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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Tower Bloxx Deluxe Review (360, XBLA)

…otherwise known as ‘Tower Bloxx On Par’ Ever since moving into my own place, I’ve been critically eyeballing every wall crack and leaky outhouse with the phrase “Bloody cowboys” repeatedly running through my head in my grandfather’s ancient and slightly damning voice. For lazy builders no job is small enough, no sofa too uncomfortable and …

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Time to build an extension for ‘Fort Zombie’ (PC)

Today, Kerberos Studios has released an update to the lite action/RPG, Fort Zombie. Adding brand new content such as additional weapons, expanded town properties, and new mission locations, the survivors of Piety, Indiana now have even more ammunition (figuratively and literally) against the flood of zombies that have invaded the peaceful town and turned it …

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‘Spooky Spirits:Puzzle Drop!!’ misses Halloween and shoots for Christmas (OTHER)

Legendo Entertainment and Innogiant today announced that Spooky Spirits: Puzzle Drop!!, an original falling-block puzzle game wrapped up in the adventures of wacky spirit wardens Becky and Tim, is planned for release on the iTunes App Store this Holiday season. Developed by the handheld specialists at newly founded Innogiant, Spooky Spirits: Puzzle Drop!!, will have …

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‘Murder, She Wrote’ no longer confined to BBC daytime (PC)

The most beloved murder series is back in an all-new interactive video game. Leading casual games developer and publisher Legacy Interactive� announced today that a new game in its Hollywood Hits™ series, Murder, She Wrote is available on Legacy Games for PC download. Murder, She Wrote transforms the PC into an interactive seek and find …

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First sneak peak of ‘Crackdown 2’ (360)

Ruffian Games, Scotland’s newest game development studio has today announced that it will give attendees at NEoN Digital Arts Festival a glimpse of its debut title, the highly-anticipated sandbox epic Crackdown 2. Recently showcased at Tokyo Game Show and published by Microsoft Game Studios, Crackdown 2 is set for release next year and will continue …

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Mass amount of DLC for all Rock Band’s, headlined by ‘The White Stripes’ (360, PS3, PSP, WII)

Harmonix and MTV Games today announced that a three pack of tracks from The White Stripes and singles from The Damned and Kasabian will be added next week to the Rock Band Music Store of downloadable content for the Xbox 360� video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, PlayStation� 3 computer entertainment system and Wii™. …

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‘Assasin’s Creed 2’ fails to sneak around the spotlight… (OTHER)

Ubisoft� today announced the first of the three episodes from the new Assassin’s Creed: Lineage short movies that made its debut on YouTube on October 27, 2009, was the most watched video on its website with over 1.7 million views worldwide in a period of 24 hours. On the day of its release, the first …

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‘Mass Effect 2’ pre-orderers get tons of goodies (360, PC)

Edmonton, Alberta (November 5, 2009) – Recruit your crew and fight for the lost! Leading video game developer BioWare™, a division of Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: ERTS) today announced that the internationally acclaimed Shooter RPG Mass Effect™ 2 will also be released as a Collectors’ Edition in limited quantities. Available on January 26 in North …

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DSi camera gets put through its paces in ‘System Flaw’ (DS)

System Flaw is the first augmented reality game to be released. Exclusive to the Nintendo DSi, System Flaw – an innovative 3D action shooter from new publisher Enjoy Gaming – makes full use of the DSi camera as an integral part of the gameplay.    The mission is to hunt down alien invaders – the …

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Squid Yes, Not So Octopus rolls off the tip of your tongue and straight onto the 360 (360)

After a triumphant turn at this years Eurogamer Expo courtesy of the Pixel-Lab Indie Arcade, the chaps of Bagfull Of Wrong have brought their own brand of cephalopod madness onto the Xbox 360 with Squid Yes, Not So Octopus: 360, a tripped out bananas arena shooter with more than a wiff of hairy beast to …

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The DS gets a keyboard add on for piano enthusiasts (DS)

VALCON GAMES today announced that it is the North American publisher and distributor for EASY PIANO. Created by the production company Game Life, Easy Piano is a new innovative piano music game for the Nintendo DS™ system that lets players enjoy a realistic piano experience, thanks to a 13‐note, full‐octave external keyboard peripheral that exponentially …

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