In the world of game storytelling, coming up with a good concept is one thing – telling it well is the other. I’m a sucker for a good story, and Heavy Rain focuses on just that. After seeing David Cage talking about it at Eurogamer 2009, I was anxious to get hold of a copy when it came out just recently. I preordered to make sure, and it turned up a day before release – excellent. After a fairly lengthy [...]
Last year we saw a miniature uprising in the games industry. Casual gaming made an all time high with the release of both Wii Fit and Wii Fit plus, with Wii Fit becoming the biggest selling game of all time. Both the Guitar Hero and Rock Band franchises went into overdrive, releasing a grand total of two new Rock Band titles and six new Hero titles (including Band Hero and DJ Hero). 2009 also saw some great gaming titles too, such [...]
Dear Santa… Dear Santa, I know I have been a bad girl this year. I know that the incident with the kitten and the toaster was wrong, and that I could have been a little more sensitive of my flat-mates. I mean how was I to know their nan was visiting, and anyway I can’t help it if my room is next to the front door can I? I also really didn’t mean to trip the electricity with my amplifier, and [...]
Greetings PS3 and all sorts of Sony entertainment system fans. The Games giants of the Japan world have spoken. Sony a couple of hours or so ago had their press conference in Cologne Germany at GamesCom and rumors have been confirmed and some interesting announcements have been made. Here is the low down: Playstation Home Update All PS home nuts are in for a treat with the announcement of Audi bringing its brand into the home system as well as [...]
Innovation is something that can be a godsend in gaming - with a huge competitive market in the gaming industry, companies fight to create something unique, yet too often ‘innovation’ just turns out to be gimmicky, boring, or just plain pointless. Motion controls, touchscreens, cameras… all good for a while, yet soon get pushed aside to go back to the good old solid gaming that I know and love. Fahrenheit was one such title, a game relying on next to nothing [...]
