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Archive for September, 2008

Leipzig 08: Stormrise

Saturday, September 27th, 2008 Posted in Preview | No Comments »

Format: Xbox 360/PS3 / Developer: Creative Assembly / Publisher: Sega / Due: 2009 / Preview: Presentation With the PC’s status as a gaming platform rapidly diminishing and the continuing rise of consoles, certain genres and franchises have begun to make the ...

WiiDS Episode 73: A New Hope?

Friday, September 26th, 2008 Posted in Podcast | No Comments »

Apologies for the late post, but if you’ve checked your iTunes or other podcast aggregator over the last four days, you’ll notice the seventy-third episode of our beloved, award-nomiated podcast is available, and here for your pleasure are the shownotes. ...

Leipzig 08: House Of The Dead: Overkill

Thursday, September 25th, 2008 Posted in Preview | No Comments »

Format: Wii / Developer: Headstrong Games / Publisher: Sega / Due: 2009 / Preview: Presentation The obituary for arcade games was written by the advent of home consoles, most notably the Nintendo Entertainment System, so perhaps its fitting that the latest ...

Leipzig 08: Alpha Protocol

Friday, September 19th, 2008 Posted in Preview | No Comments »

Format: Xbox 360/PS3/PC / Developer: Obsidian / Publisher: Sega / Due: Q1 2009 / Preview: Presentation Those who know me will know I am something of a James Bond fan. In fact, something of a James Bond geek. And, by extension, ...

Update: Excuses and Why I’m Sticking To Them

Wednesday, September 17th, 2008 Posted in Misc | 1 Comment »

I know I haven't done any blog entries over the last few weeks, besides the occasional WiiDS update - and I've even missed a few of them. Things are rather hectic at work as we're currently on double issues, so ...

WiiDS Episode 72: Ramshackle III

Monday, September 15th, 2008 Posted in Podcast | No Comments »

This week, the shownotes I painstakingly prepared for the crew were essentially thrown into the bin, as we lost ourselves in conversations about potential video game films, online systems, open worlds, evolution and all manner of miscellany that may or ...

WiiDS Episode 71: Nintendon’t

Wednesday, September 10th, 2008 Posted in Podcast | No Comments »

First of all, don't panic if you suddenly hear Dippy's voice appearing during the news section. Despite not turning up until halfway through the Main Discussion (clearly, they don't have punctuality down in Devon!), he rather cheekily forced his comments ...