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Arcade Impact – A Lament to Years Gone By…
Posted by Jason Hendricks on February 19, 2012 · 5 Comments
Love: The Greatest Force in the World…and Gaming
Posted by Ray Willmott on February 14, 2012 · 0 Comment
Some critics are all too keen to investigate the macabre components that exist in games; their perception of the anarchistic, blood-baths we play through generally narrow-minded and shallow. Desire seems to blur with obsession as they attempt to compare highly-fictional [...]
A Look Back at the History of the Soul Series
Posted by Sean Smith on February 4, 2012 · 1 Comment
Cast your mind back to 1996. There were already some fighting games that gave you the option to get tooled up and use weapons to destroy your opponent, Samurai Showdown was the premier implement-based effort, but that was in 2D. Battle Arena Toshinden was the decidedly off-brand [...]
Sequels Vs New IPs – A Call (of Duty) to Arms
Posted by Lee Garbutt on February 2, 2012 · 1 Comment
It has always been a forgone conclusion that every year, we can expect another instalment of sports titles like FIFA, Madden et al. and never bat an eyelid. It’s an expectation that has been in place for two decades. These games can’t really be described as sequels; [...]
Five Things We’d Love to See from the Next Generation of Consoles
Posted by Terry Lucy on January 6, 2012 · 0 Comment
With the recent news that Microsoft and Sony could be preparing to reveal their new consoles at E3 2012 in June, we thought we would run through some of the features we want to see. We aren’t going to go the obvious route of saying better graphics, bigger hard drives [...]
Saving the Mudokon: A Look Back at the Oddworld Series
Posted by Ella McConnell on December 28, 2011 · 4 Comments
The first time I encountered an Oddworld game was on a PlayStation demo disc. Intrigued by its unusual setting and use of the 2D platforming genre at a time when most new games were desperately trying to claw their way into full 3D, I was ecstatic when I finally got the [...]
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