Category: Videogames

Not So Great Expectations

Not So Great Expectations

A thought occured to me the other day that has somewhat startled me.  Not something deep seeded and really worrying along the lines of “you’re probably half way through your life” or “actually a lot of that stuff you liked as a kid really wasn’t that good when you see it now” but the fact [...]

January 2, 2009 | 2 Comments More
12 MORE MONTHS!

12 MORE MONTHS!

Now that is how to start off your day.  Much better than the insanity I encountered a little bit earlier this morning.  I’m currently on “Christmas Lockdown”, which means I went out and about yesterday, put the world to rights delivering gifts to the elderly (ahem) and when I got home that was it.  The [...]

December 23, 2008 | 9 Comments More
PS3 Home, Marketing, Responses & Traditions

PS3 Home, Marketing, Responses & Traditions

Hey kids, you like being marketed too right?  Of course you do!  So you will no doubt be pleased to know that PlayStation Home finally launches today and there are a whole host of companies like Diesel and Red Bull who are just dying to meet brand conscious consumers like yourselves! My own product placement [...]

December 11, 2008 | 0 Comments More
There Goes The Fear Again

There Goes The Fear Again

I was listening to the Giant Bomb podcast this week and was glad to know that I am not alone in a little something I would like to tag “Gaming Fear” (TM and Copyright P.J. Cullen 2008), which is basically not wanting to start on a game because you know it will suck out a [...]

December 5, 2008 | 3 Comments More
Dead Space

Dead Space

In many ways Dead Space feels like a Greatest Hits CD, take the best elements from a variety of different games and mould them together to make something that will sell a ton during the festive season and keep almost everybody happy. EA has definitely thrown its not inconsiderable financial clout behind this new IP, [...]

October 29, 2008 | 3 Comments More