Some gamers could empty a swimming pool filled with cola in less than half an hour
There were no real surprises and no delicious lemons; it was just so massively meh-inducing.
The thirteen year history of a developing sequel
In recent weeks I’ve noticed that, as in real life, in multiplayer co-op games online I’m content to be lead rather than lead… Borderlands for instance, I’ve played extensively with a great friend and for the most part I’ve been happy to defer to him over where we go, what we do and who gets the pleasure of opening up the cool red crates to see what treasures lie inside.…
There is nothing quite so satisfying as being rewarded for all your efforts with a game, whether it’s from months of solving puzzles to eventually reach that elusive final boss or just to hit that ultimate level cap and know that you worked to get there. When the promise of something great lies at the end of the struggle, how must it feel to reach that final destination only to…
Gran Turismo has a lot to answer for. Firstly, it sucked the fun right out of driving games. Let me buy new cars, yes, that’s a good thing (especially if they shoot homing rockets at evil ice-cream vans) but don’t make me fuck around with the exact settings on the suspension or pick the exact flywheel for the Nuremburg Rally or whatever it’s called. I haven’t got the time for…
There was an ABBA song running through my head when I first laid eyes on this Indie release (no it wasn’t S.O.S). Seeing the advertisements for this one pop on Steam, I found myself quietly singing ‘Take a Chance On Me’. It just started playing away in the back of my head when I laid eyes on a humble trio of Robots with swords and all of a sudden, the…
If a Fable 2 chicken flaps its wings in Albion, somewhere, in the black heart of the action genre, a hapless teddy bear has his stuffing ripped out. It seems that this generation has had its fill of cute, largely thanks to Nintendo’s family friendly offerings and Naughty Bear is the latest game to subvert all things bright and beautiful, due to bring its own brand of comic mischief and…
