What Games Should I Get for my New Nintendo Console?
There will be plenty of people getting a new Nintendo console for Christmas and wondering what to buy next. But whether you love puzzle games, platform adventure, action or sports […]
Puzzle Games for the Lateral Thinker this Christmas
We all know someone who loves to get their grey matter working with the odd brain teaser, so if you’re shopping for them this Christmas – what kind of options […]
iPhone as a Gaming Device
I remember a long time ago writing about how I thought the iPhone and iPod Touch were flawed as gaming platforms. I said that they would only be good for […]
Band Boss iPhone Game – Behind the Scenes
Late last year my good friend Jack Herbert released a game called Band Boss on the iPhone – so I thought I would ask him a few questions about its […]
The Death of the Desktop?
Over the last decade mobile computing has become increasingly popular. Laptops have gone from machines the same size and weight (and some would say functionality) as an average breeze-block into […]
Mirrors Edge Preview
Judging by his previous posts, Ben will be somewhat jealous as I have just downloaded a playable demo of Mirrors Edge on the PS3. [Editors note: Yes I am jealous…] Even though the trailers and gameplay videos looked great I wanted to test the gameplay for myself, to see if it was as good as I imagined it could be, […]
Call of Duty 5: World at War Multiplayer Beta
So how do you follow on and try to improve upon a hugely popular game title such as Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare? Treyarch have chosen to go back […]
Controlling your eMotions
Family games live or die by their controls, and motion controls even more so. Why is it that games like Boom Blox are so instinctive and intuitive, when others like SSX Blur are so forced and laboured? For me it’s that one-to-one freeform movement that brings the magic and makes the games come to life. Video Games are often at […]
Hand Held Heritage
When they want to, families have a surprisingly long memory. The strong response to a recent Family Gamer column made me realise that we all have a myriad of skeletons […]
Small Hands
As I’ve said many times in my Family Gamer column, when you have kids it is immediately apparent that they need their own games. Everything from the size of their […]
Mythos – MMORPG Preview
I have a secret to tell you. I write an online gaming blog… but I’ve never played an mmorpg! Actually that’s not entirely true, we released Runescape at work about […]
Sierra event round-up
If my memory serves correctly Spyro the Dragon and Crash Bandicoot were both designed to give the Playstation a mascot that was associated with the console in the same way […]