Its video time again! With fellow journalists traveling from far and wide for this years Eurogamer Expo, we here at PlusXp thought that it would be good to get some of our friends together for a round table discussion to see what they thought of this years offering. After a lot of e-mailing back and fourth, a couple of late trains and a minor wall related accident we all finally sat down to discuss our high (and low) points of [...]
Hands on For me this years Eurogamer Expo was going to be different. Of I suppose in a way it was different for everyone because of the new venue, but for me it was an extra special occasion. Why you ask? Well this years Expo marked the official start of my new role as the resident video editor of PlusXp. Having had a great response to last years videos contributed by Mark Boss it seemed only natural that this year [...]
At the Eurogamer Expo My desire to attend the talk by Peter Molynuex at this years Eurogamer Expo prompted mixed reactions from my fellow gamers. Whereas some enthusiastically conversed with me about moral choice systems, the names of our virtual dogs and all things Fable, others looked at me with blatant expressions of disgust before promptly leaving the conversation. Whist some spoke of Molyneux as the inspirational pioneer of moral gaming others dismissed him as overrated, pretentious and much, much, [...]
As we are fast approaching Eurogamer 2010 I thought it would be cool to do a sort of mini flashback to what Eurogamer 2009 was like and what there is to do at these things for people who haven’t been to the Expo, come one, lets face it we were all Eurogamer Expo virgins at one time in our lives.
Back in October 2009 the Plus XP team was starting to get to its feet, we had the opportunity to hit the Eurogamer Expo in London to get some experience, and the guys at Eurogamer were nice enough to give us press passes. It was from then on we gave some pretty hefty expo coverage, got a few videos in and even met with some key game developers. It has almost been a year on and we have grown. Of course we will [...]
With the disappointment of Microsoft’s conference weighing heavy on many, Nintendo’s conference wouldn’t really have to exert much effort to give a better showing. What Nintendo did give was a conference with a massive amount for the hardcore, and a lot of promise for their new 3DS. The conference kicked off by looking at the new Zelda for the Wii, now subtitled ‘Skyward Sword’. Looking like a mix between the graphical style of Wind Waker and Twilight Princess, it gives [...]
The first No More Heroes was a Nintendo Wii game I fell in love with. The protagonist was funny, awkward and weirdly relatable in a tale to defeat the greatest assassins in Santa Destroy in the hopes of getting laid with his beam katana that could only be charged by shaking it in a manner reminiscent of a teenager’s favourite pastime.
There are only so many ways you can make a racing game. You have the arcade racers, like Mario kart and burnout; and then you have the more ‘realistic’ titles such as Gran Truismo. Blur seems to be taking a little from both. Well, more like half Mario kart half and half GT. You have a range of popular car models with their particular strengths and weaknesses battling it out on a track, but with power ups not dissimilar to [...]
Sin and Punishment 2 is an odd one for most. A sequel to a cult game for the hardcore N64 fans that never saw release in the UK (though was recently released for the Wii’s Virtual Console), it’s suprising that Nintendo were advertising and showing this off at the Expo.
Watch as Mark Boss, Guitargirl24 and Garvaos interview a choice selection of some of the best gaming related cosplayers at this years May MCM Expo. – MarkBOSS www.youtube.com/markb0ss www.gamers-unite.com www.twitter.com/markb0ss
