Burnout CRASH! – Hands-On Impressions

So, maybe it wasn’t the announcement we were all looking for from Criterion. Burnout Paradise, a regular game of choice for the GamingLives community, was released way back in 2008, with development finally coming to an end in the Fall of 2009 with the release…

Need For Speed Hot Pursuit – A Day At The Races

Wednesday 27th October… and it’s 8 am…

That’s early for me, really early. I don’t get out of bed for my real job that early, yet today I don’t mind so much because I’m heading to Chobham test track in Surrey for a Need for…

Cue The Intro

For as long as I can remember, music has been a prominent driving force in my life and one which has, over the years, helped to firmly commit specific instances or experiences to memory with a fusion between visual and auditory recollection. Whenever I hear…

Under Pressure?

Being something of a lazy gamer I tend not to buy new games all that often. I think it’s a combination of so many years with a lack of funds, being married to a non-gamer who pretty much saw them as an extravagance not to…

Kneel Before Nods!

Although often paraphrased, Cicero’s “to each his own” has its place in more or less every decision we make that isn’t based on a logical or moral choice. Whether we’re pondering the choice between pizza or Chinese food when it comes to ordering take-away, or…

FAQ Me!

I’m sorry, that title was a lie – these aren’t FAQs they are just Qs. Qs that you guys asked me recently on our Formspring page, so I’ve picked some of the best and decided to answer them here, a little like…

The Games People Play

With the inordinately small amount of time that I actually have for gaming these days what with… oh… this site, you’d be forgiven for thinking that I would, unquestionably, make the most of that time whenever the occasion for gaming decided to present itself.  In…