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Sir Gaulian’s most agreeable games of 2012

Call if Game of the Year, call it best games, call it whatever you like – at the […]

___ 4 January 2013 Best-of Lists

Hanging out with the dead: my meta holiday on Dead Island

I have been on holidays for the last week and for a large part of that I have […]

___ 8 October 2012 Reviews

The intensity of Crysis 2

Crysis 2 is perhaps the most intense action-based first person shooter I’ve played in a long, long time. […]

___ 3 October 2012 Reviews

Genji: A Hidden Gem from the Dying Days of the PS2

It’s very rare that I’ll buy a game on the strength of the box art alone. Usually a […]

Lewis Packwood 28 September 2012 Reviews

Far Cry 2 is beautiful but dumb

I finished Far Cry 2 (buy on Amazon) the other day, and I have to say I was […]

Lewis Packwood 26 September 2012 Reviews

The Brilliance of Bayonetta

I finally finished Bayonetta last week, just days before the announcement that the sequel is not only in […]

Lewis Packwood 24 September 2012 Reviews

Transformers: War for Cyberton – Why all the dark energon?

Transformers: War for Cybertron was a decent, if not derivative shooter that lived and died by its licence. […]

iamsirgaulian 23 June 2012 Opinions, Reviews

Duke Nukem Forever: Time to Kill?

I finished Duke Nukem Forever, but there isn’t a lot I can say about it that hasn’t already […]

___ 8 April 2012 Reviews

Ninja Blade: FromSoftware’s flawed gem

Sometimes silliness is okay.  If the relatively universal praise for Asura’s Wrath and its over the top action and anime […]

iamsirgaulian 7 April 2012 Reviews

Race Driver: GRID – The trouble with allegiance

I have a general fondness for the guys over at Codemasters.  What they do, they do well, particularly […]

___ 6 April 2012 Reviews

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 […]

___ 26 March 2012 Reviews

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 […]

Lewis Packwood 26 March 2012 Reviews

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 […]

___ 12 March 2012 Opinions, Reviews

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 […]

Lewis Packwood 5 March 2012 Reviews

Star Fox: Fun While It Lasts

Back in January I got all excited at the thought of playing a version of Star Fox 64 […]

Lewis Packwood 21 February 2012 Reviews

This Is Just A Modern War Song

Let me take you back to the dim and distant past of January 2010. I’m in deepest darkest […]

Lewis Packwood 7 February 2012 Reviews

Excuse my lateness…

Huge apologies, but this week’s post has been slightly delayed – the perils of holding down a full-time […]

Lewis Packwood 24 January 2012 Reviews

Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion – I am definitely not cut out to be a locksmith

I am an Imperial knight named Swarley with an innate ability for cutting dudes up with a sword, […]

___ 16 January 2012 Reviews

Ten Games of 2011 Lucius Definitely Would Have Played If He’d Had The Time

A New Year’s message from Lucius Merriweather, Esq. As you probably know by now, both Sir Gaulian and […]

Lewis Packwood 10 January 2012 Best-of Lists

Sir Gaulian’s most agreeable games of 2011

2011 was a ripper year for gaming.  Ken Levine, in an interview with Eurogamer, even went as far […]

___ 2 January 2012 Best-of Lists

Scribblenauts: A Missed Opportunity

Yes, I know I said I wouldn’t be buying any more games until I’ve finished all of the […]

Lewis Packwood 14 December 2011 Reviews

A Romantic Night In With Resident Evil

As you can probably tell by the fact I’m writing a blog about video games, I’m rather partial […]

Lewis Packwood 29 November 2011 Reviews

The Mercenaries do it for the money

[by Sir Gaulian] The 3DS is one of the dustiest consoles I own.  It sits, usually idle, on […]

___ 7 November 2011 Reviews

Shadow of the Colossus is Bloody Amazing

I think the title of this post pretty much sums it all up. If you’ve played Shadow of […]

Lewis Packwood 18 October 2011 Reviews

Warhammer 40,000: Squad Command: winning the battle

Warhammer 40,000: Squad Command was an isometric squad turn-based strategy game developed by RedLynx and published by THQ […]

___ 11 October 2011 Reviews

Psi-Ops: Clunky Fun

I bought this game YEARS ago. Seriously, I think it was in about 2008, or maybe even 2007, […]

Lewis Packwood 20 September 2011 Reviews

Shadows of the Damned – Garcia Hotspur is a Mexican Psycho

[penned by Sir Gaulian] I am not an avid reader  but Bret Easton Ellis is one of my […]

___ 29 August 2011 Opinions, Reviews

Monkey Fun

Enslaved: Odyssey To The West becomes the second game to fall from The Mantelpiece – at this blistering […]

Lewis Packwood 26 July 2011 Reviews

Pro Evolution Soccer 3D – evolving in the third dimension

I’ll say right off the bat that not a whole lot has changed,  functionally at least, from Pro Evolution […]

___ 19 July 2011 Reviews

Assassination Has Never Been So Much Fun

Assassin’s Creed II has the honour of being the first game to be knocked off The Mantelpiece and […]

Lewis Packwood 12 July 2011 Reviews

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