The Evil Of Generosity
Friday, March 27th, 2009 Posted in Misc | 1 Comment »I currently both love and hate Konami. The publisher’s 40th Birthday bash last night in London’s Centre Point was great fun. Even though the company hadn’t done anything major to impress the attendees (short of plonking a few Wii demo pods ...
When Great Should Be Good
Wednesday, March 25th, 2009 Posted in Comment, Playtest | 2 Comments »GTA: Chinatown Wars has put several things into perspective for me. For one thing, I now know what I appreciate the most in the Grand Theft Auto series. I miss the top-down perspective. As much as I enjoyed the GTA III ...
Podcasts: March 19th, 2009
Thursday, March 19th, 2009 Posted in Podcast | No Comments »WiiDS Episode 92: By The Bucketload Special Guest: The Haff - Announcements - Question Of The Week - Extending Zelda - News - Wii Sees Price Increase - Nintendo Picks Up BAFTAs - No Motion Plus For Conduit - Resident Evil ...
Postcards from… Bowa-Seko
Sunday, March 15th, 2009 Posted in Postcards from... | No Comments »New feature time! "Postcards from..." will be a series of one-off pieces of prose in which I'll write as the character I am playing in a particular video game. This is simply because I enjoy writing, I enjoy getting into ...
Podcasts: March 12th, 2009
Thursday, March 12th, 2009 Posted in Podcast | No Comments »Back to normality. Two podcasts this week: one WiiDS and one Total Gamer. Apologies for the quality of Total Gamer this week – Kid Dogg has a little trouble editing, resulting in a file where we all sound like chipmunks, ...
Bustin’ Is Gonna Feel Good
Thursday, March 12th, 2009 Posted in Career, Playtest, Preview | 4 Comments »Yes. That is me, grinning like an idiot and shaking hands with Ray Parker Jr., creator of the greatest theme song ever composed. Last Friday, I attended a preview of Ghostbusters: The Video Game at London’s Soho Hotel. Having turned up ...
Just Another Day
Wednesday, March 11th, 2009 Posted in Career | 3 Comments »The GAME British Academy Video Game Awards were great fun. I'm not going to spend too long bragging about the celebs I was rubbing shoulders with (read: in the same huge ballroom with), but it was a really enjoyable event. ...
Commuter Games: M.A.C.H
Monday, March 9th, 2009 Posted in Commuter Games | No Comments »It's a PSP week on Commuter Games, and this week I bring you a little known Sierra title that appeared on my desk a couple of years ago. Released to average reviews, it's a fairly average game but on a ...
Licence To Grill: LOTR: Conquest
Friday, March 6th, 2009 Posted in Licence To Grill | 1 Comment »As much as I enjoy this title unashamedly, it's time to deal with how well The Lord Of The Rings: Conquest handles the Tolkien license. The stories of Professor J.R.R. are nothing short of literary masterpieces that essentially defined the ...
Respecting Other Gamers’ Tastes
Wednesday, March 4th, 2009 Posted in Comment | 4 Comments »This is a complementary rant to the one heard on this week's Total Gamer. In my first week of playing Far Cry 2, I had housemates, fellow podcasters, forum members, and friends in general berating me for doing so. Not explicitly ...
