Gavin Storey is a DJ from Grantham. He also happens to be the owner of RadioSega, having taken over from SegaMark two years ago. He was among the attractions at the London Gaming Con, playing a stomping set of Sega tunes on Sunday evening, and has kindly agreed to do an interview for PlusXP. Firstly Gavvie, how did your set at the London Gaming Con go? I felt it went really well. I was a little disappointed that we [...]
Zonic is a singer/song-writer/Sonic fan from Cambridge who recently exploded onto the London convention scene. Real name Ziggy Newman, this charismatic little lady performed at this year’s AlCon, Summer of Sonic and the London Gaming Con (which she also played a role in organising). I managed to catch up with her for a few minutes at the con to bring you this interview, dear PlusXP readers. So Ziggy 2011 has been quite a year for you. What would you [...]
Well its taken me over a week to sit down and write this, but it is finally my pleasure to bring to you my report from the first London Gaming Con, which I attended with fellow PlusXP members Garvaos and GuitarGirl, and contributor RandomMan. Running between the 4th and 5th December, this convention took place in the Rocket complex in North London. It’s fair to say it was quite the success, with hundreds of guests coming through the Rocket’s large [...]
This week we have been treated to yet another tantalizing trailer for Irrational Games highly anticipated 2012 release Bioshock Infinite. Set to an eerie and strangely reminiscent soundtrack, this trailer gives us yet more insight into the fall of Columbia, the latest and quite possibly greatest Bioshock city. Here we see the people of this once great and patriotic floating city suffering many hardships from illness and hunger to violence and corruption. We also see key character Elizabeth suffering some [...]
Back in 2009, after Metal Gear Solid 4 marked the end of Solid Snake’s saga, it was revealed that the next game in the series would instead follow the footsteps of Raiden, telling the story of his earlier days as a cyborg before the events of Metal Gear Solid 4. Metal Gear Solid: Rising would introduce a new type of gameplay to the series, utilising Raiden’s high-frequency blade to create a more action based title with the ability to cut [...]
Skyrim is a tough game to review, mostly due to the sheer amount of much deserved praise heaped on it by critics and fans alike. What else can I say to gamers out there to recommend or pick apart from a game this seemingly perfect? Then I thought sod it, I’ll review it anyway, because when Bethesda is bad its very bad (See brink) but when they are good, they’re really damn good! Skyrim is the fifth game in the Elder Scrolls [...]
