As the games industry matures over the years, one thing that plagues it is how narrow the themes expressed in games often are. Whilst we have plenty of war, conflict and death, we seldom have bereavem... Read More
From Sid Meier's Pirates! to The Secret of Monkey Island, us gamers have become rather fond of hijinks on the high seas, rum swigging, plank walking and yo ho ho-ing. After all, who doesn't like a goo... Read More
Mysteries are everywhere – in the realm of literature, movies, music – but the mystery of Summer of Arcade is even better. Sometimes games turn up disappointing or more typical than what we expect... Read More
Darksiders is back with a new protagonist; Death, the most feared of the four horsemen, who you may also know as the Grim Reaper as he battles his way through the land between Heaven and Hell. As War ... Read More
Let’s face it, it’s been a rough cycle for Square Enix. The once mighty giant with the Midas touch has made one colossal mistake after another with the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. It’s hard... Read More
When Square Enix announced that it would be bringing Final Fantasy to the 3DS, back at the platform's unveiling during E3 2010, I highly doubt this is what anyone had in mind. But then, Theatrhythm is... Read More
Remember Breakout? The game where you had a ball on a paddle, bouncing towards bricks on the top half of the screen, that would get destroyed as the ball touched them? The classic Atari arcade game, m... Read More
'Cos your friends don't dance and if they don't dance then they're probably my friends.
With the Just Dance and Dance Central series tearing up the Wii and Xbox 360 respectively, Sony was bound to follow suit for the Playstation Move sooner or later. Dancestar Party marks the attempt by ... Read More
I quite liked the first Orcs Must Die! game. Its sequel brings a lot of improvements to the core game and with the addition of a co-operative mode, the developers mean business. The addictive nature o... Read More
Let's be honest, we were all disappointed by Diablo III. Blizzard's long anticipated and eagerly awaited sequel to its 2001 breakthrough title that has gone down in the annals of gaming history as a v... Read More
As much as I hate to admit it, there seems to be a certain audience these days who want to play carnival games virtually. The idea of continuing to get swindled by bug-eyed carnies in the comfort of m... Read More
In these straightened times, buying a gaming peripheral can be a big decision and a sizeable investment. But with a summer lull for big game releases, there's no reason what money you do have should b... Read More
Unotelly is a very handy DNS service that allows you to watch previously blocked channels or services. The great thing about this is? It works with your game consoles - that's right, the PS3 and Xbox ... Read More
Hitman Sniper Challenge offers gamers a glimpse of what Hitman: Absolution will be like by offering them the opportunity to snipe some bad guys in a limited time. There's just one level here and it's ... Read More
Spelunky is not a game for the faint of heart. In spite of its cutesy exterior that resembles a charming, NES era game, Spelunky will destroy you if it ever gets the chance. Going by how disarmingly d... Read More
As cool as the technology behind Kinect really is, the peripheral has failed to live up to its promise of providing us all a new way to play. Unfortunately, Kinect is inherently restricted in the opti... Read More
Test Drive: Ferrari Racing Legends is the latest release by Rombax Games into the Test Drive franchise dating back to 1987. I tend to find most driving games fall into 2 categories; Arcade, where driv... Read More
If there’s any guarantee to the gaming industry, it’s that there’s going to be a football game every year. NCAA Football 13 builds off the previous games and continues with the same excitement o... Read More
Deadlight had me intrigued ever since I saw the trailer for it ages ago, and immediately I knew this game was going to be something special. But trailers can be so deceptive nowadays. Deadlight is a... Read More
