We asked one hundred people to name an odd noise that occurs inexplicably. You said "Tweet", or survey said... *brr brrrrrr*
It is becoming increasingly common for publishers to include a games soundtrack as a bonus in the collector’s or limited edition...
The magazine world is now going through a bit of a transition period, with the immediate future not looking too good.
I’m sorry, that title was a lie – these aren’t FAQs they are just Qs. Qs that you guys asked me recently on our Formspring page, so I’ve picked some of the best and decided to answer them here, a little like SentUAMessage from Xbox Live except none of the questions involve Call Of Duty or whatever conveniently happens to be this week’s Xbox Live Arcade release.…
Regular readers here at the site will know that I have a fairly obsessive collecting urge with regards to my games collection; I make a point of hunting down rarer titles, including for older consoles long obsolete, and I opt for the limited edition of a game with the standard release a last resort. It isn’t just the games themselves however that can inspire me to go to occasionally silly…
These days when you walk into a newsagents, the floor space surrounding the gaming magazines is a relatively quiet place, but that wasn’t always the case. I can remember countless times flicking through rack after rack of gaming front covers, usually looking for one to read that didn’t have that infernal plastic coating on it, before eventually buying the one with the best sounding demo disk. Times have changed though,…
Sex is no stranger to games. I hear tales from friends about bedding characters in Mass Effect or Dragon Age: Origins and I remember once or twice getting some action in The Sims. Our very own Jace covered “nudey” games that were kicking about back in the 80s in his article here. Sex and nudity will always be a part of games whether people consider it suitable or…
The words ‘Spoiler Warning’ can’t come emblazoned brightly enough at the head of this article than if they were daubed in luminous paint. As I found myself becoming more immersed in Remedy’s Alan Wake, the twisting story and the questions that it threw up began to impress themselves deeply on my mind, and it seems that I wasn’t alone. With the hooks, twists, and mysterious ending, Remedy have created another…
