A Platform For Games

You’d be forgiven for thinking, with E3 just around the corner, that the only big announcements coming out of May would be regarding the UK’s shambles of a political system. However, just outside the M25, deep in the heartland of Guildford, a crack team of…

Halo Reach Beta First Impressions

The last couple of days, I have been making the most of my Xbox LIVE 48 hour Gold Trial. Every chance I have had I’ve been playing the Halo: Reach Beta and am I disappointed? Hell no!

Let’s just cut to the chase here and…

Disc Twitching

What is disc twitching?

Well according to the urban dictionary it’s the following:

Disc Twitching is something gamers do normally in the run up to the launch of a new game. It’s caused by not having anything to do or any new games to play.…

Digital Heartache

When digital distribution first started to appear I was firmly in the opposite corner, opposing it in every way possible, pitch fork in hand and ready to combat it head on.

Colour me old fashioned but there was something about carrying home a freshly bought…

Lego Harry Potter: Years 1-4 – Preview

After the release of Lego Batman back in October 2008, it didn’t take long for speculation to begin on gaming forums across the net about what franchise would be the next and most logical choice to be adapted to Lego form.  Ideas from ‘The Matrix’…

We’re Everyday Killers

There have been numerous stories about how games are having a negative influence on people. It’s always the same thing, violent video games breed violent attitudes and are responsible whenever someone commits a violent act. Quite clearly, there are no other influences in people’s lives…