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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Catch up with the slimey devs of ‘Ghostbusters: Sanctums Of Slime’ today (PSN, XBLA)

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Atari today released the first developer diary from its upcoming XBLA, PSN and PC download top-down arcade shooter Ghostbusters: Sanctum of Slime out March 23rd. Help the rookie Ghostbusters defeat the 4000 year old demonic deity, Demazoo, and his scary ghosts! Ghostbusters: Sanctum of Slime is a four player, ghost-busting adventure that will take players …

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Miss monkey bashing on the PS1? Rejoice! Ape Escape returns for the Playstation Move! (PS3)

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Sony Computer Entertainment Europe is bracing itself for an influx of serious monkey business as the global multi-million selling, critically acclaimed Ape Escape™ comes to PlayStation�3 (PS3™) for the first time this June. Courtesy of Worldwide Studios’ Japan Studio, Ape Escape combines exciting colourful action and hilarious monkey humour with a host of new features …

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Multiple fatalities set at the Mortal Kombat tournament being held at The Gadget Show Live (360, PS3)

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Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment announces tournament to find the nation’s hardest Mortal Kombat player with a final at the UK’s largest consumer electronics event, The Gadget Show Live, NEC Mortal Kombat, published by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and developed by NetherRealm Studios, will be in the UK on April 17 for the final of the …

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Jump into ‘Lord Of The Rings Online’ this week for a chance to win an iPad! (OTHER)

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Enter the “Play to Win” Competition and you could win an iPad™! Sign up for a free The Lord of the Rings Online™ account today and start playing for a chance to win one of many fantastic prizes including an iPad or a Lifetime subscription to LOTRO! If you are already a LOTRO player, then …

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Castlevania: Lords Of Shadow get a sharp injection of DLC after feeling drained (360, PS3)

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Konami Digital Entertainment GmbH today announced it will release the Reverie DLC pack for its acclaimed Castlevania: Lords of Shadow title at the end of March. The download content will be available from PlayStation�Network and Xbox LIVE�Arcade later this month, costing 7,99 Euros for the PlayStation�3 version, and 800 MS Points for the Xbox 360 …

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TV to VG (ARTICLES)

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Film/game tie-ins have been all the rage for ages now, except thanks to shoddy workmanship and constricting schedules to release both alongside each other, that rage is usually directed against the bloody things. For me, the small screen holds so much more nostalgia and likeability than a sticky colloseum of Hollywood, attracting hundreds of the …

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‘Explodemon’ detonates the indeceisive with demo released today (PSN)

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Still on the fence about Explodemon? You sicken me. But, my personal disgust aside, it’s your lucky day – a demo of Explodemon! is heading to the PlayStation�Store THIS WEEK for your downloading pleasure. That means that our American cousins will be able to download the demo today, and our European brothers will have access …

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Move your plans of decapitation forward, a taster of ‘Mortal Kombat’ is coming (PSN, XBLA)

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Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and NetherRealm Studios announce a demo for the highly-anticipated fighting game, Mortal Kombat. Available on March 8th, this action-packed demo puts the fight into the hands of the gamers and offers them the chance to master iconic warriors Scorpion, Sub-Zero, Mileena and Johnny Cage in two of the games most renowned …

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