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Month: March 2012

  • The Medal of Honor is earned by only the best soldiers. Luckily this soldier is great.

    Another one bites the dust.  Game off the mantelpiece that is.  I had to resist the temptation to spell honor correctly for this entire post. For the record, it is H.O.N.O.U.R.   Back in 1999 I had my mind blown by a FPS on the Playstation.  That’s right, the Playstation.  Not the Nintendo 64. Not the…

  • Broken Sword: Paragon of Point and Click

    This isn’t the first time I’ve played Broken Sword, but it’s the first time I’ve finished it. I first played the game just before I went to university, as we had it for our family PC. However, I didn’t manage to finish it before I moved into halls, and while I was away the PC…

  • The End Of The GAME?

    So, looks like GAME are in deep do-dos. Just a few days ago, GAME Group made the dramatic announcement that it’s up for sale, and their share price plunged to 0.83p (it was 296.75p in May 2008). I knew that GAME was in trouble, but it was shocking to read just how dire their financial…

  • Remembering Mass Effect 2: republishing an old love letter

    Back at the start of 2011 I wrote what can only be described as a love letter to Mass Effect 2.  And what better way to celebrate the launch of Mass Effect 3 by republishing an abbreviated form of that original piece. Originally Published March 1 2011.  As a game, Mass Effect 2 just did…

  • Ghost Recon: The Best Game On The 3DS

    Ghost Recon: Shadow Wars is easily my favourite game on the 3DS so far, and without doubt the best of the 3DS launch games. Rather than being a first person shooter in the vein of its console cousins, Ghost Recon on the 3DS takes the form of a turn-based tactical shooter, and is all the…