The Top 10 Games I Never Played – Part 2

In part one I talked about what a shame it is when a game has a great concept and artistic direction, but is so broken it’s unplayable, as well as touching upon my personal unexplained apathy in concern to games I genuinely would like to play. Now i’m going to continue vaguely in the same [...]

The World Ends With You – First Impression…

Well my world did at least. My copy of The World Ends With You arrived a couple hours ago, and I have to say after becoming somewhat bored with the slew of generic games lately (having not yet gotten around to trying Suda 51’s quirky masterpiece No More Heroes) I was very interested in a [...]

The Top 10 Games I Never Played – Part One

Ok, so i’ve got just about as much right to talk about games i’ve never played as the SegaCD has to be called a ‘great console’. But whatever.
The following list consists of games i’ve been interested in for a long time, but due to one lame excuse or another, never actually got around to playing. [...]

The Things We Do for Points…

 Being an Achievement Whore is not something you would instantly associate with gaming on a tight budget. It’s two things i have to constantly juggle when spending/wasting my money.
A lot of games for the aspiring achievement whore can not only be cheap to pick up, but reasonably good too, or at least playable. Games like [...]

The Worst Purchase I’ve Ever Made…

I should hope Brucie and the Boys are ashamed of this ‘theme’

The fraction of a second for which I lost my judgement when I saw the words “Iron Maiden – Powerslave Theme” was enough for XboxLIVE to swallow up my 150 points, or my £1.28p.
“Shit” I thought for a moment as the realisation of what [...]

“Up Yours Europe!” Says Harmonix

Earlier today, Harmonix lead product developer ‘Greg’ posted an asinine, and frankly insulting list of reasons for the insane price of Rock Band in the UK, and the rest of Europe.
Citing the costs of shipping, packaging and taxes as the main reasons, ‘Greg’ attempts to explain, in his own opinion, why the game is so [...]

Brazil Squeals to Teacher

A Brazillian judge, Flavio Rabello yesterday banned the sale or promotion, and even importing of Rockstars Bully (Canis Canem Edit in the UK)
“The aggrevating factor is that everything inside the game takes place inside a school.” Said State Prosecutor Alcindo Bastos, adding “That is not acceptable.” It is reported that vendors, websites and other stores [...]

10 Quick Money Saving Gaming Tips

 
Many gamers these days, especially students, are on very tight budgets and as a result need to make the best use of their cash. Here are a few quick tips to get you thinking about making better gaming purchases. As we all know, gaming can be a VERY expensive hobby, but it doesnt always have [...]