Videogame
Ultraviolence in videogames: A defence
Within the videogame industry there are a select few influential figures whose opinions and occasional remonstrations about the direction of the medium carry a certain weight and gravitas. Warren Spector resides at the head table of this unspoken hierarchy, and as such, his recent condemnation of the ceaseless ubiquity of fetishised ultraviolence inspired much beard-stroking and contemplative musing among the gaming media, almost as if something gospel and unprecedented had been uttered.
By Oliver Cragg | Games, Notebook, Opinion | Friday, 22 June 2012 at 3:00 am
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
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 | Monday, 11 April 2011 at 11:47 am
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 | Monday, 4 April 2011 at 9:48 am
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 | Monday, 28 March 2011 at 9:38 am
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 | Monday, 14 March 2011 at 8:45 am
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 | 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
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 | Monday, 21 February 2011 at 10:29 am
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