Posts By George Reith

10 Of The Most Violent Ninjas in Video Games

10 Of The Most Violent Ninjas in Video Games

As far as general awesomeness is concerned, Ninjas are often seen as a group who have it in spades. Ninjas are just cool in most ways, to the point where countless games are based on them. A lot of ti... Read More

Prototype 2: 10 Things It Can Do To Better Its Predecessor

Prototype 2: 10 Things It Can Do To Better Its Predecessor

Does anyone remember the Brit-pop music scene in the early 90's? (This is relevant I promise.) Two bands: Oasis and Blur, producing similar music at a similar time were endlessly compared and contrast... Read More

10 Of the Ugliest Looking Video Games Consoles/Handhelds

10 Of the Ugliest Looking Video Games Consoles/Handhelds

[drop-cap]W[/drop-cap]hen it comes to the consoles we play, few are bothered about the unit itself. Naturally, us gamers are a practical folk, more concerned with the games we play than with what we p... Read More

10 Games With A Mind Blowing Colour Palette

10 Games With A Mind Blowing Colour Palette

[drop-cap]A[/drop-cap]s far back as I can remember, games have always continually pushed forward toward graphical realism. Anything less than photo-realism is often seen as a failing nowadays, but I f... Read More

9 Of The Scariest Videogame Soundtracks

9 Of The Scariest Videogame Soundtracks

I believe it was Shakespeare who coined the now popular phrase “if music be the food of love, play on.” He forgot to mention in this line, however, that music is also the food of angst, distress a... Read More

Captain America: Super Soldier (Wii) Review

Captain America: Super Soldier (Wii) Review

Any time I receive a licensed game through for review, I often do want it to buck the usual trend and pleasantly surprise me. When the license in question is beloved comic hero Captain America, this d... Read More

Bodycount: Exclusive Interview With Andrew Parsons, Level Designer

Bodycount: Exclusive Interview With Andrew Parsons, Level Designer

We recently went hands on with Bodycount and after playing it for a couple of hours we had no doubts in our mind that this game is shaping in to a unique first person shooter experience. With a visual... Read More

FIFA 12 Mega Interview With Lead Gameplay Director Aaron McHardy

FIFA 12 Mega Interview With Lead Gameplay Director Aaron McHardy

Our UK correspondent recently had the opportunity to conduct an interview with FIFA 12’s lead gameplay producer, Aaron McHardy. We asked him a lot of questions, and got a lot of great information!... Read More

Call of Juarez: The Cartel Review

Call of Juarez: The Cartel Review

I like to think of gaming as a highly refined and cerebral activity, but this assumption is often belied by how games with good ideas just don't cut it sometimes if the execution falls flat. One such ... Read More

10 Facial Blemishes In Gaming

10 Facial Blemishes In Gaming

[drop-cap]W[/drop-cap]e see a lot of different characters in our games. Considering how most titles revolve around the conflict between good and evil, we see the good and bad. We don’t often se... Read More

Bioshock Infinite: 10 Facts That Everyone Should Know

Bioshock Infinite: 10 Facts That Everyone Should Know

We saw Bioshock Infinite at E3 and based on that we thought we should give our users 10 facts that they should know about it. Bioshock was one of those games that appealed to a lot of different gamin... Read More

Agent: 10 Assumptions We Hope Will Be True

Agent: 10 Assumptions We Hope Will Be True

The PS3 has had a long and glorious list of protracted development cycles over the course of its life cycle. Though this happens with every platform, it seems the PS3 titles get more publicity than an... Read More

Top 10 Most Horrific Faces In Video Games

Top 10 Most Horrific Faces In Video Games

[drop-cap]T[/drop-cap]here’s something about faces that instantly gives you insight into a person. Whether it’s a smile, a nod, or straight up eye contact, these mild facial twitches are always th... Read More

Vanquish 2: 10 Things That Need To Change

Vanquish 2: 10 Things That Need To Change

Last year's Vanquish was a breath of fresh air that was sadly overlooked. With cool sliding mechanics and a exceptional sense of pace, Vanquish was a sorely overlooked modernisation of the arcade shoo... Read More

Top 10 Most Memorable Shouts In Video Games

Top 10 Most Memorable Shouts In Video Games

Sometimes you get mad, sometimes you need to intimidate others, and sometimes you just need to exclaim your dissatisfaction at your current situation. Whatever reason, there are times when a man just ... Read More

Virtua Tennis 4 PC Review

Virtua Tennis 4 PC Review

For all the times I see a console RTS and shake my head in dismay, there are many times when I see a game better focused for the lounge audience making an appearance on PC. Virtua Tennis 4 is one such... Read More

Revenge of the Titans Review

Revenge of the Titans Review

Two trends in gaming have dominated our fair market as of late. We have a surge of very similar Tower Defence games to match many casual gamers now purchasing smart phones, and we also have an obsessi... Read More

The Evolution Of AI In Video Games Over The Last 25 Years [1987-2011]

The Evolution Of AI In Video Games Over The Last 25 Years [1987-2011]

Weve seen a growth in online gaming over the years but, whilst the evolution of multiplayer is important, it would be foolish of us to neglect the evolution of computer oponnents for those times when ... Read More

Ubisoft announces EG Expo line-up

Ubisoft announces EG Expo line-up

Ubisoft has announced the titles it will be bringing to the Eurogamer Expo. Games on hand will be: Assassin’s Creed: Revelations, Driver: San Francisco, Ghost Recon: Future Soldier, Rayman Origins... Read More

Star Wars: The Old Republic Esseles flashpoint dev diary

Star Wars: The Old Republic Esseles flashpoint dev diary

[HTML1] Bioware have released a new developer diary for the upcoming Star Wars MMO: The Old Republic. Director Dallas Dickinson runs us through the action packed Esseles flashpoint. Check it out... Read More