Disturbing and sinister, just my thing! Xbox Live is back to bring us another addition of the summer of arcade. Limbo is the first game of the event to shine on the Xbox Live marketplace. With so many other arcade titles on the Xbox 360 there is very few that stand out. I am pleased …
We know you want to hit that ‘Want to make even more noise? Buy a real drum kit.’ Rock Band cheekily suggests after I’ve shelled out on a Band Bundle to play the game in its glorious ensemble. Anger risen from such badly written economical advice doesn’t exactly help in the task of hitting things …
Look out bricks, you’re surrounded I don’t like puzzle games concerning clearing up a grid of shapes. Partly because I burn anyone who utilises the talent of forward thinking, dousing them in petrol and accusations in witchcraft due to the sheer hell of it, partly because of a competitive bout of ‘OCD’. A vigilante pixelated …
Terrorist massacres don’t have to be so complex In the modern world, there’s a lot of pent up hysteria, mistrust and fear based around our surroundings. But now it appears we can’t even walk on stable ground without it harbouring a terrorist threat with the diabolical intent to unleash an army of mechanical spiders and …
…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 …
Roll like an Egyptian In a recent survey conducted about casual gamers, 96% said that their biggest fear in the world were balls, most vicious when grouped together with various different colours and doing the conga around a player. It’s because of these results that primary antagonists in casual games fail to be masochistic universally …
Rearming an old franchise Bionic Commando: Rearmed is one of those special titles that can invoke nostalgia in the old gamer, and still manage to entice the newbie with it’s addictive gameplay, colourful style and catchy music. Capcom have recovered a brilliant relic of old school, hardcore game design, and have managed to re imbue …
You take the high road If there’s anything in life that distances me from the rest of the human race, it’s their love for sport. It just doesn’t appeal to me. Tennis seems like some sort of mild exercise focusing on the neck area of those watching. Football is just a panto filled with men …
Life On Mars eradicates Life On Earth Despite playing games for a majority of my life, the tightly knitted clique of so-called hardcore gamers still remains a terrifying mystery to me. The ones who have practically developed arthritis at 13, their fingers tattooed with circles, triangles and crosses from where their controllers have faded from …
The latest Star Trek game from the XBLA Market place. A new Star Trek film marks the release of a new, yet rather small Star Trek game on the XBLA Marketplace. But is it kind of a disappointment? Star Trek: D-A-C throws you into skirmish based scenarios using different types of spaceships to destroy your …
Hunger…STRIKES! Although loyal and downright lovable, pets do have their downsides. Be it their tendencies to howl all night, bite friends and family or tear up anything left unattended for 2 minutes, patience can be tested and some would question why the hell they didn’t just get a Tamagotchi. So when Twisted Pixel gave me …
Frog Vs Manic Lottery Machine – Who will survive? It’s hard to describe or even hear about the concept of Zuma without raising an eyebrow. Quite right too… For those not familiar with the concept of Zuma, you play as a stone frog that has been given the unique ability to fire coloured balls. Whilst …
