Well, what a night! In case you didn’t guess from the title, I was lucky enough to get to go to the GAME BAFTA Awards 2012 last night. I rubbed shoulders with celebs like Jonathan Ross and people from Hollyoaks (I think), but more importantly some of the industries elite. It was a night filled …
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This month we are running a great competition to win the Win a Steelseries Spectrum 7XB Wireless Xbox Headset. Click the link at the bottom to find out how to enter. Our friends at Steelseries have offered up the amazing prize of a 7xb wireless headset for Xbox 360. This amazing piece of kit was …
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While the average web user will just want to use their connections to update their Facebook status, order the weekly groceries and watch videos of cats falling over on YouTube, the modern gamer’s needs are far more specialised. Firstly, the download speed is of the essence, because gamers will probably want to access digital content-delivery …
Title says it all. If you have 90 minutes to kill, you could do worse than listen to this weeks Retrocast. This week the panel discuss the history of Survival Horror. Well, it gets mentioned. A little. not much if I am honest. Either way, it is a cracking listen and worth it just to …
Hi all. A little shameless self promotion. Outside of my gaming life that you all know, I also write about serious stuff. Social media, technology, life and the like. One topic I keep coming back to is called Gamification. If you are interested in what that is, check out a few of my articles linked …
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Is the obsession with release dates, profit margins and online gaming destroying our enjoyment? Is a deluge of online play destroying our video games industry? When I mosey on down to one of the high-street game retailers for my latest instalment of one of my favourite games, I am constantly disappointed by the longevity and …
This will only be the second ‘Speculation Investigation’ I’ve ever done, but already I’m coming across as something of a zombie fanboy. I don’t care though, chuck in viral marketing and high octane trailers and I’m something of a sucker for whatever you’re advertising. I spit in the face of teaser snippets, I want content …
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Despite a growth in the use of mobile computers such as laptops, tablet devices and smartphones, the desktop PC still has a place. Thanks to micro-technology, computer sizes are getting smaller yet memory and power output are increasing. One major advance of a PC over a laptop is value for money. In terms of what …
2011 was a challenging year for the boxed product video games market in the UK, with annual sales figures of �1.42bn (entertainment software, pc & console games), down 7% over 2010. However, thanks to a strong quarter four the boxed product market was actually slightly ahead of earlier forecasts for a year where consumer spending …
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Well, what a year it has been for games. We have written our views on what is wrong with the industry this year, but it still got a lot right. So here the editors from YARS tell you all what their games of 2011 were and we announce the winner. Now, it should be Batman …
Well, the last few days have been an utter blast, helping the man known as @Moobit, @EMP1RE87 and the chaps over at GamerDads put together a charity parody of Do They Know It’s Christmas. It is an epic song, with a huge number of great sports in there. Oh, and you may spot me @daverage! …
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