This week I have had a chance to sink my teeth into a game which combines two of the things I love most. I am talking of course about Zombies and the iPhone. In the past the combination of zombies and phones may have seemed unlikely not only because of the limited linguistic skills of the common zombie, but also due to the fact that the average mobile phone is neither heavy nor sharp enough to form and effective weapon [...]
I’m probably the biggest gamer I know. I’m not necessarily the best – after all, it takes a devotion to a specific game or genre (or natural talent) to really master a game. But in terms of dedication, I play games at every opportunity - between work, “social interactions” and sleeping, you’ll more than likely find I’m playing a video game of some sort. Enjoying a vast amount of genres and keeping a close eye on the industry, I have a backlog that seems to grow rather than [...]
3rd person shooters have rocketed in the past few years, ever since the release of Gears Of War, the 3rd person shooting genre has been going from strength to strength. There have been various competitors to take the Gears Of War 3 podium and many have failed. But here is a promising new competitor that I have a strong feeling that will knock Gears off the top spot. I present to you, Quantum Theory.
The For-runners are back, and this time it’s up to you what is built. Halo 3 brought us something that console fans had been yearning for in one shape or form since Halo: Combat Evolved, and that was a level editor of sorts. Dubbed Forge, this basic level editor would let players customise some of their favorite maps with a variety of weapons, props and vehicles. Later on in Halo 3′s life Bungie released some unique DLC expand forge further, [...]
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.
As FPS games go I have had my fair slice of Deus Ex. The first installment I plated on the PC and invisible war I played on the original X Box. I loved invisible war, most gamers out there didn’t take a shine to it as much as I did but I thought it was a well put together game that could keep me entertained for a fair old while. Now seven years later. The third installment in the Deus [...]
Welcome back to Chernobyl Comrade… *somewhere over the Ukraine* I sat back and drank the last of my brand of El president Rum. Leaving Tropico was hard. The beach, the sun, the women… I leaned over to where Garv was playing on his DS. “How-much longer until we’re in London?” I slurred. “Uhhh, yeah, about that…” he said, putting Professor Leighton down. “You’re not going to London Beanie, you’re ah, no longer recognised as a UK citizen. Sorry…” “Bwuh!? But, [...]
When you think of gaming action heroes, who comes into your mind? Sam Fisher? Dante? Nathan “Nate” Drake? Kratos? For me, there’s only one hero who sums up an all American bad-ass action hero: Snake. Love him or hate him, Snake is a well established and respected figure in gaming, despite the twisting, turning, near incomprehensible storyline around him. But seeing as the next big game in the series is set around the character of Raiden, a guy I could [...]
Recently I did a post on how arcades are a dying breed, and have been for about the last decade or so. One of the reasons I gave for this statement was this generation of home consoles, have finally caught up with their arcade counterparts and are now beating them down to the ground as we speak. Earlier in the year, my family turned to what some Xbox fanboys might call ‘the dark side’ and got a PlayStation 3. Now my mum [...]
Resident Evil was a series that I didnt get into until more recently – I never had a love for horror movies, so horror games never really appealed. However, a few years ago, I decided to give RE4 a shot (I actually got the Wii version, since it seemed to work well with the control system). I enjoyed the game quite a lot, although it seemed the series had become a lot more action oriented than it had used to [...]
