[drop-cap]W[/drop-cap]e live in a hard and fast industry, one where quality is often ignored in favour of profitability. As a result, even though it doesn’t make much sense, some games with great po... Read More
Anyone who's ever discussed gaming in open forum will realise that it is a medium that is plagued by prejudice at every turn. Though it becomes a more socially excepted and understood practice with ea... Read More
[drop-cap]A[/drop-cap]ny guys out there who have taken a lady out on a really clichéd date will know the overpowered nature of the sky as a force of romance and beauty. Female readers out there h... Read More
How things can change in a few short months. Back in August 2010 I wrote up a review right here on Gamingbolt critiquing the then recent release of Castlevania: Harmony of Despair. Fourteen months lat... Read More
No, I don't mean top ten jobs where you actually make games. We're focusing solely on the jobs that have appeared in gaming over the years. There are a hell of a lot of them out there, with some being... Read More
If the recent slew of motion controllers and plastic instruments is anything to go by, it just shows that the gaming public are suckers for new peripherals. It is thus that I recall a giddy excitement... Read More
Fans of Serious Sam want one thing and one thing only: Unabated and quick paced destruction. The original game has served as a cult hit for generations, with its crazy enemy designs and no bullshit de... Read More
[drop-cap]W[/drop-cap]hilst games are often able to produce static vistas that are stunning in their own right, it is often the animations and sense of movement that really make the medium feel alive.... Read More
[drop-cap]A[/drop-cap] lot of guys out there have not doubt heard the timeless expression “size doesn’t matter.” If you’re a lady and happen to be very supportive of your r... Read More
Whether it be failed realism, sci-fi or fantasy, we see a tonne of strange characters show up in gaming. Though their various eccentricities often seem to work in their favour within their various wor... Read More
The games industry is an ever complex machine, with many parts and elements that can let down an otherwise promising experience. Some games just let themselves down however. Gaming is constantly pushi... Read More
The Playstation 3 has been the little engine that could of our current console generation, with criticism and a variety of heavy shake ups still not being enough to dampen the console's appeal and mas... Read More
Have you ever punched someone in the face? Don't, as you'll probably just wind up breaking your knuckles and feeling bad about it later. Real life ramifications aside though, few elements in a game ar... Read More
I remember years ago as a boy being mortally perplexed by hardware choices. As a youth, some of the hardest choices I made revolved around what console to subscribe to, as they all offered so many dif... Read More
[drop-cap]S[/drop-cap]o many various engines are designed to animate and render the games we enjoy. There’s a lot going on under the hood that we take for granted as we headshot that n00b for t... Read More
Most of the popular games today focus on multiplayer, with online FPS and party games soaring to the top of the charts time and time again. Whilst online play and a recent surge in the acceptability o... Read More
Wine and cheese are two of the rare commodities that get better with age, an attribute than cannot be applied to gaming in the conventional sense. I played Resident Evil: Code Veronica recently on Dre... Read More
Developers seem to pour huge amounts of time and money into making guns feel satisfying. If you've ever played an FPS where an M16 feels like paper mache, you'll understand the importance of this part... Read More
We've seen a lot of development within the industry in the past five years, with better graphics, stories and sounds than ever before and the rise of online gaming and motion controls changing the lan... Read More
After existing in a seemingly endless development limbo, Rockstar have been oddly prolific with screenshots and videos for the upcoming Max Payne 3 over the past few months. Now we know that the third... Read More
