King Arthur: The Role Playing Wargame – Review

Few games have properly beaten me. It’s rare that I will play something that I can’t get to the end of, beat that last boss and save the day. Sadly, King Arthur is one of those games.  I am defeated.  King Arthur: The Role-playing Wargame…

The Rise and Fall of Command & Conquer

Command & Conquer is probably one of the most recognised computer game franchises in the world today, and especially so if you are a fan of the real-time strategy (RTS) genre. If you’ve been anywhere near a PC and used if for gaming in the…

King Arthur II – Preview

When it comes to PC strategy, Paradox have a hefty stable of titles focussed on various eras in history, but at this year’s E3, we veered more into the realms of the fantastical with a preview showing of King Arthur 2 – an RPG strategy…

Starcraft 2 – Review

A lot has happened since the original Starcraft arrived, thus forming Blizzard’s holy trinity of current game worlds. But to think that the sequel to the much loved real time strategy game took over twelve years to arrive is simply astounding. Since 1998 (Starcraft’s year…

Stronghold 3 Confirmed

We rather like Stronghold around these parts, and ever since the local council put an end to the Gaming Lives castle made out of Mikado packets we’ve had to turn our attention elsewhere.

Thankfully we’ve not had to search too far as Firefly have just…

Be My Player Two

It takes a lot of work for this site to run as well as it does. Some people might take Victor’s Twitter whoring, the fantastic forum or the regular updates for granted but behind the scenes, there is a fair amount of co-ordination. Being a…

Gaming Divisions

Games traditionally have been divided along clear lines into separate genres, each one with its own sub-types and core demographic of fans. There are the role-playing games and strategy titles that are identified with bespectacled nerds who don’t like to come out into direct sunlight;…