Five measly minutes…
Monday, May 26th, 2008 Posted in Comment, Misc | No Comments »...that's all it takes to leave me outraged and potentially ruin a great film.For those who haven't seen Indiana Jones And The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull yet, I warn you carefully: Do Not Read It This Post If You ...
WiiDS Episode 59: When WiiWare Kings
Monday, May 26th, 2008 Posted in Podcast | No Comments »Just to spite me, Dippy uploads the episode a whole day before the usual release date! And, maliciously, Jack 'cronogenesis/the jumpman' Smith has done the shownotes. I can't turn my back for a second - he'll be after my job ...
Crisis Of Confidence
Thursday, May 22nd, 2008 Posted in Career, Misc | 2 Comments »It may be stating the obvious, but I'm still learning how important confidence is in this industry. Yesterday, I attended the formal launch of the British Board of Film Classification's new online classification system (which looks suspiciously like the offline system, ...
Like Buses
Tuesday, May 20th, 2008 Posted in Misc | 2 Comments »The Liberty City Police Department, like buses, are a strange anomaly. Whenever you want one, there's never one around, but as soon as you want to be left alone, there are swarms of the buggers. GTA IV tempted my Achievement Whoring ...
Uwe Boll May Be Right
Monday, May 19th, 2008 Posted in Comment | No Comments »I never thought I'd say this, but Uwe Boll may be right. Uwe Boll, like Jack Thompson, is a character gamers often dismiss as soon as he pops up in conversation, in a news story or on a forum. He is ...
WiiDS Episode 58: The Rare Necessities
Sunday, May 18th, 2008 Posted in Podcast | No Comments »DOWNLOAD HERE We've got a very heated episode for you this week, but don't worry - it's all in good fun. Originally the plan was to discuss Rare and all of its games, but we became a little too focused on ...
Halt! Intruder!
Thursday, May 15th, 2008 Posted in Comment | 2 Comments »Stealth and video games are not exactly the most comfortable bedfellows. When video games pledge their undying love to stealth, focusing all their attention on it, the genre rewards them with critical appraise and public popularity. However, should games be ...
Throwing Caution To The Wind
Tuesday, May 13th, 2008 Posted in Career | 2 Comments »Re: A Cautionary Tale for the Young Games Writer Chewing Pixels’ Simon Parkin has written a self-confessed cynical poem about freelance games journalism, though I choose to take it as a warning about life as any type of games journalist. The main ...
WiiDS Episode 57: Downhill For The DS?
Sunday, May 11th, 2008 Posted in Podcast | 2 Comments »Download Episode 57: Downhill For The DS? Like the last two episodes of the podcast, this one is not in time. Unlike the last two, it's early. That's because Dippy's been able to work his magic and I've been kept ...
Preview: The Bourne Conspiracy
Sunday, May 11th, 2008 Posted in Playtest, Preview | No Comments »You will actually be able to get this demo on a disc (presumably the same one I've got) if you pre-order the Xbox 360 version of the game at GAME stores, and it will be released on Xbox Live on ...
