Homefront – Interview and First Impressions

Waves of civil unrest are rippling through the world we live in; Libya will fall, Egypt is falling and Tunisia has already fallen. The people are snatching back the power that they’ve been denied for decades. There have been many books, movies and even games…

Bastion – Preview and Interview

“Our hero sits down, fires up his laptop and begins to type. He wants to tell people about a story he heard… the story of Bastion.”

You know how every year there is an indie game that becomes available for download, a game that is…

Star Wars: The Old Republic PAX East Preview

Long queues ago, in a galaxy far far away…  I’m sorry, I couldn’t help it. The doors opened for ‘press only’ access at 9am on the second day of PAX East 2011, and I headed straight through the door in a brisk walk towards Bioware’s…

EDF: Insect Armageddon Preview and Interview

If any game suits PAX East’s offbeat, cult, hyperactive geek persona it is EDF, or Earth Defence Force: Insect Armageddon.  The game’s predecessor, EDF 2017, has become famed for its frenetic and, often, brutally difficult gameplay, and the cheesy, over the top nonsense surrounding the…

Jurassic Park: The Game – Preview and Interview

“They were so pre-occupied with whether or not they could, they didn’t stop to think if they should.” Or so I once read on the back of a butterfly’s wing. Jurassic Park is a quality franchise and anyone taking it on would have a tricky…

Karting and the Art of Not Punching Your Best Friend in the Throat

Written by Alasdair Beer

I spent an inestimable amount of time as an eight year old on my household SNES. It was the second console my that family had owned – superseding a burnt out second hand NES that my dad found in the paper,…

Just The Two Of Us

Give me a great video game and I will sit down for hours. I will be drawn in by the characters and their stories, I will be amazed by the beautiful scenery and animations, but give me a mediocre game and I will play it…