FPS on Natal? Dear God!

Let me set the scene… Los Angeles, June 2009 and it’s the time of the Electronic Entertainment Expo or, as us gamers know it as, E3. Last year, during Microsoft’s yearly conference, it was revealed that they recognised how much of a success the Wii’s Motion Control was, and still is. They did this by announcing that they were currently developing a motion detecting camera, similar to the Playstation 2’s…

The Hand-me-down Effect

There was a time when you could go into a games store and browse a selection of games to buy at various prices. The new games were proudly displayed in multi-tiered shelves; the slightly older games, albeit still in the games chart, stacked sideways with the spines showing in a uniformed fashion. Or the old games which, the games store still having stock left over, were sold off at cheaper…

Getting The Game You Wanted

That is the question a lot of gamers might have to start asking themselves; can they get the game they desire in the form that they desire. More and more frequently it is the practise of publishers to bring out two, three, or even four different editions of the same title, on the same platform. Each with varying degrees of attraction in the form of in-game bonuses and additional content,…

Dawn of War II

The real time strategy genre can sometimes get tarred with “no innovation” brush, which overall I think I’d probably agree with. That said it’s such a closed genre that changing things drastically like one would in say a first person shooter could easily become too innovative and the end result would be the RTS crossing over too much into another genre, and in the process losing its RTS roots.

Dawn…

Breast Laid Plans

Is it just me or are computer game characters getting sexier?

How’s that for an opening question, eh? I’d go as far as saying it’s up there with “Who really believes Natal will be good?” or “Why is Uwe Boll such a dick?” – please don’t sue me Uwe, it’s all in jest. Ok that’s a lie; I wish you’d stop making such terrible movies.

Before we get started, I’d…