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Gaming Is Good For me. Honest!
If you, like many people, tend to believe everything the newspapers and other such media outlets tell you at face value, then you’re doubtless aware that gaming is the cause of absolutely everything bad in the known universe. It causes obesity, violence, plagues of rats who are all called Bob and so much more evil! Exactly…
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R.I.P. Gaming “Community”
The whole idea behind this little opinion piece came as I was turning off my Xbox 360 after a session on Call of Duty: Black Ops I’d played around seven or eight rounds, and during each and every one I noted either absolute silence or hails of idiots screaming abuse at each other. And then the realisation…
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Warhammer 40K: Space Marine Demo Impressions
A few days ago I posted up a preview of THQ’s upcoming Warhammer 40K: Space Marine, which puts you in the power armor clad boots of one Captain Titus of the Ultramarines as he purges the Ork (and Chaos) forces that are invading an Imperial Forge World. Needless to say, I was excited for the game, and have…
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Waving My Hands In the Air (And I Really Don’t Care)
Written by Lee Garbutt As a long-time gamer, I find it incredibly difficult to keep an open mind about the use of motion controls in gaming – After more than three decades of using various joysticks and controllers, why to anything else? As they say, “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it”. Honestly, you could…
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Warhammer 40K: Space Marine – Preview
The biggest problem when creating a game such as Warhammer 40K: Space Marine is trying to ensure that the massive Warhammer lore doesn’t simply bury a newcomer that’s unfamiliar with the universe under a pile of incomprehensible names and references. And yet you need to keep the hardcore Warhammer fans happy as well, and God…
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Trenched Gets Renamed And A European Release Date
Microsoft have finally confirmed that Trenched will be getting release in Europe this September. The game saw a massively delayed launch in Europe earlier this year when it encountered trademark issues with an obscure Portuguese boardgame called “Trench”. It transpired that Trench’s designer was planning on releasing the game as a videogame as well, as…
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Toy Soldiers: Cold War – Review
Xbox Live Arcade Title Price: 1200 MSP Release Date: August 17th, 2011 Developer: Signal Studios Publisher: Microsoft Singleplayer: Yes Co-op: Yes Splitscreen: Yes Multiplayer: Yes (Toy Soldiers: Cold War was provided by Signal Studios for review) Like the original game, Cold War is still a tower defense game at it heart, demanding you create impenetrable…
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Deus Ex: Human Revolution – Preview
It’s now just over a week until the release of Deus Ex: Human Revolution, a game that I’ve been looking forward to for some considerable time. Should it live up to its promises, it could easily be in contention for the best game of 2011, or of the past few years. So why am I…
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Microsoft Respond To Free MS Point Error. Spend Your Points Now!
Many users logged onto their console yesterday to discover that they’d suddenly gained some Microsoft points. This unknown error caused varying amounts of points to be deposited into random members accounts, with some receiving several hundred or more. If you’re one of those lucky people then you might want to start spending your points now…
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