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 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 […]
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 James ‘Bassman’ Bass Do sales make the game? As our favourite interactive medium devolves into a circus of sequels & repetition (save for the occasional original title like Watchdogs or Remember Me) the following question couldn’t be more appropriate: at the end of the day, is the thing that matters most cold, hard cash? […]
What would you do if you had to make a sequel to one of the most beloved games of all time? Seriously, what would you do? Yea, I’m a little flustered by the poignancy of the question as well. When it comes to the James Bond brand the answer is never easy. No matter how […]
by James ‘Bassman’ Bass What makes a good computer game? Is it shiny graphics, responsive controls or good, old-fashioned well-constructed story telling? Ultimately the answer to that question is up to you- the game-endorsing public. These days, as production values soar so do expectations. Sure, in the indie market things are judged more on originality […]
by James “Bassman” Bass Addiction; it’s something that will plague all of us at some point during our lives. Whether its alcohols sweet nectar, the soothing taste of chocolate or just some good old fashioned overspending, addiction has the ability to take many guises. Computer games are far from exempt from it-quite the opposite in […]
by James ‘Bassman’ Bass Gaming Icons: they’re everywhere these days. Whether it be the cybernetic sleekness of Raiden (post MGS4), the muscle-bound brashness of Marcus Phoenix, or the reflective visor-ness (that’s definitely not a word) of Master Chief. Since Mario’s inception way back when as the vertically-inclined ‘Jump Man’ the industry has been littered with […]
by James ‘Bassman’ Bass There are very few games that change your opinion of the whole medium. Titles that shape your view of the industry in general. Games that make you wish more games were made like them. Even fewer games have distinct themes and beliefs running through them; cyber-punk, post-modernism, mythology etc. However, in […]
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