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Author: Indra

  • Alice in Gamerland – Life could be ‘better with Kinect’ in so many ways

    For many of us the Kinect is just a peripheral attached to the Xbox that allows us to do a number of things. For some it’s dancing around the living room or swatting away bad guys with an invisible weapon. Others however just seem to use it to shout commands at the Xbox, rather than…

  • Ni No Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch

    In 2011 Ni No Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch was released in Japan for the Playstation 3 and now it is officially on the horizon for the rest of the world. Ready Up recently spent three hours playing the start of the game so we can tell you all about it. Ni No Kuni…

  • Hitman: Absolution

    Fans of the series have had to wait over six years for their next ‘hit’ (sorry) of Agent 47 and now Hitman: Absolution is here, but was it worth the wait? The first Hitman game was released for PC in 2000 by Eidos, now Square Enix, and was followed by three more games which were…

  • Alice in Gamerland – The Creepy, Scary World of Glitches and Easter Eggs

    Inspired by Halloween I thought, in this blog, I would investigate the weird and wonderful world of glitches and Easter eggs in video games. One of the most well known Easter eggs hidden away in game is probably the Monkey Family in Halo 3. Whilst wandering through the first level of the game you can…

  • A Game of Dwarves

    A Game of Dwarves has you digging for victory and travelling to far off lands, but is it all adventure or just back breaking work? Zeal Game Studio released Dwarfs?! in May 2011 and this time, with Paradox Interactive, they have created something more. A Game of Dwarves has better visuals and has expanded out into…

  • Alice in Gamerland – Pulling Faces at Ogres on the Holodeck

    If you’re an EverQuest II fan then you will probably already know about the new (and let’s be honest bit weird) technology that’s now available to you: SOEmote. In case this one has got past you, I shall explain. SOEmote is a new technology that allows your in-game avatar to mimic the facial expressions you…