by Ian Dean Apologies for the large gap between articles – been busy. I don’t know about you, but a dark, cold chill runs down my spine whenever a developer uses the phrase ‘appeal to a wider audience’. In fact, I just shuddered writing it myself. It’s not a statement I like very much. Part […]
by James ‘Bassman’ Bass When was the last time you heard a good story? For me, it was last weekend – I was chatting with a friend who regaled about his exploits from the previous Saturday with a buxom beauty at a local nightclub (always makes for good listening). Also, I saw Skyfall again last […]
by Ian Dean I love my 360 – it is my gaming machine of choice. Aside from the countless hours I’ve invested into my account, I seem to prefer Halo over Killzone, Forza over Gran Turismo, and Gears over God of War. Though I was thoroughly impressed by Sony’s presentation earlier this year, I was […]
By James ‘Bassman’ Bass The 1980’s were a seminal time; a decade defined by excess and socially valuable moments. On one hand you have lower end of the spectrum – terrible clothes, worse haircuts and yuppies polluting almost every nightclub on Friday nights (a la Christian Bale/American Psycho). On the hand there’s the good stuff […]
by Ian Dean Okay, so I missed May the Fourth. Sadly, fate conspired to keep me busy in a non-Star-Wars capacity. I did, however, hear the announcement that EA has signed a ‘multi-year agreement’ with LucasArts to develop and publish future Star Wars games. In fact, according the the press release from Starwars.com, DICE (Battlefield […]
After the Avengers caused such a buzz at the box office last year, I was desperately trying to reign in my expectations for Tony Stark’s next cinematic outing. After all, it really couldn’t have been as good as the Avengers, right? Well it isn’t, but it is certainly a good try. The story opens with […]
Let’s do some word association: football? Glamorous. American Football? Punishing. Basketball? Exciting. Tennis? Boring. Enjoyable to play (I presume) but to watch…plain, old boring. Every year people conjugate in the same part of London, on the same wind-swept summer days (when will we get some sunshine?) to observe a series of events that will determine […]
by James ‘Bassman’ Bass ‘Snake…SNAKE!’ Yes, yes…we all know where this is going. I’ve reference this game umpteen times in previous ‘Memory Lane’ articles. It’s the release that made action games into Hollywood movies, Hideo Kojima a rock star and the original Playstation essential. It needs no introduction, so let’s get straight to talking about […]
by Ian Dean When the original Mass Effect was released in 2007, it was advertised as the first of a trilogy, an overarching story that took decisions from game to game to build a continuity between the titles. So when Mass Effect 2 eventually followed in 2010, the pressure was on Bioware to prove that […]
Computer games are littered with fresh experiences; whenever you pick up your control pad after purchasing a copy of that month’s ‘triple A’ title, you are willingly embarking on a journey of amusement and discovery. Nowadays the modern game offsets scripted dialogue with formatted set pieces, all of which are entertaining, but seldom catching you […]
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