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 […]
by James ‘Bassman’ Bass This one…this one’s a big one. Devil May Cry; ‘DMC’, the daddy of the third-person action/adventure genre. Such an effortlessly cool game; no fancy game modes where you face wave after wave of the undead, no ridiculous in-game advertisement or ability to link your high scores to Facebook (even though that […]
By James ‘Bassman’ Bass Ok, ok. So I know it’s an obvious one, but to omit a discussion about GoldenEye when recollecting a list of your favourite games? Simply ridiculous. Rare’s FPS masterpiece is just that: a masterpiece. A (pardon the pun) rare occasion when film and game merge in harmony and the result […]
by James “Bassman” Bass The Ultra 64 (or as the majority of you will know it, the Nintendo 64); what a piece of hardware! Four controller ports, acute loading times, smooth graphics and Mario 64 from launch. There literally were no downsides. Well…strictly speaking that isn’t true; Blurry textures, horrifying slow down and inflated prices […]
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