Author: Dave
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Mellow Yellow
Of all the veteran developers active in the game industry this year, Capcom have certainly been turning heads with just about everything they do. Forget EA, Activision and Ubisoft – while great developers in their own right, none have appeased their fanbase quite as much as this powerhouse. Take Megaman 9 for example. There’s nothing…
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Learning to Walk Again
If you check out my Ready Up bio, you’ll see that I am a self-proclaimed Call of Duty 4:Modern Warfare multiplayer nut. It’s the first shooter I was ever really good at both on and offline. I generally suck at games like Halo, Medal of Honor and Unreal Tournament, so learning I didn’t completely blow…
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Make n’ Share
The theory of Web 2.0 is quite liberating. It encourages everyone to get involved and shape the digital landscape through their own customised personal space and user-generated content. However, sift through sites like Youtube and you will find that many users have used this creative freedom to muck about and make mind-numbing video fads about…
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And the award goes to…?
I felt a bit tender on Friday morning…Thursday night was the second annual Games Media Awards in Camden, London. The event is run by those brilliant chaps and chapettes at Intent Media, who publish the gaming trade paper MCV and Develop. Each year, the event will recognise and award the journalists, websites, broadcasts, magazines and…
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Into the wild
It’s been a week since I was at the Leeds music festival and a few things I encountered there left a lasting impression on me. First of all, I am still absolutely knackered and worryingly, I didn’t have this problem last time I was there five years ago (note to self: I’m NOT getting old!).…
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Braid
I’m all for the idea that games are art but I really hate getting dragged into the debate with someone because it’s almost certain I’ll come out of the argument the loser. A good percentage of people I’ve spoken to on this subject tend to throw their hands and say something really annoying like ‘they’re…
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Enter the Locomatrix
I came across a really neat concept yesterday. At first I thought it was completely hatstands and that no one would ever buy into it, but after much thought, I’m now sitting on the fence – see what you think… My friend told me about this new technology developed in Brighton called Locomatrix. It uses…
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Another One Bites The Dust
It had to happen sooner or later. Another one of Edinburgh’s dwindling indie game stores closed its doors recently and by my count, we’re down to about two at the most – grim days indeed. So long, old friend :'( It’s a sad day indeed. Anyone lucky enough to frequent an indie store in their…
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Marching to a Different Beat
For me, Fridays have become something of a novelty. It’s no longer the day that marks the official start of the weekend and the end of the hard graft. It’s also no longer the start of the only two days I get to lounge around on my sofa uninterrupted, playing through the backlog of games…
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Control Freak
So I got myself the Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix beta last week, via the rather neat top-down blaster Wolf of the Battlefield: Commando 3. It’s a simple online beta; choose either Ken or Ryu and slug it out on a single stage against other players over Live. It’s got a nice graphical…