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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Give ‘BloodyCheckers’ another glance…it’s dropped in price after all (XBLA)

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Big Corporation is now dropping the price to 80 microsoft points. The game is currently available to all Xbox 360 owners through Xboxlive Game Marketplace. This bizarre genre bending adventure game is creating a cult following. Xbox 360 Gamers have been enjoying the most violent and bloody game of 3D checkers and castle questing ever …

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Cavalcade of NEOGEO classics coming to the Playstation Store (PS3, PSP)

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SNK PLAYMORE USA CORPORATION (Corporate HQ: Suita-city, Osaka, Japan, Company President & CEO: Ryo Mizufune) is proud to announce the North American release of eight SNK Arcade Classics as PlayStation� minis titles for the PSP� (also compatible with PS3™) on the PlayStation�Store. These titles will be featured in both the “New Releases” category and the …

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Lovely batch of goodies detailed in ‘Sam & Max-The Devil’s Playhouse’ boxed bundle (PC, PS3)

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Lace Mamba Global today announces the extra contents of the Sam & Max – The Devil’s Playhouse boxed edition that will hit the retail shelves throughout the UK and Ireland on August 26, 2011 Additionally to the full game, including all five episodes, the box will include five collectible Sam & Max badges as well …

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‘Divinity II’ finally hits European XBLA shores (XBLA)

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Released in November on Xbox 360 and PC, Divinity II – The Dragon Knight Saga, offers original role-playing-game Ego Draconis fully remastered & the brand new adventure Flames of Vengeance. With nearly 100 hours of gameplay, two epic adventures, and hundreds of quests, Divinity II – The Dragon Knight Saga has attracted a legion of …

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String up the undead for a bit of ‘Zombie Pi�ata’ fun (IOS)

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A terrible and evil Mayan spirit has been released from its prison; the curse says that the first “species” that this evil spirit touches will be transformed into zombies. The problem is that the biggest pi�ata chain store in Mexico was build on top of the prison, so the spirit ends up possessing the body …

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Hurry up and download ‘Boulder Dash XL’ on XBLA. (XBLA)

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Great news for all Boulder Dash� and all puzzle fans around the world as Kalypso Media and First Star Software, Inc. have today announced that Boulder Dash�-XL™ is now available on XBOX Xbox LIVE� Arcade for the Xbox 360� video game and entertainment system from Microsoft Live� Arcade. The game, which brings a classic game …

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Download 2D and 3D video content on the 3DS from today (3DS)

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Download Nintendo Video™ for free from the Nintendo eShop and watch new and exclusive 2D and 3D content brought to you via SpotPass™on your Nintendo 3DS™ Nintendo 3DS owners will be able to download the new Nintendo Video application from the Nintendo eShop on the 13th July 2011 providing access to a range of new …

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Mama does what she does best in ‘Cooking Mama 4’ (DS)

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International videogame publisher 505 Games today proudly announced that the eponymous Cooking Mama will return once again with two brand new titles; Cooking Mama 4 for 3DS and Cooking Mama World: Outdoor Adventures for DS. Every gamer’s favourite domestic goddess is back in the kitchen working her magic, and this time the kitchen gloves are …

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