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Machinima Spotlight – Clear Skies
I'm not a fan of machinima - what little I have seen has a tendency to consist of crude jokes and internet memes filmed in the medium of Half-Life and Halo. But this week,
Read More »A Little Interview About Don’t Starve
It is pretty safe to say that I have quite enjoyed Don't Starve, the survival game which I've really been getting my teeth into. Hell, I even a little video
Read More »Shootmania Storm – The Verdict
Shootmania Storm is an epiphany. It’s like someone took the modern expectations of what a multiplayer FPS should be, turned it upside down and shook it until all the bells, whistles and nonsense clattered
Read More »Mod Spotlight – All of them
Every few weeks I'll come across a mod that sparks my interest. Whether it's for a game I'm currently playing or something I haven't booted up in several years, it doesn't matter - within
Read More »Don’t Starve – The Verdict
This isn't Minecraft or Terraria, but it follows in a similar vein with no real hints or tips and an entire sense of 'how the hell do I survive in this game?'. I'm really
Read More »Sniper Elite: Nazi Zombie Army – The Verdict
Get a piece of paper and a die - Go on, I'll wait. Ready? Now write down six of the most generic words you can think of and number them one to six. Now roll
Read More »The Showdown Effect – The Verdict
I just killed a man by throwing a broadsword at him. Before diving out of a window. Backwards. Followed by a hail of bullets fired from his teammates. I hit the ground back first,
Read More »StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm – The Verdict
The legacy of the StarCraft games has grown and grown over the years, largely thanks to the awesome e-sports competitions it helped start in South Korea. With Wings of Liberty the game was brought
Read More »Our Week in Games – Week 36
I would just like the take a moment to think about all the awful things which have gone on this week. The Boston bombings and associated events, the fertiliser plant explosion and earthquakes in
Read More »Have Video Games Become Too Violent?
Games have been banned, police statements have been made and bloody torsos have been sold as ‘collector’s edition’. There is no doubt that violence is fairly prevalent in video games and the video game
Read More »Q & A With Xenonauts’ Chris England
Before the recent explosion in turn-based strategies, people would have laughed at the idea of releasing a game in which people take turns at moving. Asynchronous movement was a dated idea, back from when
Read More »Tiger Woods PGA Tour 14 – The Verdict
It is Masters weekend in Augusta and I am well and truly in the mood for golf. To celebrate, I've been trying to get to grips with the latest Tiger Woods title which features
Read More »BioShock infinite – What We Thought
BioShock is one of those game series' that you really must play, you might not like every aspect of the game, but there is always something about them worth having a look at. The
Read More »BioShock Infinite – The Verdict
When I started playing BioShock Infinite I was quietly impressed with the opening hours, things slowly started to draw me in, but I wasn't blown away. A lot of questions about Columbia and why
Read More »Our Week in Games – Week 33
When you read this, all being well I will be celebrating Easter by watching sweaty grown men grapple in the squared-circle. I am talking about a bit of wrestling with top notch UK company,
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