Games
Games review roundup: Donkey Kong Country Returns; Majin and the Forsaken Kingdom; SplatterHouse; Michael Jackson: The Experience
A weekly roundup of our bite-size games reviews, this week featuring the return of Kong! Well Donkey Kong at least in Donkey Kong Country Returns; a fairytale adventure from Majin and the Forsaken Kingdom; claret by the bucketload in SplatterHouse and dancing with the King of Pop in Michael Jackson: The Experience.
By Michael Plant | Games, Notebook | Thursday, 9 December 2010 at 9:00 am
Games review roundup: Disney Epic Mickey; Who’s That Flying?!; Raving Rabbids Travel In Time; Apache: Air Assault
A weekly roundup of our bite-size games reviews, this week featuring a return to videogames for the most famous mouse on the planet in Disney Epic Mickey; a return to old-school shoot-em-ups in Who’s That Flying?!; multiplayer mayhem from Raving Rabbids Travel In Time and helicopters on a console in Apache: Air Assault.
By Michael Plant | Games, Notebook | Friday, 3 December 2010 at 10:59 am
Games review roundup: Gran Turismo 5; Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit; Red Dead Redemption: Undead Nightmare; Pokémon Ranger: Guardian Signs
A weekly roundup of our bite-size games reviews, this week featuring ‘the real driving simulator’ Gran Turismo 5; the (not so real) driving simulator that is Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit; the unusual mix of Western and zombie horror courtesy of Red Dead Redemption: Undead Nightmare and a return to the world of Pikachu in Pokémon Ranger: Guardian Signs.
By Michael Plant | Games, Notebook | Thursday, 25 November 2010 at 4:06 pm
Games review roundup: Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood; God of War: Ghost of Sparta; Sonic Colours; The Fight: Lights Out
A weekly roundup of our bite-size games reviews, this week featuring cloak & dagger warfare in Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood; a journey into Greek mythology with God of War: Ghost of Sparta; everyone’s favourite high-speed hedgehog in Sonic Colours and bare knuckle brawling in The Fight: Lights Out.
By Michael Plant | Games, Notebook | Friday, 19 November 2010 at 9:56 am
Must watch: David Kassan paints with uDraw for Wii
We’ve had tennis rackets, golf clubs, steering wheels, pedometers, fitness boards and even whisks created for the Wii — why not add a pen and drawing tablet to the growing list of peripherals?
By Michael Plant | Games, Notebook | Thursday, 18 November 2010 at 4:11 pm
Games news in brief: The picks for gaming’s Christmas number one; The accessories of Call of Duty: Black Ops; and introducing Ollie the Octopus
A weekly look at the videogames stories making the headlines, this week featuring: The picks for gaming’s Christmas number one; The accessories of Call of Duty: Black Ops and Psychic Paul is dead, introducing Oracle Ollie.
By Michael Plant | Games, Notebook | Friday, 12 November 2010 at 9:00 am
Must watch: Rockstar debut new gaming franchise L.A. Noire
L.A. Noire is Rockstar’s dark and violent detective thriller set against the backdrop of 1940s Los Angeles.
By Michael Plant | Games, Notebook | Thursday, 11 November 2010 at 5:01 pm
Games review roundup: Call of Duty: Black Ops; Star Wars: The Force Unleashed 2; Super Scribblenauts; James Bond 007: Blood Stone
A weekly roundup of our bite-size games reviews, this week featuring all-out war in Call of Duty: Black Ops; a dose of the darkside courtesy of Star Wars: The Force Unleashed 2; fun with word association in Super Scribblenauts and shaken Martinis in James Bond 007: Blood Stone.
By Michael Plant | Games, Notebook | Thursday, 11 November 2010 at 1:03 pm
Games review roundup: Fable III; The Sims 3; Fallout: New Vegas; Deadly Premonition
A weekly roundup of our bite-size games reviews, this week featuring uprisings and chickens in Fable III; a day in the life of Sims 3; post-apocalyptic high-stakes in Fallout: New Vegas and a rival for Twin Peaks’ oddball strangeness courtesy of Deadly Premonition.
By Michael Plant | Games, Notebook | Friday, 5 November 2010 at 11:45 am
Games review: Cameras, kicks, and (voice) commands with Microsoft’s Kinect
After all the rumour, conjecture and name changes, to finally see Microsoft’s sleek, black, motion control device in its final release form, and have chance to put it through it’s paces, was something of a relief.
By Michael Plant | Games, Notebook | Thursday, 4 November 2010 at 4:01 pm
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