Fate of the World: Tipping Point – Review

Fate of the World: Tipping Point – Review

For reasons I’ve never been entirely able to understand, there are certain factions out there obsessed with the idea of the apocalypse. Instead of appreciating the life we have and living in the moment, we’re all constantly looking towards what happens at the end, and…

Trine 2 – Review

Trine 2 – Review

Remember that time when you were still really young and you were given a video game? A brand spanking new one, all shiny in its wrapper, full of promise, joy and utter brilliance? Nothing could dissuade that feeling that you’d achieved total Nirvana (no, not…

Go On, Give It A Go!

Go On, Give It A Go!

From the way these girls were carrying on you would have thought that a single woman had gone around, slept with all their boyfriends and cooked them ‘brinner’ afterwards. Whoever this tramp was, she was tearing relationships apart left right and centre – and the…

Press X To Save The World

Press X To Save The World

How many times has this happened to you: you’ve just battled your way through wave upon wave of enemies in the final level of whatever game you’re playing. You eye up the big boss, the evil Russian/Mexican/alien from planet ‘Whatever’ and steel yourself for the…

Adapting to Survive

Adapting to Survive

Over the last few years we’ve seen a number of changes occur within the gaming industry. The way we play games has changed entirely; with us no longer confined to a controller and a fixed position on our favourite chair.  Mobile gaming, which at…

Warlock: Master of the Arcane – Preview

Warlock: Master of the Arcane – Preview

Being a conduit between you, the reader, and the games you’ve yet to play I feel obligated to point out two very important facts. The first is (and I say this with a level of apprehension) that aside from one other Nintendo DS game I’ve…

XCOM: Enemy Unknown (Preview) – A Look Ahead

XCOM: Enemy Unknown (Preview) – A Look Ahead

Back in 1994, a game was released that turned one particular video game fan from the type of person who played games on their Amiga as something to do while their machine ray traced various 3D images in the background into a fully fledged gamer,…