Digital Punishment

“There’s no comparing the games of yesterday to the games of today” – a brash opening statement.

The 3D world has arguably been fully realised with the 8-bit soundtrack being replaced by a philharmonic orchestra and the multiplayer experience extending way beyond the other end…

Sleeping And A Videogame Obsession

I had an uncomfortable epiphany just this past week. I see my digital clock display the number 2:25am far, far too often. It’s a bizarre number to shock me into realising that something is not right. But something clearly is. A quick mental roll-call reveals…

Requiescat in Pace – A Look Back at Assassin’s Creed II

I know; Assassin’s Creed II isn’t that old of a game (I first played it at release just last November on the Xbox, and PC gamers will have only now gotten their hands on it at all), so writing a retrospective piece may seem a…

Exploitation Station

A strange thing happened to me recently. My good friend Rook gifted Borderlands to me for my last birthday and, as I rarely play more than one game at a time, it sat on my shelf resplendent in all its foil-covered glory until just a…

Loader Bollocks

Loading, even the word makes me feel tired. For gamers who like to play on old machines, loading is a facet of gaming which just hasn’t gone away. Some people even relish in it, bathing in the glorious high pitched babble of classic 8-bit cassettes.…

Offering Kudos

Kudos (n)
1. Respect given to a skilled individual
2. Praise bestowed upon for status achieved
3. Honour awarded to the ultimate winner

This was a loading screen from Metropolis Street Racer, a racing game on the Dreamcast. This was also the…

Bad Company 2 – First Look

Its been a while since I’ve been seen round these parts with one of these article things, which is largely down to the fact that I recently got married, and that takes up a hellofalot of time (preparations, ceremony, the dinner afterwards, the consummation, the…