Greetings, the name’s Helen. Those of you with a keen eye on PlusXP will have no doubt seen a few of my articles about, such as my coverage of Pokémon White/Black, Okamiden and Doodle Smash. I’ve been a contributor for PlusXP since November last year, and it is with delight that I can say I’ve just been promoted to a fully-fledged staff writer. Which means I get a cool T-shirt and get to cover press events, among other things! As [...]
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I’m sitting here right now in my room, browsing PlusXP.com. A year ago now, on the 30th January 2010 my first post was on the site, proudly displayed. “5 Upcoming Movies of Games That Are Bound To Fail”, an article I’d written for my own blog that was originally used to accompany my Student Radio show that I’d spruced up a little and added loads of extra content into it. A year later, I’ve been to Expos, met some amazing [...]
What to get the gamer who has everything With Christmas fast approaching many of us are now facing one of the biggest challenges of the festive season. I am of course talking about the seemingly endless mission that is Christmas shopping. Whereas some make lists and some are just plain easy to buy for there will always be others who prove more difficult. Yes, I am taking about the gamer who has everything. If your the type who buys every [...]
Worth all the bloody hard work? How far would you go for a promotional copy before its release? Would you endure hours of tedious Queuing? How many miles would you travel out of your way? Perhaps you would partake in a painful chilli eating contest? Or even a day of political protesting? Well one Zombie themed protest later and I was not only the cure party’s new poster girl (Don’t believe me, see here) but I also had my very [...]
Seedlings for the city… Summer was almost over and my lone surviving Chili plant christened Stephen was not doing so well. Despite daily waterings, several hasty relocations and an inspiring word of encouragement or two only a single Chili remained; and even that was beginning to look weary. As is usual in these type of situations several ‘Helpful’ friends offered various chipper solutions to my botanical problem. Often when standing over the bedraggled Stephen I was met with a chorus [...]
Up up and….away? Over the last couple of weeks teaser trailers and artwork has begun to appear giving us a small glimpse of the next installment in the highly popular Bioshock series.
Ludo ergo sum: I play therefore I am Throughout history, we have sought ways to entertain ourselves, mostly varying from storytelling and song, to that of games. Perhaps the oldest games are variations on chess and dice, but while one taxed the mind, the other was a combination of luck a perhaps a little dexterity. In time, these evolved and became more complex, or, in other cases, more simple. But games weren’t just for recreation, they as tested skill, intelligence [...]
What we know now Up until now I have not said much about Guitar Hero Warriors of rock. I suppose a lot of the attention has been diverted away by the unveiling of Rockband’s ‘real’ guitar controllers’ whose somewhat shiny if not a little controversial appearance would be enough to distract any hardcore fan. Still, I think its time to put realism aside for a second and change this. After-all, we are talking about a game here and not a [...]
We have been an established game site for about a year and a bit now, so I thought it would be a good laugh to see what my first ever game review for Plus XP was like. Now for all of you out there who don’t know, Plus XP started off as a blog site which I ran by myself called Garvaos’ Gaming Blog with the catchy URL ‘robsrockingreviews.wordpress.com’ yes as a matter of fact I do look back at [...]
First look Have you ever played a Spider-man game and thought, hey one dimension just isn’t enough for me? Well if you have its your lucky day as Spider-Man shattered dimensions is here.
