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 […]
by Ian Dean 2005 saw the introduction of the High Definition gaming generation. Pictures were clearer, sharper, and graphics were finally reaching a level where games could tell stories that were not only epic or fascinating, but visually cinematic. After the abysmal spinoff that was Shadow the Hedgehog, Sega realised that steps needed to be […]
by Ian Dean We all know that when aliens invade the earth, Will Smith and Jeff Goldblum will save us by downloading a computer virus into the alien mothership. However, on the off chance that a human virus is actually incompatible with the alien technology, Civilisation developer Firaxis has given us XCOM: Enemy Unknown, obviously […]
by Ian Dean Ninja Gaiden 2 was released in 2008, but only for Xbox 360. PlayStation 3 fans would have to wait until the following year for their version but Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 was definitely worth the wait. Sigma 2 featured some significant changes from the 360 version, including some graphical and technical upgrades […]
by Ian Dean There are games you play for fun, and there are games you play because you’re a gamer. Ninja Gaiden Sigma is definitely one of the latter. Don’t get me wrong, the game’s incredibly fun, but it is not for the faint of heart. The path of the Ninja is not an easy […]
by Ian Dean Released in 2010 by Obsidian and published by Sega, Alpha Protocol had been touted as the spiritual successor to the fantastic Deus Ex series. With Human Revolution to follow the next year, the claim was bold. Since the original Deus Ex in 2000, no-one had successfully merged the action, stealth and role-playing-game […]
By Ian Dean It’s only fair going in that I explain my deep, abiding adoration for the first free-roaming Spidey adventure: Spider-Man 2 the Video Game. Released in 2004 by Treyarch as a tie-in to the Sam Raimi/Tobey Maguire movie, there was just something about the game that ‘got’ the web-slinger. Sure, the graphics were […]
by James “Bassman” Bass First Encounter Assault Recon; so much more than a cool acronym; in late 2005 it was the only thing I could talk about. Allow me to paint a picture; it’s November 14th-my birthday- and following 2 weeks of absolute hell on a Cypriote army base (don’t ask me why) I return […]
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