I am woman. I am a relatively strong minded, independent woman. Now before you leave in your droves thinking this is yet another “ZOMG I’m a gurl gamer!!1!” rant, hold your horses. Modern day women can juggle work, children and a social life without being judged by the majority. We can vote, become a vicar should we want to, or join the armed forces, just like our fellow man.…
Not too long ago, in a galaxy far, far away (Scotland to be more precise), the majority of the GamingLives writers met up at GLHQ (aka Markuz and Lorna’s place). Unfortunately, I was unable to attend due to a massive economy drive on my part in the run up to the Eurogamer Expo but the discussion after the meet up did inspire me to write this article. A lot of…
2009 wasn’t a great year for gaming. It was dominated by the return of Call of Duty, Assassin’s Creed and Halo, giving the impression of a scene that was treading water. There were no real surprises and no delicious lemons; it was just so massively meh-inducing. Indeed, it wasn’t until the gawd damn sploicer nazi-maiming antics of The Saboteur that I even got that excited, and that was released right…
Duke Nukem has always been a firm favourite of mine; ever since I saw my dad first freeze a pig cop then kick it into a million pieces back on Duke Nukem 3D in 1996, I was hooked. The variation of levels and bosses coupled with Duke’s bad ass attitude really made the game for me and I would spend hours watching my dad play when it first came out.…
“It is 1999 and Unidentified Flying Objects (UFOs) have started appearing with disturbing regularity in the night skies. Reports of violent human abductions and horrific experimentation struck terror into the hearts of millions. The mass public hysteria has only served to expose Earth’s impotence against a vastly superior technology. Many countries initially attempted to deal independently with the aliens. In August 1998, Japan established an anti-alien combat force; the…
