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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

Graphics so real you’ll forget it’s only a game

I love portable gaming.  The sheer audacity for Capcom to claim that the graphics are ‘So Real You’ll […]

___ 29 January 2012 Pulp

Nintendo 3DS: First Impressions

My lovely girlfriend bought me a shiny new Nintendo 3DS for Christmas and has hardly regretted it at […]

Lewis Packwood 25 January 2012 Opinions

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

Christmas Tardiness

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! Huge apologies for the lack of posts this week: lavish helpings of […]

Lewis Packwood 30 December 2011 Opinions

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

Nice Niche: a brief (and incomplete) history of horse racing video games

A lot happens during a horse race.  It may look like its just a race down a couple […]

___ 5 December 2011 Opinions

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 modern video game shopping experience is like eating the leftovers from a necromancer’s lair

[written in complaint by Sir Gaulian] From what I understand, necromancers are vile, vile creatures.  If you thought […]

___ 21 November 2011 Opinions, Pulp

It’s A Mad Mad Mad Mad Mad World

“People, if you want to play this game and really enjoy it, expect your eyes to burn a […]

Lewis Packwood 15 November 2011 Uncategorized

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

Fun With Phoenix Wright

Hurrah! Another game has been knocked from The Mantelpiece! They’re falling thick and fast… I’ve worked out that […]

Lewis Packwood 1 November 2011 Uncategorized

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

The Best Video Game Endings… And The Worst

WARNING: Inevitably, being an article all about the endings of games, this article contains some spoilers. If there’s […]

Lewis Packwood 4 October 2011 Opinions

The Forgotten: the life of the PSP

[painstakingly scribed by Sir Gaulian] It has been a tumultuous life cycle for the PSP.  It started off […]

___ 28 September 2011 Opinions

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

Monkey Island: Not As Good As I Remember

When I finally got around to ditching my old ‘dumb’ phone and upgrading to a considerably smarter iPhone […]

Lewis Packwood 6 September 2011 Uncategorized

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

Good Old-Fashioned Demon-Slaying Entertainment

Sir Gaulian’s recent article on ‘crowd combat’ games immediately made me think of Chaos Legion, a long-forgotten PS2 […]

Lewis Packwood 23 August 2011 Uncategorized

Warioware, inc; Mega Microgame$!: defining portable games since 2003

The original Warioware, Inc: Mega Microgame$! is unequivocally one of my favourite games of all time.  Everything about […]

___ 15 August 2011 Opinions

Bikini Warriors: The Sorry State Of Female Representation in Video Games

Despite the huge amount of progress that has been made in terms of women’s rights over the last […]

Lewis Packwood 9 August 2011 Opinions

Crowd combat – the exploration of an ‘epic’ genre

I can see the fun in almost any game.  Sure, I am not the biggest fan of many sports […]

___ 2 August 2011 Opinions

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

Coming of age: has the current generation of consoles finally matured?

At only 27 years of age I already hate teenagers.  I really can’t help it – they wear […]

___ 18 July 2011 Opinions

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

Welcome To The Manor

“In Which The Concept Of The Manor Is Explained and we indulge our creativity.  Just go with it” […]

Lewis Packwood 12 July 2011 Opinions

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