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Our list to Santa
Following on from Kim’s article yesterday on what she would like for Christmas, Phil and I thought we’d do our own list to Santa. And I tell you what: he’d better have a lot of room in his sack because...
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Santa’s naughty-and-nice list
Santa’s naughty-and-nice lists are something to be respected: if you’ve been good all year, you get showered with gifts under your tree and have a great Christmas but if you’ve bad… then he sneaks into...
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Top five boxing games
Happy Boxing Day everybody! I hope you had a great day yesterday and got all the presents you were hoping for. Today we thought we’d give you something non-Christmassy while still sticking with the...
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Gamely gifting
As we all know, Christmas is a time for giving and – maybe in some cases – burying the hatchet. For video game characters this is especially true as there have been some great rivalries over the years;...
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New Year’s resolutions
Happy New Year everybody! I hope you had a great time over Christmas and that you haven’t still got a hangover (if so, what the hell have you been doing?!). Seeing as we’re now in 2014 it’s time to...
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Steam sale woes: part 2
So another Christmas and another Steam holiday sale have now gone by, and if you’re a new-comer to all those discounted games then I’m sure you were drooling at the mouth not knowing what to buy next....
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1001 Previews: COIN Impact: Operation Thunderhead
In the current market, when someone mentions the words ‘war game’ it’s only natural to think of big-name epic titles like Call of Duty and Battlefield where you can engage in realistic combat and...
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Second time lucky for Contradiction
At the end of last year, Tim Follin kindly answered our questions about his Kickstarter campaign for Contradiction. This week we received sad news that the campaign failed to reach its target; but is...
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Alien: Isolation picking up the pieces
Unfortunately last year we saw a much-loved and popular franchise get battered and almost damaged beyond repair:Aliens. Recently some details and footage have emerged about a new game called Alien:...
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Nintendo outselling Sony?
As the debate rages on about the war between the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One and which is better for all your next-gen needs, there’s another battle being fought but on somewhat of a smaller scale: that...
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Change needed at Nintendo
It’s no secret that Nintendo is in deep trouble, with the Wii U performing well under what was predicted sales wise. Is it time for the former gaming-super-power to re-evaluate the direction of the...
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The Last Cargo delivers terror
When was the last time you played a game where the main protagonist was in a wheelchair? There isn’t very many, right? Well this is is the bold move of games developer Ehnenu, with their new fantastic...
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When M. Bison retires
As we all know M. Bison is the criminal mastermind behind evil corporation Shadaloo in Street Fighter. But what happens when he decides that all this fighting is just not his thing anymore, and taking...
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Gaming pension fund
As you probably know, an ultra-rare Nintendo cartridge was recently sold for a massive $99,000 (lucky owner). This started me wondering which of the modern games players should keep hold of in order to...
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Lonely digital hearts
So it’s Valentine’s day today and, while all the couples out there are being romantic and doing couple-y stuff, spare a thought for those single video game characters who have nobody to cuddle up with....
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Great Gaming Box Art
Throughout the history of gaming the box art of a title has been an important part of its overall package. As a developer you need great looking box art because the casual gamer who walks into a shop...
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Speedrun madness
We’ve all tried speedruns at one point or another, where you basically try to complete a game as quickly as possible and perhaps picking up all the collectables in the process. One dedicated gamer...
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Price of Xbox One Titanfalls
With the next gen console war well and truly in full swing it seems that the early leader is the PS4, and the pricing may be one of the major factors. Microsoft has taken note very early on and made a...
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Beatdown on Kickstarter
The era of the arcade brawler game such as Streets of Rage is all but dead and gone, which is a shame because they were extremely fun to play. Never fear though as one man called Shawn Alexander Allen...
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I’m Batman!
Batman is back! It’s time to get our black rubber suits on again, talk in a gruff voice, ask ‘Where is she?’ and get excited. With the announcement earlier this week about latest game Batman: Arkham...
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