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Growing up playing console games has taught me two things, the first being that a well crafted game can eclipse any film in terms of immersion and emotion; and the second thing that games are an unrecognised art form. By writing this blog I hope to show the games industry for the maturing industry it is - no longer the domain of a few but rather a market leader which far reaching appeal, constantly improving its medium like no other industry before it. Please feel free to comment on any of my entries and spread the word!

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Up & away with Ace Combat: Assault Horizon, Games

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Up & away with Ace Combat: Assault Horizon

Getting to grips with g-force, barrel rolls and sickbags in preparation for Namco Bandai’s “Ace Combat: Assault Horizon”

By Michael Plant | Games | Tuesday, 11 October 2011 at 9:04 am

Games review roundup: Motorstorm Apocalypse; Moon Diver; WWE All Stars; The 3rd Birthday, Games

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Games review roundup: Motorstorm Apocalypse; Moon Diver; WWE All Stars; The 3rd Birthday

A weekly roundup of our bite-size games reviews, this week featuring off-road destruction from Motorstorm Apocalypse; side-scrolling retro slashing in Moon Diver; Tombstones, DDTs and more in WWE All Stars and the time-warping craziness of The 3rd Birthday.

By Michael Plant | Games, Notebook - A selection of Independent views - | Monday, 11 April 2011 at 11:47 am

Games review roundup: Shift 2: Unleashed; PES 2011 3D; Okamiden; Super Monkey Ball 3D, Games

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Games review roundup: Shift 2: Unleashed; PES 2011 3D; Okamiden; Super Monkey Ball 3D

A weekly roundup of our bite-size games reviews, this week featuring the horsepower of Shift 2: Unleashed; a new dimension for football sims in PES 2011 3D; dog paint dog with Okamiden; more from AiAi, MeeMee, et al in Super Monkey Ball 3D.

By Michael Plant | Games, Notebook - A selection of Independent views - | Monday, 4 April 2011 at 9:48 am

Games review roundup: Crysis 2; Pilotwings Resort; Super Street Fighter IV 3D Edition; Ridge Racer 3D, Games

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Games review roundup: Crysis 2; Pilotwings Resort; Super Street Fighter IV 3D Edition; Ridge Racer 3D

A weekly roundup of our bite-size games reviews, this week featuring nanosuited power games in Crysis 2; the flight paths of Wuhu Island in Pilotwings Resort; more fisticuffs from Ryu, Zangief, et al in Super Street Fighter IV 3D Edition; and don’t mirror, don’t signal, manouvre anyway in Ridge Racer 3D.

By Michael Plant | Games, Notebook - A selection of Independent views - | Monday, 28 March 2011 at 9:38 am

Games review roundup: Yakuza 4; Homefront; Samurai Warriors: Chronicles; Yoostar 2: In The Movies; uDraw Studio, Games

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Games review roundup: Yakuza 4; Homefront; Samurai Warriors: Chronicles; Yoostar 2: In The Movies; uDraw Studio

A weekly roundup of our bite-size games reviews, this week featuring underworld dealings from Yakuza 4; war on America in Homefront; the 3D samurai of Samurai Warriors: Chronicles acting the fool with Yoostar 2: In The Movies and the artistic delights of uDraw Studio.

By Michael Plant | Games, Notebook - A selection of Independent views - | Monday, 21 March 2011 at 9:27 am

Games review roundup: Dragon Age 2; Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together; Hard Corps: Uprising; Popcap Hits! Vol. 2, Games

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Games review roundup: Dragon Age 2; Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together; Hard Corps: Uprising; Popcap Hits! Vol. 2

A weekly roundup of our bite-size games reviews, this week featuring swords and sorcery aplenty in Dragon Age 2; tactical warfare from Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together; good old side-scrolling shooting in Hard Corps: Uprising and a second compilation of download classics via Popcap Hits! Vol. 2.

By Michael Plant | Games, Notebook - A selection of Independent views - | Monday, 14 March 2011 at 8:45 am

View from the ground at Microsoft’s Spring Showcase 2011, Games

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View from the ground at Microsoft’s Spring Showcase 2011

As the dust fell on Microsoft’s 2011 Spring Showcase it wasn’t just the Xbox 360’s – on the go from midday until midnight – which were relieved to have survived.

By Michael Plant | Games, Notebook - A selection of Independent views - | Friday, 4 March 2011 at 12:00 pm

Games review roundup: Bulletstorm; Killzone 3; Kirby’s Epic Yarn; De Blob 2, Games

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Games review roundup: Bulletstorm; Killzone 3; Kirby’s Epic Yarn; De Blob 2

A weekly roundup of our bite-size games reviews, this week featuring ironically cliched shooting from Bulletstorm; ironically uncliched shooting from Killzone 3; unravelled platforming in Kirby’s Epic Yarn and the 3D colouring book that is De Blob 2.

By Michael Plant | Games, Notebook - A selection of Independent views - | Monday, 28 February 2011 at 10:28 am

Games review roundup: Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds; Stacking; Tales from Space: About a Blob; 4 Elements, Games

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Games review roundup: Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds; Stacking; Tales from Space: About a Blob; 4 Elements

A weekly roundup of our bite-size games reviews, this week featuring frantic fighting from Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds; the ingenious application of Russian dolls in Stacking; an unquenchable appeitite of Tales from Space: About a Blob and the taming of air, earth, fire and water in 4 Elements.

By Michael Plant | Games, Notebook - A selection of Independent views - | Monday, 21 February 2011 at 10:29 am

Games review roundup: Test Drive Unlimited 2; Dr Kawashima’s Brain and Body Exercises; Dance Juniors; Bionic Commando Rearmed 2, Games

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Games review roundup: Test Drive Unlimited 2; Dr Kawashima’s Brain and Body Exercises; Dance Juniors; Bionic Commando Rearmed 2

A weekly roundup of our bite-size games reviews, this week featuring open-world racing in Test Drive Unlimited 2; more brain training from Dr Kawashima’s Brain and Body Exercises; stepping to the beat with Dance Juniors and the return of the king of swing in Bionic Commando Rearmed 2.

By Michael Plant | Games, Notebook - A selection of Independent views - | Monday, 14 February 2011 at 10:12 am

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