What next for Medal of Honor?
Once a titan of videogaming, Medal of Honor has fallen on hard times. The rise of Call of Duty as an annual gore-fest has left the one-time trendsetting series as something of a laughable footnote,...
View ArticlePieces of Eight: Videogame ‘space’ levels
Continuing my exploration of the best random levels in games I’ve played, here’s my pick of the best ‘Pieces of Eight: Videogame Space Levels’, in no particular order. As for a few of them being set...
View ArticleRetro Reboot: G-Police
Games, these days, are easy. Sure, there’s the occasional indie platformer that can lead to controller-hurling incidents, and anything involving online play can often leave me foaming at the mouth,...
View ArticleRetrospective: Warhammer Games
The war-torn battlefields of the 41st millennium have found more fans through the medium of mainstream gaming than it ever did on the 28mm tabletop. In fact, Nottingham-based ‘world’s best plastic...
View ArticleTop Five Games To Watch In 2015
After an arguably lacklustre 2014 for games, 2015 looks to be shaping up well for great titles. Here’s my top five most-anticipated games for 2015 – and a few that didn’t quite make the list. Number...
View ArticleAlien: Isolation – Sleeper hit of the year?
I’d heard of Alien: Isolation, but I had no intention of buying it. Aliens: Colonial Marines was a joke of a game, and only went on to prove my conviction that movie tie-in games – and games set in the...
View ArticleWhat next for XCOM?
I recently returned to my underground command centre somewhere beneath the Himalayas, and once again took control of the XCOM project – a global initiative activated in times of alien invasion, with...
View ArticleKnow Your Enemy
Loath as I am to admit it, I thought about Call of Duty the other day. Usually I try to avoid thinking about that once-great series, which has fallen far from its heyday (Call of Duty: Modern Warfare)....
View ArticleAndy’s Top Ten: Videogame Technology (part two)
More fun with technology… go read part one here. Number Five: The Ebon Hawk (KOTOR) Well-shielded, well-armed, well-stocked and well-sexy looking, the Ebon Hawk would be my selection for interstellar...
View ArticleAndy’s Top Ten: Videogame Technology (part one)
Ever played a game and thought “Wow, I wish I could do that”? I know I have – and with the advancement of technology, someday I may be able to do all those things our videogame heroes take for granted....
View ArticleRetro Reboot: Syphon Filter
They don’t make ‘em like this anymore… Man, did I love the Syphon Filter games. There was just something about their easygoing, intense action which kept me coming back for more – despite the...
View ArticleThe agony of choice – PS4 or Xbox One?
So it’s finally here – generation eight, the most powerful video gaming consoles yet made – and yes, they cost a shedload of money and have mostly-terrible launch line-ups. Some things never change…...
View ArticleLights, camera, awful…
To my knowledge, there are no good videogame movies. The few which didn’t suck so badly I wanted to murder the director and use his skull as a drinking goblet went on to be so badly milked it just got...
View Article2013 Fail of the Year nominations
Despite 2013 being a truly epic year for video gaming, it wasn’t all champagne and caviar (unless you’re a Sony shareholder after the bodged Xbox One launch event…) We’ve had my nominations for the...
View ArticleGTA5 vs Saints Row 4: Lines in the sandbox
Despite what you might think, when I discuss ‘the sandbox war’ I won’t be discussing an epic battle between two toddlers down at the local recreation area. No, this article will be discussing a far...
View ArticleFear the Twitterati…
Once upon a time, console wars were fought in schoolyards, between groups of friends banging on about how their console has 32 bits, and yours doesn’t – mostly without ever knowing exactly what a ‘bit’...
View ArticleAndy’s Top Ten: E3 2013 picks
Too busy to watch the live E3 coverage flowing from LA? Here’s my top ten news snippets you need to know, it’s Andy’s Top Ten: E3 picks. Number Ten: OUYA! (The noise one makes when spotting the Cops)...
View ArticleGuest Review: Epic
Guest hack Brett Maddux went to see animated movie Epic the other day – and rather felt it didn’t live up to its name… With only the visually impressive display in the theater lobby and the movie...
View ArticleAndy’s Top Ten: Things you need to know about the Xbox One
So Microsoft unveiled their new console yesterday, the ‘Xbox One’. It looks like a late 80s VHS player, and has ambitions of being the centre of your living room – and it might just do it too – if it...
View ArticleReview: Iron Man 3
After the triumph that was ‘Avengers Assemble’ (or ‘The Avengers’ in every country that doesn’t remember John Steed), I had high hopes for Iron Man 3. Sadly, those hopes were misplaced. This movie was...
View Article