http://blogs.independent.co.uk| Blogs from the Independent newspaper - news, views and features from the world's most free-thinking newspaper| Thu, 23 May 2013 18:28:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2| en hourly 1 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/06/22/ultraviolence-in-videogames-a-defence/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/06/22/ultraviolence-in-videogames-a-defence/#comments Fri, 22 Jun 2012 02:00:21 +0000 Oliver Cragg http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=25534 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.]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/06/22/ultraviolence-in-videogames-a-defence/feed/ 6 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2011/10/11/up-away-with-ace-combat-assault-horizon/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2011/10/11/up-away-with-ace-combat-assault-horizon/#comments Tue, 11 Oct 2011 08:04:25 +0000 Michael Plant http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=17305 Getting to grips with g-force, barrel rolls and sickbags in preparation for Namco Bandai's "Ace Combat: Assault Horizon"]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2011/10/11/up-away-with-ace-combat-assault-horizon/feed/ 0 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2011/04/11/games-review-roundup-motorstorm-apocalypse-moon-diver-wwe-all-stars-the-3rd-birthday/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2011/04/11/games-review-roundup-motorstorm-apocalypse-moon-diver-wwe-all-stars-the-3rd-birthday/#comments Mon, 11 Apr 2011 10:47:42 +0000 Michael Plant http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=11031 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.]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2011/04/11/games-review-roundup-motorstorm-apocalypse-moon-diver-wwe-all-stars-the-3rd-birthday/feed/ 0 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2011/04/04/games-review-roundup-shift-2-unleashed-pes-2011-3d-okamiden-super-monkey-ball-3d/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2011/04/04/games-review-roundup-shift-2-unleashed-pes-2011-3d-okamiden-super-monkey-ball-3d/#comments Mon, 04 Apr 2011 08:48:08 +0000 Michael Plant http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=10791 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.]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2011/04/04/games-review-roundup-shift-2-unleashed-pes-2011-3d-okamiden-super-monkey-ball-3d/feed/ 1 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2011/03/28/games-review-roundup-crysis-2-pilotwings-resort-super-street-fighter-iv-3d-edition-ridge-racer-3d/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2011/03/28/games-review-roundup-crysis-2-pilotwings-resort-super-street-fighter-iv-3d-edition-ridge-racer-3d/#comments Mon, 28 Mar 2011 08:38:58 +0000 Michael Plant http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=10535 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.]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2011/03/28/games-review-roundup-crysis-2-pilotwings-resort-super-street-fighter-iv-3d-edition-ridge-racer-3d/feed/ 1 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2011/03/14/games-review-roundup-dragon-age-2-tactics-ogre-let-us-cling-together-hard-corps-uprising-popcap-hits-vol-2/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2011/03/14/games-review-roundup-dragon-age-2-tactics-ogre-let-us-cling-together-hard-corps-uprising-popcap-hits-vol-2/#comments Mon, 14 Mar 2011 08:45:25 +0000 Michael Plant http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=9884 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.]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2011/03/14/games-review-roundup-dragon-age-2-tactics-ogre-let-us-cling-together-hard-corps-uprising-popcap-hits-vol-2/feed/ 1 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2011/02/28/games-review-roundup-bulletstorm-killzone-3-kirby%e2%80%99s-epic-yarn-de-blob-2/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2011/02/28/games-review-roundup-bulletstorm-killzone-3-kirby%e2%80%99s-epic-yarn-de-blob-2/#comments Mon, 28 Feb 2011 10:28:00 +0000 Michael Plant http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=9375 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.]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2011/02/28/games-review-roundup-bulletstorm-killzone-3-kirby%e2%80%99s-epic-yarn-de-blob-2/feed/ 0 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2011/02/21/games-review-roundup-marvel-vs-capcom-3-fate-of-two-worlds-stacking-tales-from-space-about-a-blob-4-elements/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2011/02/21/games-review-roundup-marvel-vs-capcom-3-fate-of-two-worlds-stacking-tales-from-space-about-a-blob-4-elements/#comments Mon, 21 Feb 2011 10:29:24 +0000 Michael Plant http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=9113 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.]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2011/02/21/games-review-roundup-marvel-vs-capcom-3-fate-of-two-worlds-stacking-tales-from-space-about-a-blob-4-elements/feed/ 0