Insert Disc Two? Are You Mad?

Insert Disc Two? Are You Mad?

There are times in my life where I read a news story and wonder “is this classed as real news now, or is it just a really slow day today?” For instance, I recently saw that NASA had come out and said that the sci-fi…

Diablo III Beta Impressions

Diablo III Beta Impressions

There are few titles that invoke such a high level of nostalgia as Diablo, its very name having been used to all but describe an entire genre since it first saw release.  Similar games have never just been ‘dungeon crawlers’ or one of the myriad…

Population Explosion At The Gathering

Population Explosion At The Gathering

As someone who has been lucky enough to travel the gaming universe within the space of six months, starting from PAX East, through the incredible extravaganza that is E3 and finishing off at Gamescom, the thought had never occured to me that there could possibly…

A Gathering of Freaks

A Gathering of Freaks

At first mention, The Gathering evokes a sense of sinister trepidation, a horde of glassy-eyed children standing around a huge woodland fire as they chant to summon some horrendous beast from the bowels of Hades and offer one of their own as a sacrifice. The…

Lost In Oblivion

Lost In Oblivion

The crowd roars, but the only thing I can hear is my pulse pounding. A minotaur twice my size swings his weapon directly for my head. My shield barely halts the blow, I feel my gauntlet crack from the pressure. Fix it later. The minotaur

Monstermind – Preview

Monstermind – Preview

It had been a long uphill struggle for the little town of Squished-Under-Foot but, finally, the citizens had a safe bastion where they were able to appreciate the fact that all their blood was inside their bodies, and that they were existing in a state…

Binary Domain – Preview

Binary Domain – Preview

Some games have a certain quality to them. You look at them and notice a diamond in the rough, something that will probably pass the majority of people by but, for a select few, will represent a game that they will remember with a distinct…