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Present and Correct

Present and Correct - a Gamer's Christmas

Games :: Feature 28 Nov 2008

Josh Wilson: Christmas, it has to be said, is a stressful time. Standard family issues apply - where to go, who to dine with, how drunk to get. Don’t want to piss off relative X, but you haven’t seen Y in time… It’s a logistical nightmare ...

Touch Me

Touch Me

Games :: Feature 03 Nov 2008

Tony Maguire: The iPhone 3G hit the shelves this summer, less than six months after the original model was released. Boasting faster 3G internet and assisted GPS, the gadget was heavily marketed as THE ultimate pocket companion. The sleek design is twinned with the ...

Braid, one of the most interesting of recent releases

Digital Distribution Comes Home

Games :: Feature 10 Oct 2008

Dave Cook: When Microsoft launched Live Arcade on Xbox 360, it initially appeared as a bit of a mystery. Cheap, downloadable games that could be stored on your hard drive certainly appeared to be a nice and convenient way of doing things, with the service boastin...

Loop Machine creator - Yann Seznec

Wii Loop Machine

Games :: Feature 10 Sep 2008

Dave Cook: Insanely popular music simulation games such as Guitar Hero and Rock Band may make you feel like you're some kind of musical master, but they are just that, 'a simulation'. Commercial music creation software, on the other hand, was all the rage in the ...

Edinburgh Interactive Festival '08

Edinburgh Interactive Festival '08

Games :: Heads Up :: Feature :: Preview 07 Aug 2008

Josh Wilson: For the last eight or so years the Edinburgh Interactive Entertainment Festival has joined the other hoards of arts based festivals over the month of August, normally playing host to an industry conference and a few videos of upcoming games. This year'...

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WiiWare Laid Bare

Games :: Feature 25 Jun 2008

Josh Wilson: While you may have noticed that the Wii has had a whole bunch of downloadable games for some time now - courtesy of the Virtual Console - you probably noticed that these games were all retro titles, and while having a bash around MarioKart 64 is never ...

Videogames Live

VideoGames Live!

Music :: Games :: Feature 22 May 2008

Dave Cook: Music in video games is not merely present to accompany the on-screen action. It is there to open up a range of emotions and evoke feelings in the player. From the funky to the dark, and from the gentle to the grandiose, video game music has come a lon...

Czech the likenesses

UEFA: Euro 2008

Games :: Feature :: Review 20 May 2008

Mike Smith: With none of the home nations managing to qualify for the real thing, Uefa: Euro 2008 could well be your only chance to see a British footballer lift some silverware this summer. But is it actually worth buying, or should we just ignore the Euros altog...

WiiFit

Beat you with my rhythm

Games :: Feature 23 Apr 2008

Dave Cook: Games using motion-sensor technology, requiring the player to get physical and actually move to play, aren't new and there have been some fun and extremely bizarre titles in the past. Rhythm-action games, or to give them their original, Japanese monike...

The times, they are a changing...

Games :: Feature 06 Mar 2008

Dave Cook: Tanya Bryon. Remember that name because the future of British gaming could rest on this television psychologist's shoulders. Why? Chances are you already heard that Rockstar North's violent but awesome looking Manhunt 2 has been denied release in Brita...

The Ministry Of Gaming - Happy Birthday

Games :: Feature 05 Feb 2008

Richard Dennis: Birthdays are an important time. They are a chance to pause, take stock, think about your life so far and the endless possibilities ahead. And also, have a massive party. This is important. The Ministry of Gaming, Edinburgh's only LAN gaming centre, is...

The Q1 Blues

Games :: Feature 06 Jan 2008

Dave Cook: The Q1 BluesAh quarter one, the period usually regarded as a quagmire of shit releases while developers all take a break after a hectic year. With most of 2007's triple-a titles released just in time for Christmas, 2008 looks set to start off with not ...

Wii wish you a Merry Xbox

Games :: Feature 07 Dec 2007

Liam Pritchard: Christmas. If ever there is a time of year to delve into the nostalgic mists of the past, then surely this is it. The company of friends and family, the memories of Christmas past; most folk simply can't help but let out a content sigh as they recall f...

The Orange Box (Valve/EA)

Games :: Feature 07 Nov 2007

Josh Wilson: Five games, one coloured box. For the release of HL2: Episode 2, Valve have gone a little bit mental. Instead of just flogging the latest in the series solo, you get the previously released Half Life 2 & HL2: Episode 1 AND a brand new game, Portal, AAA...

A very 'special' relationship

Games :: Feature 08 Sep 2007

Craig Wilson: The film industry owes gamers. We lap up every single mediocre game released in conjunction with big films, most of which have been so quickly conceived you'd be forgiven for thinking it was put together on someone's lunch break. Moreover, games design...

E3: No Surprises but Nintendo

Games :: Feature 09 Aug 2007

Josh Wilson: E3, the biggest, baddest games exposition is no more. The glitz, the glamour, the scantily clad ladies that had some integral role in gaming, all gone. The scaled back event was never going to be as interesting as last year, what with all the consoles ...

Thinking Outside of the Box

Games :: Feature 10 Jul 2007

Josh Wilson: It is science fact that computer games are evil, and if played for more than three hours inside one week, you are guaranteed to kill at least seven people over the course of your sick and invariably twisted life. So much a fact is this, that in some co...

Command and Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars

Games :: Feature 10 Jul 2007

Andrew Ferris: The original Command and Conquer game, released more than ten years ago, is considered by many to be the grandfather of the real-time strategy genre and brought a series of innovative features to gamers never seen before. So it is with great fanfare an...

Declaration of Independence

Games :: Feature 10 Jun 2007

Dave Cook: It's the early eighties: in the school playground children swap Spectrum and Commodore 64 games recorded over their parents' Whitesnake casettes. Some of the games they slaved over for months in their bedrooms, others are selling pirate copies for tuck...

The Fanjita Monologues

Games :: Feature 11 May 2007

Josh Wilson: A long time ago, on a planet not so far away and rather similar/identical to this one, the PSP was a closed console – capable only of running programs deemed 'worthy' (read profitable) to Sony. And then came the hackers... bringing with them swath...

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