As a once-enthusiastic Christmas aficionado who has since lapsed into doleful cynicism and meh-induced hand-flapping at the mere mention of tinsel, when I wake up with a flickering of seasonal joy stirring my stony old heart I have to grab and squeeze it, and treat it like the rare and precious thing it is. I [...]
Tags: Campfire Burning, dreamcast, Japan, QTE, ryo hazuki, sega, shenmue, Shenmue 2, Yokosuka, Yu Suzuki
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Tue, December 14 2010 » Opinion Pieces » No Comments
WE’RE BACK FOR ROUND 2! It’s a tales of 2 Adam’s this week as both Adam Roche (of 7BitArcade fame), and Adam Radcliffe (of generally being an idiot fame), join Mr Tom Wallis in the hotseats to take you through the week’s biggest games releases, a 60 second review of Apache Air Assault and the [...]
Tags: Apache Air Assault, dreamcast, Lara Croft, new, newbreview, News, Podcast, podcasting, reboot, series, Strumwind, tom clancy, tomb raider, video games
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Mon, December 13 2010 » Podcasts » No Comments
Game: Sonic the Hedgehog 4 – Episode 1 Format: Xbox Live Arcade (reviewed), Playstation Network, Wiiware, iPod/iPhone Developer: Dimps, Sonic Team Publisher: Sega Sega’s mascot has had something of a hard time ever since he first ventured out of the realm of 2D platforming and into the 3D world; the Sonic Adventure games were passable [...]
Tags: 360, dreamcast, eggman, knuckles, Luke Mears, Mega Drive, Microsoft, Mightyles, Nintendo, Playstation 3, PS3, Review, robotnick, sega, Sonic, Sony, tails, the hedgehog, Wii, WiiWare, xbox
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Tue, October 19 2010 » PS3, Reviews, Xbox 360 » No Comments
Other companies pussyfoot around and gently introduce concepts over years of testing the water, baby steps and half arsed innovations. Nintendo kick down your door and slap you across the face with new technology and ways to play. They make falling in line with their way a necessity, not an option, hence the current impending flood of motion control devices from Sony and Microsoft.
Tags: 32x, dreamcast, DS, Joefeesh, Kinect, Megadrive, Miyamoto, N64, NES, Nintendo, Playstation Move, Progressive, PS3, Publisher, Rax, Raxous, Saturn, sega, SNES, Wii, XBox 360
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Wed, August 18 2010 » Opinion Pieces » 2 Comments
In the world of videogames there really is no more sincere compliment than copying. In fact, you could go as far as to say that the industry thrives on one developer using the ideas of others. If this were the practice in any other industry, there would be a number of lawsuits flying about the [...]
Tags: Call of Duty, combat evolved, dreamcast, everybody loves lists, gears of war, god of war, GTA3, Halo, Jet Grind Radio, jet set radio, Kratos, leon kennedy, marcus fenix, master chief, Microsoft, Mightyles, Modern Warfare, PC, Playstation, Resi, Resident, Review, ryo hazuki, sega, shenmue, Sony, Theft, three, Tom Wallis, Tom01255, top 5, xbox, XBox 360, zombies
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Wed, May 26 2010 » Articles, List Articles » 5 Comments