Halloween night in with Domino’s and Zombies
Running a games review site / blog has some strange perks and leads to some strange offers. Most offers I turn down, ironically it is an ethics issue for me! However, recently I was contacted…
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#GamerGate : What it is to me and its future – Guest Post
What follows is the first article submitted for my Voice for #Gamergate invitation. I will use the authors twitter name for now (thought I do have permission to use his real name, I want to…
Gamergate: An invitation to all to be heard and be honest
Gamergate has a now long quite complex history that I am not going to attempt to explain here. Search the web, there is loads of stuff out there that will drive you insane trying to…
Games reviews, incentives and reality
There has been a lot on the news of late about games, with GamerGate once again throwing it all into the spotlight for all the wrong reasons. Now, whilst this has turned into some horrible,…
Eurogamer 2014 Impressions and Revelations
I love Eurogamer Expo. I have been going for a few years and it has always been great fun. I expected this year to be no different. I was half right, in a strange way.…
P.T., TV and how I learned to love the ghost story.
If you haven’t played P.T. (Silent Hill Playable Teaser) yet, be warned that this article contains some spolierific content. If you haven’t had a gander at the Silent Hills teaser, don’t worry. This is an…
Gravity Rush Review
One might reasonably argue that Assassin’s Creed and Super Mario Galaxy revolutionised thought processes underpinning the assumptions of what constitutes enjoyable navigation in third person action games. Being able to climb up and around…
Alien Rage – Unlimited Review (PC)
Where pure-blood first person shooters are concerned, Alien Rage has exposed my dearth of experience with the genre. Some limited time spent with Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 1 and 2, Deus Ex: Human Revolution…
DEFENSE TECHNICA IS DEFENDING ALL OF YOUR CORES REAL HARD
Devolver Digital and independent developer Kuno Interactive are battening down the hatches and prepping the heavily artillery in celebration of Defense Technica launching on PC and Mac via Steam and other digital download platforms. That’s not true at…
Magic 2014: Duels of the Planeswalkers Review (PSN)
If you’re not familiar with Magic: The Gathering, or you are a returning player from yesteryear, then this title is a solid place to start with. Several issues with the title lead me to believe…
Mario Party 9 Review – Wii
For me, Mario Party was getting a bit long in the tooth back when I added series entry eight to my fledgling Wii games collection. Reskin some mini-games, board concepts and play methods each year…
XCOM: Enemy Unknown Review (PC)
Right off the bat I can confirm to you that XCOM: Enemy Unknown possesses great potential to frustrate. Frustration need not be a bad thing if it drives your compulsion to forge onward – a…