Review: Darksiders

Game: Darksiders Format: XBox 360 Developer: Vigil Games Publisher: THQ  As an avid comic book reader, the name Joe Madureira (or Joe Mad as he likes to be called) is a familiar one. Rising to prominence in the mid 1990s as the artist on Uncanny X-Men, Joe Mad built up enough of a following to [...]

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Fri, February 26 2010 » PS3, Reviews, Xbox 360 » 8 Comments

Paul Taylor: A Path Into The Games Industry

Way back in the post-millennial haze of 2003, I was at college and Ian (co-owner of Mode 7 Games) had just graduated. Ian told me that he was making a game, that it was something to do with sword-fighting and that he needed some music for it. I complied, willingly, as I’d always wanted to [...]

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Thu, February 25 2010 » Articles » 4 Comments

Review: Canabalt

Game: Canabalt Format: iPod touch/iPhone Developer: Adam Atomic Publisher: Semi Secret Software Run. Jump. Couldn’t be simpler… or more addictive, as it turns out. Canabalt is another game which began life as a free-flash game, and made a very fast conversion when it set the net on fire with its amazingly addictive nature. The App [...]

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Thu, February 25 2010 » Mobile, Reviews » 4 Comments

Checkmate Arcade 87 – Rainy Day

This week we have our final discussion about Mass Effect 2, without spoilers, for a while. Jason gets to play the Heavy Rain demo and Steven gets jealous. Plus, we try to cram more news into the show than we have time for. Lastly, we have the NPD numbers for January.

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Tue, February 23 2010 » Gaming News, Recommended Podcasts » 1 Comment

DLC Review: Resident Evil 5: Lost In Nightmares

Game: Resident Evil 5: Lost in Nightmares Format: Xbox 360 Developer: Capcom Publisher: Capcom With the arrival of this generation of consoles and the advent of paid for downloadable content, the life span of your average game has increased dramatically. While most games receive their additional content within a few months of release, Resident Evil [...]

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Tue, February 23 2010 » PS3, Reviews, Xbox 360 » 3 Comments