Category Archives: Gaming

8th June 2011 - E3 – What happened to the Xbox we loved?

Another year, another E3.

The overwhelming emotion as a gamer is best described through a 3 letter word;

Meh.

Microsoft kicked off the show, repeating the method they followed last year, showcasing another Call of Duty demo. Early on the controller disconnected. Looking back it was an ominous sign of things to come. The demo played out exactly as anyone would expect, i.e. simply another COD (Yawn!).

Moving on we saw a demo of Tomb Raider, best described as an Uncharted rip off which also borrowed from a porno flicks soundtrack.

EA came on stage to announce Kinect support in future sports titles. A pretty meaningless gesture that can easily be backtracked on …
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15/04/09 - Halo Wars–Online tips

Seeing as my Halo Wars review never materialised due to various things getting in the way i thought i would instead, after playing the game quite alot recently, give some tips on how to survive online for new players.

Online you get to choose from 6 leaders, 3 covernant and 3 UNSC. They all have …
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10/04/09 - Perfect Dark coming to XBLA?

Well it looks like Perfect Dark 64 may be the next classic title to grace xbox live arcade if Rare’s nutorious teasing is to be taken at face value.

The picture below was released by Rare to show off their new Banjo Tooie theme for the xbox 360 it clearly has Joanna Dark in the …
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25/03/09 - OnLive. The Future of Gaming?

With the Game Developers Conference (GDC) 2009 now underway the furore seems to be centring on a new device called OnLive. The device aims to eliminate the need for separate games consoles such as the Xbox, Playstation or PC and even the need for any actual games.

OnLive only needs a small decoding device …
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