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From The Armchair: Stealth, How I Hate Thee

What ho, chums! I’ve been thinking of giving my Xbox 360 the old heave ho for a while […]

Lewis Packwood 20 June 2017 From The Armchair

Review: Remember Me

Dontnod Entertainment is clearly a developer to watch. They scored a well-deserved hit with 2015’s Life is Strange, […]

Lewis Packwood 26 January 2016 Reviews

32 years of brilliant video game box art – #6 (2009) Magna Carta 2

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

___ 21 November 2015 32 Years of Brilliant Box Art, Pulp

32 years of brilliant video game box art – #7 (2008) Command and Conquer: Red Alert 3

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

___ 21 November 2015 32 Years of Brilliant Box Art, Pulp

In retrospect: Did we skip “Emergence Day” this generation?

It’s hard to explain the aura of respect that Gears of War commanded when it was released toward […]

___ 8 August 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

Halo: Combat Evolved’s “The Library” is a textbook game design

I love The Library.  There, I said it.  Every time I play through Halo: Combat Evolved it dawns […]

___ 27 April 2015 Opinions

Most Agreeable Moments – Viva Piñata and the nature of nurture

There was something wonderfully magical about Viva Piñata. It was easy for tending to one’s garden to border […]

___ 18 April 2015 Most Agreeable Moments, Pulp

Placemaking: Dead Rising’s Willamette Parkview Mall

The moment you step into the corridor that leads into the vast and open plaza that is the […]

___ 23 March 2015 Opinions

Wolfenstein: The New Order is far better than it ought to be

Nazis, robots, alternative timelines – on paper, Wolfenstein: The New Order (buy on Amazon) sounds like the sort […]

Lewis Packwood 6 February 2015 Reviews

Racing to 31 – 31 racing game greats: #2 Forza Horizon (2012)

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

___ 26 November 2014 31 Racing Game Greats

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: #9 Forza Motorsport 2 (2007)

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

___ 19 November 2014 31 Racing Game Greats

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

Does Lords of Shadow cast a long shadow over Castlevania?

There is no series I have spent more time with over the years than Castlevania.  Irrespective of whether […]

___ 9 March 2014 Reviews

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

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

Prototype spoke to me (amongst the bloodshed)

It took me five years to finish Prototype and while I don’t necessarily want to review it the […]

___ 8 February 2014 Reviews

30 Years of Video Games: F1Race Stars (2012)

Today is the final in our 30 year countdown of games, which unfortunately also for me, means I […]

___ 27 November 2013 30 Years of Video games

The Gentlemen decide: the most agreeable games of the generation (Xbox 360, PS3)

It’s crazy to think that it’s been eight years since the dawn of this generation. Kicked off by the […]

___ 22 November 2013 Best-of Lists

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

30 Years of Video Games – Overlord (2007)

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

___ 21 November 2013 30 Years of Video games

Are we waving goodbye to budget games?

The first 12 months of the Xbox 360’s life were a bit touch and go.  Hardware failures and […]

___ 17 October 2013 Opinions

Modern Warfare 3 shows that war really never does change

Modern Warfare 3 shows that war really never does change.  Not that there’s anything wrong with that.  I’ve […]

___ 6 September 2013 Reviews

Second opinion – Spec Ops the Line

Spec Ops: the Line (Xbox 360) – This is actually the first time that Lucius and I have […]

___ 25 May 2013 Reviews

Bioshock 2 – Not waving but drowning

Bioshock 2 (Xbox 360) Review – I was not much of a fan of the original Bioshock.  I […]

___ 7 April 2013 Reviews

Lost Planet 2: Well That Was A Bit Rubbish

I’m a big fan of the original Lost Planet, and I picked up Lost Planet 2 a few […]

Lewis Packwood 12 March 2013 Reviews

Like a deer in headlights (why you should play Hitman: Blood Money)

It had all gone wrong.  After making my way through the cruise ship incognito, taking out my targets […]

___ 19 February 2013 Reviews

El Shaddai: Mad as a Bag of Frogs

I listed El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron at number two in the ‘games I would have played […]

Lewis Packwood 16 February 2013 Reviews

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