It is hard to talk about Deus Ex without gushing or descending into something approaching hyperbole; so that’s probably what I’m going to do in this article, because I firmly believe that it is one of the best games ever made. The game, despite the numerous faults that have become more apparent as it has aged only make me love [...]
After an absence of almost four years, SSX is returning to a very different world when it comes to game adaptations of extreme sports. The main difference is that there are now very, very few extreme sports games even coming out. SSX will be the first snowboarding title in recent memory and we got a chance to talk to Sean [...]
The concept of dedicated “art games” has become increasingly familiar over the past few games. Very few types of game generate as many thousands of blog posts, forum discussion and a general feeling of polarisation than this one. Many of you will probably remember the massive amount of discussion generated by thatgamecompany’s FLOWer back in 2009, commentary ran the gamut [...]
Ray Quinn and Kieran Murray are now deep into the construction of the Irish “Winnitron”, a project they describe as “a free to play indie game arcade cabinet, it features new games made by indie developers across the globe and its goal is to get people involved in the indie scene in their area as well as bring back the [...]
Irrational caused quite a stir at this years E3 with a behind closed doors demo of Bioshock Infinite. From the demo the game earned a stupid amount of Game of the Show wins from all the publications that witnessed what Irrational had to offer. Now you have the chance to see what all the fuss is about, thanks to the [...]
In this episode we are joined by the nice chaps from Boob.ie. We discuss Alice: Madness Returns, Plants Vs Zombies, Dirt 3 and more. In the second half of the show we introduce a new segment to the show called Alan’s €10 Hit or Shit and talk to the lads from Boob.ie about their site and generally take the piss [...]
One of the biggest surprises that Uncharted 2 was able to spring upon the gaming public when it released towards the end of 2009 was an incredibly well-developed and playable multiplayer. It took the excellent third-person action and set-pieces of the single player game and placed it in the familiar Call of Duty framework of team-based action and perks. It [...]
When Lewis Carroll wrote the orginal Alice story for Alice Liddell in 1865, he can hardly have imagined the ways in which his story would be presented to audiences. Be it the lavish animated treatment given to it by Disney or the “edgy” fully 3D nonsense that Tim Burton reduced it to a few years ago. American McGee brought us [...]
When I heard about the Travelling Wilburys I was about 17 and going through a whole “I was born in the wrong decade, man” phase. Dylan, Harrison, Petty and the rest; what could possibly stop them from being the best band in the history of the universe? Being given too much freedom, freedom the people they usually worked with reigned [...]
In this very special episode we are joined by gaming media legend, Jeff Green. In the first segment we cover the weeks news, and in the second segment Jeff reveals a lot about his history in CGW/GFW/1UP, his novel and his future in PopCap games. He also takes time out to answer some of your questions. This is an episode you don’t want to miss. [...]
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