Entertaining but much of the same The Sims is like the abusive uncle of the gaming world, it tells you it loves you but then horribly takes advantage of your trust. As I am myself a fan of the series, I find myself constantly falling for the promises of the next installment, I let my …
“Press the what now? Oh too late, I already died.” I really, really wanted to like this game. Even now, I still really, really want to like this game. But right now, ARMA 2 has got me pulling my hair out in frustration. It’s not the jarring and irritating audio of your squad mates during …
Inject some medical fun into your Wii, STAT! The patient is suffering from shotgun wounds to the torso and lungs. Several internal organs have succumb to severe haemorrhaging. Anti-biotic gel is low and vitals have dropped to near fatal levels. The operating theatre is littered with plates, books and several Rock Band accessories. All surgical …
Fancy yourself as a god? Spore is the latest creation from Will Wright – the mind behind the Sims series of games, but when you buy Spore you’re not just buying one game, you’re buying five of them in one. While this is one of the things that makes Spore great but is also its …
Stop flogging this poor dead horse I’ve been pretty loyal to EA Games and The Sims franchise for about as long as I can remember. So much so that I have a longer standing relationship with The Sims than with my current partner and even we’ve breached the half decade mark. As a result, I …
Trust me, I’m not a doctor… Trauma Center: Second Opinion is good clean fun for anyone who has harboured a desire to be a vet, doctor, surgeon etc or just likes the idea of legitimately cutting people open. I’m glad I’m not a proper doctor You play Dr Stiles who is a bit of an …
What’s Your Brain Age? Brain Age is somewhat a mystery. How can you score something that, theoretically, isn’t a game. How can you break it down so that it makes sense to the gamer. How can you expose its flaws and parade its triumphs when you have nothing to place it against, no criteria to …
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It’s a real home run! Well, maybe just a good RBI double. Baseball Mogul’s 2009 edition typifies the good and bad about the simulation genre for sports games. It is a very complete simulation of baseball, with full stats for all players since 1901, and game simulations that go down to every individual pitch. However, …
Control Freaks Rejoice! I have never really understood the point of God sims like Sim City. To me they always seemed like RTS games but without a point or objective. I could never imagine going into C&C red alert, building up a base with an army, and then doing nothing with them. I did play …
Heading into the Wild World of Wi-FI Being above the age when Disney World seemed the perfect way to spend my summer and shoes with blinky lights on the side were the height of fashion I approached this one with some trepidation. However, I read some pretty solid reviews and so I said to myself …
Its time to save the day by fixing traffic lights Writers comment: I can not promise that this review will be spoiler-free so if you do not wish to have anything ruined before playing this game please do not read on, otherwise enjoy having the game spoiled! 10 Second Sniplet: Now maybe I’m just hard …
It’s life Sim, but not as we know it. When looking at a game like City Life, you sit there trying to think of ways not to mention Sim City in the review. Damn.Anyway, what we have with City Life 2008 is a city building Sim in a similar vein to Sim City…sod it. Like …
