The Arkham series (Arkham Asylum, Arkham City and, now, Arkham Origins) has, over the last 4 years, reinvigorated Batman as a serious game. Arguably, Arkham Asylum and Arkham City are the best superhero games in recent memory. Unlike most superhero games, they were not just spin-offs of films. They were made with real love of…
Gaming has its roots in independent development. Not a lot of people are actually aware of that. The first video games that were ever made were coded as a hobby; programmers cobbled them together in their spare time then tossed them to the world, hoping someone might find something interesting about them. Some of the…
Video games can be highly valuable to one’s education and development. They promote cooperation and team work, develop problem- solving skills and can aid in dexterity and hand eye coordination. However, I feel the valuable life experiences that video games strive to teach us have been largely ignored over the years. Let’s look at these practical…
These days I don’t seem to be able swing a mouse without coming across the announcement of another new MMO game. I’m certainly not complaining about this uptick in popularity and variety. It’s refreshing to be able to go beyond the realms of EverQuest and WoW, and even the RPG genre, when it comes to MMO…
So in part 1 of my Grand Theft Auto Retrospective, I discussed the humble early days of the world’s biggest video game franchise. Those trashy shows and early tours, playing dive bars and garages for petrol money and tequila shots and becoming known for wild and controversial stage shows. It’s hard to remember those heedy…
So GTA V is here. Did you not hear? I’m fairly sure aliens from the dark side of Mars are currently shooting gangsters and flying jet planes into prostitutes in the biggest instalment in one of the biggest videogame franchises in the history of the world. Michael Bay would baulk at the budget for GTA…
Summoners, prepare you wallets. Riot has announced the next event to hit Summoner’s Rift… Zigg’s Pool Party. Despite Summer nearly being over (it never truly began here in Britain) the League of Legends homepage featured this little tease into the event: “Summer’s come to Valoran, and Ziggs, duke of demolition, is throwing a blast of a pool…
So, I should start out with a confession: I write a lot of reviews about video games, but up until two years ago, I had zero interest in them. Sure, I played the occasional game here and there as a kid. I had a Sega. I loved Bubsy and Sonic the Hedgehog. When I received…
For many of us, Metroid stood high among the titles that first ignited our passion for gaming. The adventures of the bounty hunter Samus Aran as she fought against space pirates and alien monstrosities will, for many of us, be etched permanently into our memory. To call the franchise iconic would be putting it lightly…
Shadowrun is a world where you’re as likely to run into a spell-slinging Dwarf as you are an Elf with cybernetic limbs. Shadowrun has always had one of the most unique setting around. Whether you’re sitting down for a pen and paper role-playing session of it, or booting up your SNES for some classic game…
Limbo by Danish game developer, Playdead, is an artistic masterpiece that is disturbing, beautiful, and open to interpretation. The 2D puzzle platform game was released in 2010, but if you haven’t played it yet, now is the time. Limbo – Game Review As the name suggests, the setting of this game is in a…
Some of my favorite video game memories were made with a group of friends huddled around a TV. The good old days of SNES multitaps and local co-operative games. I remember getting a group of friends and my brother together to play The Lord of the Rings for the SNES. Sure, you had to have…
Get your little Padawan geared up for Club Penguin’s Star Wars Takeover! If you’re unfamiliar with Club Penguin, it’s a MMO world where you can take control of a penguin to play all sorts of mini games, and go on adventures. It’s the number one online world for children, and now it’s getting a makeover…
Bewilderment. I think that’s a pretty fitting word to describe anyone’s mind while they’re playing the upcoming Wii U title The Wonderful 101. Now, I’ll be honest, when I first watched the E3 trailer for this game, I was a little confused. It looked to me as some sort of Viewtiful Joe-meets-Pikmin sort of scramble….
To call Mega Man Unlimited a game at the design quality of the Capcom development team itself, would be an understatement. After the less than stellar treatment that Capcom has give their most iconic character recently, it was about time someone better qualified picked up the helmet. That someone turned out to be MegaPhilX, a…