Vote with your wallet! (ARTICLES)
The game companies want you to buy their crap, but you don’t have to! Over the last few months, there has been a growing amount of bad games being released. From Ninja Gaiden 3 to…
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Jaded gaming – what’s going on? (ARTICLES)
OK, so I have a confession – I’m really getting bored of console and PC games. I can’t tell if it’s a phase, outside influences or something else, but, after a happy 25+ years of…
Why am I not an axe murderer even though I play video games? (ARTICLES)
First off, if you don’t want to read a rant about how stupid people are when it comes to their views on computer games being the root of all evil, back away now. I often…
The man in the back said everyone attack and it turned into ‘Rock Band Blitz’ (ARTICLES)
It’s hard to see where Harmonix would take their smash-hit Rock Band series next considering they’ve turned living rooms across the country into cheap recording studios. (Insert a joke about what bizarre instrument they could…
Game Gets Rescue Plan and It’s All Change at the Top. (ARTICLES)
It has been a dramatic few weeks for GAME, but it looks like there may be light at the end of the tunnel. Over the weekend, the BBC reported that investment firm Opcapita would be buying…
The UK Games Industry needs one voice – Update 2 (ARTICLES)
The recent tax breaks for the UK Games industry, announced last week by the Chancellor, have been received with great joy from the majority of the people in the industry. It is a great win…
Vote for Ken Levine to reach the TIME Magazine Top 100 list! (ARTICLES)
Well, this is a pleasant surprise. Bioshock creator Ken Levine has been nominated to earn pride of place in the 2012 edition of TIME magazine’s 100 most influential people in the world. Now, there is…
Peripheral Vision (ARTICLES)
Gaming peripherals have come a long way since the Commodore 64! Many moons ago, when games came on a tape, the only thing I had to play my chosen title with was a mouse and…
Speculation Investigation: The Walking Dead-The Game (ARTICLES)
As the second season of The Walking Dead closed, something rather wicked stirred in the shadows. It was of course, the trailer for The Walking Dead: The Game, Telltale’s next big pop culture project since…
Are consoles on the out? (ARTICLES)
The glory days on consoles may be facing their end as games go free on other platforms. Angry Birds Space was a game I hadn’t heard of until today. I played the first one and…
Soul Reaver Remake announced. (ARTICLES)
Lets Keep Kain sacred! Legacy of Kain: Blood Omen was a turning point in my gaming life. A friend of mine and I went out and bought each other gifts for Christmas one year. With…
Understanding reviewing (ARTICLES)
Today’s reader is an odd one to us reviewers – it seems that rather than taking an informed and well-explained reasoned article, most readers now expect a review to be a simple marketing piece. Take…