The FPS is a versatile genre. It's comfortable on both PC and the home consoles and is able to grab the attention of almost any gamer, provided the mechanics are solid. It's because of this versatilit... Read More
It has almost reached the point now where I count film tie-ins as a completely separate genre within video games. A genre that is almost unanimously disliked. The sheer trash that is thrown our way di... Read More
Dragon Quest IX marks the second title of the Dragon quest series to be released in Europe. I'm certainly glad the games have finally made it to my home-land, but there's no doubt that the series has ... Read More
Meet naughty bear, a bear who unsurprisingly terrorises his fellow teddies and commits acts of varying naughtiness. In Naughty Bear you get to inhabit said teddy and commit a whole host of atrocities ... Read More
Who keeps buying these games year after year? Seriously? I recall playing Dynasty Warriors 2 on the PS2 back in 2000 and it was pretty fun. A decade later and Omega Force has shamelessly re-released t... Read More
As a youngster I grew up with my older brother who I was always close to. I never really got the whole transformers thing but he did, so I spent many of my formative years gaining second hand informat... Read More
It was Matthew Arnold who once said that art should be mainly judged on whether it achieves what it sets out to do. It is with this in mind that this review must come in two parts: Whether I enjoyed i... Read More
The casual gaming scene is one of those phenomena that has escalated quickly over the past few years, and I'll admit that I fail to understand where the enjoyment lies in the whole thing. Solitaire is... Read More
An evil stirs in the kingdom of Dotnia and, as the descendant of the legendary hero, it is up to you to find the six magical orbs that can seal the evil that may befall the land. If this doesn't remin... Read More
We gamers, as a bunch, have a stark tendency to be very bad at dealing with any kind of controversy. It is thus that I must very sheepishly admit to you that when GTA 4 was released back in 2008 I was... Read More
The original No More Heroes released in early 2008 to a surprising amount of commercial and critical acclaim. It is thus that for its inevitable sequel I must state a necessary fact for the purpose of... Read More
Keeping up with our RPG themes this week, we pay our respects to a more traditional action RPG that hit the ground running, only to hit a brick wall soon after Alundra was always one of those games... Read More
The original Super Mario Galaxy epitomised everything I love and hate about the Nintendo Wii. It was an original and enjoyable game full of bright ideas that had seemingly no hype and advertising what... Read More
Anyone who knows anything about the games industry will be able to tell you two undeniable truths. That movie tie-in games always fail and that games directly aimed at children tend to be equally poor... Read More
Back in the mid-90s a little known 2D platformer housed those searching for a little something outside the realms of Sonic and Mario. That game was Earthworm Jim, a title that had its own distinct fla... Read More
You can probably guess the premise from the title. You take part in the hit ITV show, doing a little bit of ice-skating each week and getting your performance torn to shreds by various AI judges. I ca... Read More
This Week in Awesome Games That Time Forgot we look back on a wrongly overlooked PS1 RPG, that was most certainly the most underrated title in the series Back in the halcyon days of the SNES, Capco... Read More
A little fact for those who are interested. In Japanese culture if you are offered a round on a karaoke machine, it is generally seen as rude to decline. In fact you'd be hard-pressed to find any popu... Read More
John Ruskin, a popular socialist thinker of the 20th century, said that if you wrote a bad poem the most honourable thing you could do would be to not publish it so it wouldn't waste peoples' time and... Read More
I don't know if it's just me or if this is a general consensus, but I find the majority of PS3 exclusives don't quite reach my expectations. I think this is an issue with me anticipating a little too ... Read More
