Aug 27, 2010

Goodmorrow! ‘tis time for more First thoughts from the fellows, this time I shall let Mr Beans Mackenzie take the lead, take it away sire! Tom’s thoughts: When we first noticed the Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood area I’m pretty sure we nearly pissed ourselves with excitement. Both Steve and I just couldn’t wait to see what was inside the closed off area...

Aug 24, 2010

Earlier today GoNintendo posted a partial scan of the Metroid: Other M review from Game Informer (Australia). The game scored an 8/10 and is referred to as a “3D Metroid Fusion mixed with a dash of Metroid Prime and an anime film script”. That sounds respectable, right? In a week’s time Other: M will hit store shelves here in America. Europe...

Aug 24, 2010

Well hello everybody, Steve Wood here along with Tom Mackenzie, you know Tom? I think it was safe to say that us two were pretty much together for the entirety of Gamescom. Eating, Gaming, Walking, Laughing and Queuing but not sleeping, I sorted that out right away by throwing his bed over the other side of our Deluxe Hotel Suite on a very masculine diagonal...

Aug 12, 2010

As a lover of the ‘Organised Crime/Gangster’ genre, nothing gives me more pleasure than to regurgitate as many pop cultural conventions in a sentence as possible, and Mafia II gives me this blessed opportunity. Mafia II, the much anticipated sequel to PC hit ‘Mafia’ (created by Czech developers, Illusion Softworks) is due for...

Aug 4, 2010

I have tried to keep this as spoiler-free as possible, but there will be a few minor details pertaining to the overall plot. Just thought I’d warn you all! The Signal, the first of currently two scheduled slices of episodic content for Xbox 360s Alan Wake, is a tasty little appetiser for things to come! Released on July 27th free to those of us who...

Aug 1, 2010

I played Kane and Lynch: Dead Men… I did. I bought it for the PC, it didn’t work on my system, too high spec you see… Some time later, 3 years later actually, I bought it for the PS3 and my friend and I toiled for hours trying to get through that game with our sanity, temper and friendship intact and without killing ourselves from the depression...

Jul 30, 2010

It’s an age old question, who would win in a fight? A Spartan or a Samurai? An Apache or a Ninja? Ghandi or the Pope? Ok, the last one is yet to be tested, but the rest all have answers courtesy of Deadliest Warrior. In Deadliest Warrior: The Game you play as one of 8 ancient warriors (The Apache, Ninja, Roman centurion, Pirate, Spartan, Samurai, Viking...

Jul 20, 2010

“Prepare to be justiceded!” – DeathSpank, Hero to the Downtrodden, Vanquisher of Evil and Defender of Justice From the moment I heard about DeathSpank, I knew I had to play it. Maybe it was the name (still makes me chuckle) or maybe it was hearing about bizarre quests to collect unicorn poop – whatever the reason, I’m glad I downloaded...