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I wish there was a sequel to… Folklore

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This 2007 PS3 RPG from now-defunct Japanese developer Game Republic really was something special – and it’s a criminal shame that it never got the sequel it deserved.

Lewis Packwood 21 February 2018 I wish there was a sequel to...

Folklore: a pleasing discovery

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That exciting feeling when you uncover a hidden gem down at the local secondhand game shop.

Lewis Packwood 21 November 2017 Opinions

Review: Zone of the Enders HD

Zone of the Enders is embarrassingly short, repetitive, packed with piss-poor weapons and has a plot that makes […]

Lewis Packwood 23 June 2017 Reviews

From The Armchair: Breezing Through The Backlog

The traditional ‘summer games drought’ comes as something of a relief for those, like I, who are imbued […]

Lewis Packwood 18 August 2016 From The Armchair

Better Late Than Never: Journey

I’ve played Flow and Flower before – two of Thatgamecompany’s earlier games, both imbued with an ethereal feel […]

Lewis Packwood 16 August 2016 Better Late Than Never, Reviews

Better Late Than Never: Uncharted 2

A few minutes into Uncharted 2, and it’s already apparent that it’s leagues ahead of the previous game, […]

Lewis Packwood 15 August 2016 Better Late Than Never, Reviews

Better Late Than Never: Uncharted

I finally got around to getting a PS3 in December 2013, and since then I’ve been gradually playing […]

Lewis Packwood 14 July 2016 Better Late Than Never, Reviews

Review: The Wolf Among Us

I thoroughly enjoyed TellTale’s take on The Walking Dead. The second season lost its way towards the end, […]

Lewis Packwood 7 April 2016 Reviews

32 years of brilliant video game box art – #2 (2013) Dragon’s Crown

Another year, another countdown, another birthday.  And I’m boxing it all up, tying a nice little bow around […]

___ 26 November 2015 32 Years of Brilliant Box Art, Pulp

Winter is coming? All you need is a nice big bowl of Lombax Soup

After playing through Ratchet and Clank: Tools of Destruction I realised that, at the same time of year […]

___ 11 July 2015 Opinions

Fallout and the splendid sound of silence

“Speak to Colin Moriarty”. It was the task that will always define Fallout 3 for me. As I […]

___ 7 June 2015 Most Agreeable Moments, Opinions

Heavy Rain: Awkward Start, Great Finish

My first impressions of Heavy Rain weren’t great. After a protracted installation session, I was wholly underwhelmed by […]

Lewis Packwood 28 February 2015 Reviews

Racing to 31 – 31 racing game greats: #5 Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit (2010)

It’s that time of year again and I find myself racing toward another birthday and to the ripe-old […]

___ 23 November 2014 31 Racing Game Greats

Racing to 31 – 31 racing game greats: #6 Dirt 2 (2009)

It’s that time of year again and I find myself racing toward another birthday and to the ripe-old […]

___ 22 November 2014 31 Racing Game Greats

Racing to 31 – 31 racing game greats: #7 Midnight Club: Los Angeles (2008)

It’s that time of year again and I find myself racing toward another birthday and to the ripe-old […]

___ 21 November 2014 31 Racing Game Greats

Racing to 31 – 31 racing game greats: #8 Motorstorm: Pacific Rift (2008)

It’s that time of year again and I find myself racing toward another birthday and to the ripe-old […]

___ 20 November 2014 31 Racing Game Greats

From The Armchair: Frustration and Tedium

What-ho, chums! A lot has happened since our last tete á tete back in October. I’m currently ‘on […]

Lewis Packwood 11 November 2014 From The Armchair

Who wants a prototype Playstation 3?

Want a prototype Playstation 3?  You know the one with the infamous ‘batarang controller’ announced by Sony at […]

___ 26 June 2014 Pulp

Nail’d is Big Fun

Just hold R2.  That’s how the instructions to Techland’s arcade offroad racer, Nail’d, should have read.  Jumping over […]

___ 26 May 2014 Reviews

Borderlands’ violence borders on overkill

I have played my fair share of violent video games.  I’m not proud of it, nor am I […]

___ 21 April 2014 Opinions

The Driver brand’s versatility is its greatest strength

Ubisoft’s acquisition of Playstation stalwart Reflections, and with it the Driver name, was a stroke of genius.  Driver […]

___ 1 March 2014 Opinions

inFamous 2: I Walk The (electrified) Line

inFamous 2 is the best superhero game ever made.  It’s the best anti-hero game ever made.  And its […]

___ 26 February 2014 Reviews

Outland is the game I thought I’d be playing in the future in the past

How many times do you think the average video game enthusiast says “this is the game I dreamt […]

___ 13 February 2014 Reviews

Why I don’t like Saints Row IV (but can totally understand why people do)

I really loved the Saints Row franchise.  It may have followed (closely) in the footsteps of the Grand […]

___ 6 February 2014 Reviews

Welcome to PS3 Land

Seven years after its launch in the UK, I can finally give you my first impressions of the […]

Lewis Packwood 16 January 2014 Opinions

Hanging out in the apocalypse with Joel and Ellie

When we created our rundown of the best games of the generation a couple of months back, I […]

Lewis Packwood 8 January 2014 Uncategorized

Side-stepping the next generation

The PS4 and Xbox One have now both launched in the UK, so the question is, which one […]

Lewis Packwood 4 December 2013 Opinions

30 Years of Video Games – Condemned 2: Bloodshot (2008)

I’m waving goodbye to my 20′s and to celebrate I’m counting down 30 games from the last 30 […]

___ 22 November 2013 30 Years of Video games

‘No More Heroes’ is still absolutely bananas

It’s been years since I’ve played No More Heroes since which time I’ve held it up as one of […]

___ 22 October 2013 Reviews

Sneaking back to play some Sly Cooper

InFamous made developer Sucker Punch a household name. Its open-world superhero game mixed open world traversal, platforming and deep […]

___ 4 October 2013 Reviews

Speechless. How the Last of Us took my breath away

As the species at the top of the food chain, humans – particularly in the more affluent countries […]

___ 10 August 2013 Reviews

Hotline Miami – you won’t ever want to hang up on this indie gem

Hotline Miami (PS Vita, PS3) – Hotline Miami is like a drug-enduced high that will take you on a trip […]

___ 18 July 2013 Reviews

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