Gaming
ConsortiumFriday, 31 January 2014
You are staring at your computer screen; you are literally you. And now, through the wonder of modern technology, you can jump into the mind of, and take over, the security head of a near-future corporation's flying fortress. You control his speech... Read more... |
Grand Theft Auto: San AndreasFriday, 24 January 2014
For lovers of PS2-era games, the conversion of titles like GTA 3 and GTA: Vice City to mobile platforms has delivered a welcome dose of retro-gaming thrills, but for real fans of Rockstar's crime epics, a visit to San Andreas is the one they have... Read more... |
The Banner SagaFriday, 17 January 2014
Set in an icy, fantasy Norse-influenced world, with an art style based on the 1950s work of Disney artist Eyvind Earle, The Banner Saga is immediately, aesthetically, vastly different from most videogame fare. But it's not just in visuals that it... Read more... |
ArchangelFriday, 10 January 2014
It is amazing what canny developers can now do, in terms of visuals, on mobile devices. Archangel's makers proudly trumpet its near-console level of graphical pizzazz and they're right to. Sadly, in copying console games' visual acuity, Archangel's... Read more... |
The best games of 2014?Friday, 03 January 2014
2013 was, according to Metacritic, the review scores aggregator site, the worst year for high-scoring videogames in a console generation. In other words, last year was really quite rubbish for videogames. Can 2014 do any better? Here's what might...... Read more... |
2013, where big budget games went to dieMonday, 30 December 2013
Like some kind of slow-witted zombie, mainstream games (on console, mainly) have been decapitated, disemboweled and run flat over, but don't quite know it yet.The year that saw the establishing of a new wave of game-specific hardware including home... Read more... |
The 2013 "indie" videogame revolutionFriday, 27 December 2013
Art? Emotion? Intelligence? If you want proof that videogames can provide all three and far more, the burgeoning "indie" scene provided plenty of evidence this year. While mainstream games-makers continue to choose to drive towards photorealistic... Read more... |
Angry Birds GoFriday, 20 December 2013
This Christmas, it is probably worth remembering that you should never re-heat turkey. You could run the risk of food poisoning and a grim Boxing Day. This advice should also apply to other birds and.. well, you can probably see where I am going... Read more... |
DarkoutFriday, 13 December 2013
As ever with videogames, one great success can lead to many failures. The success in this case was the breakout "sandbox" genius of Minecraft. On its surface, Minecraft is essentially a faithfully blocky attempt to bring Lego bricks into games. But... Read more... |
Neon ShadowFriday, 06 December 2013
This might be the best smartphone first-person shooter (FPS) yet. It's a tricky genre to get right on a touchscreen. Above all the usual FPS considerations of 3D frame rate, varied levels and enemy AI, you need a well thought out control scheme... Read more... |
Sony PS4Friday, 29 November 2013
One week on from the launch of the Microsoft Xbox One, now it's Sony's turn to launch its "next-generation" console. The PS4's graphical power is undeniable, as is its streamlined simplicity, but like Microsoft before it, Sony are making a simple... Read more... |
Microsoft Xbox OneFriday, 22 November 2013
Today sees the first of the truly "next generation" consoles launch – the Microsoft Xbox One. It promises to revolutionise gaming. But in fact, it could well be the last gasp of a dying form of interactive idiocy.The Xbox One is perhaps the most... Read more... |
