when it lays its cards on the table from the title alone. All zombies certainly must die, there’s no denying that, but All Zombie Must Die! adds a little spice to executions with electrified shotgun shells, radioactive SMG’s and ray …

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A colourful outlook on the end of the world in ‘Rainbow Rapture’ (XBLA)

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It’s 2012 and the world is about to end. Rainbow Rapture is upon us. Kindling Games has taken their popular Windows Phone 7 game “Rainbow Rapture” and released it on Xbox LIVE Indie Games. It’s basically Tiny Wings, if Tiny Wings took a bad trip and developed an obsession with destroying mankind. You’d better look …

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‘Silvester Adventure’ update casts a shadow (IOS)

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Independent developer, Sim Chia Tek, has just released an update to his highly popular ‘Silvester Adventure’ game, compatible with the Apple iPhone� and the Apple iPod touch�. To players not familiar with the title, ‘Silvester Adventure’ is a brilliant hybrid and wonderful mix of platform- and puzzle-gaming, in which you control not only your main …

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Draw your bow and stylus for a classic dose of ‘Kid Icarus’ (3DS)

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Kick off the New Year with a wide array of new games, software and demos available to download from the Nintendo eShop, Nintendo DSi Shop and the Wii Shop Channel. Draw your bow and arrow and become a fighting angel in 3D Classics Kid Icarus™, the classic action-packed platformer where the fate of the Goddess Palutena …

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The Christmas spirit isn’t that money driven with ‘Coin Flick Christmas’ (IOS)

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The good folks at independent developer ‘Dim Dim Sum App’ are not only in a Christmas Spirit; they are also in a giving mood! To celebrate the festivities of the Holidays they have released a Christmas-themed version of their highly popular ‘Coin Flick’ game on the App Store (available for FREE), and compatible with the …

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Head out and dominate a whole new galaxy in ‘Dark Expanse’ (PC)

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On January 1st 2012, Dark Expanse players will be able to enjoy the new Andromeda galaxy instance. The Andromeda galaxy was specifically designed for a relaxed style of play and is open to new and experienced gamers. Along with the new galaxy will come a new game enhancement called “Veteran Status”. Ships, and planetary defense …

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Plenty of tongue twisting to be had in ‘Anagram Twist’ (IOS)

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Today OmNom Apps released Anagram Twist, a clean and fun word jumble game on the iTunes App Store for iPhone™, iPod™ Touch, and iPad™. This application takes unscramble-type games to a whole new level with thousands of possible words to solve, numerous categories to select puzzles from, and crisp graphics. In this game, players shuffle, …

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