Author: James Gilmour

  • He’s The Duke

    So, I wrote a song about this guy. You all know who he is. You do. Trust me. No, not him. The other one. No, not him either. The guy. With the face. And the gun. The face and the gun. For God’s sake, go and ask your Dad. He’ll remember him. Your Dad thought…

  • Alien Breed 3: Descent

    Alien Breed 3: Descent is the final chapter of Team 17’s nostalgia-laced isometric sci-fi blast-a-thon. Fans of the series will find that, bar a couple of new weapons and a fresh boss or two, little has changed over the course of the trilogy. You’re still on an abandoned spaceship, your escape route is still a…

  • Kate & Milo: A Song For Peter Molyneux

    There are only three things I know for certain: people who like liquorice have no souls, Han shot first, and the world would be a darker place if Peter Molyneux wasn’t in it. The shiny, throbbing cranium responsible for such classics as Dungeon Keeper, Populous and the Fable franchise, is a true industry legend. He…

  • Reality Bytes

    Repeat the same journey enough times and it will become tedious. This is the nature of the commute — a daily voyage of familiarity. You walk the same streets; you ride the same buses; you drive the same car. You leave from the same location and arrive at the same destination. You do this not…

  • Rebooting the Reboot

    When sequels fail to recapture the success of their predecessors, developers are faced with a decision. On the one hand they can cut their losses, scrap the franchise and move on to fresh digital pastures. Alternatively, if there is anyone at the company who believes that there may be life (read “bucks”) in the old…

  • Doctor Who: The Adventure Games – Blood of the Cybermen

    The Pandorica may have opened, but the story isn’t over just yet. Blood of the Cybermen is the second chapter of The Doctor’s free-to-play digital adventures. Forgoing futuristic alien planets for the present-day Arctic Circle, Amy and The Doctor trace a radio distress call to an icy cavern. An abandoned skidoo and an unconscious research…

  • Move Over Heavy Rain Chronicles

    Quantic Dream, the studio responsible for Heavy Rain, has put its plans to release further instalments of the Heavy Rain Chronicles on “indefinite hold”. Fans of this year’s soggiest Playstation 3 exclusive had been promised an additional two more episodes to accompany ‘The Taxidermist’, which was released in March. In an interview with Now Gamer…

  • In Limbo

    When it comes to dreaming up subject matter for these blogs, my mind has a tendency to wander towards the negative. Like many of the bipeds who populate this shouty, stabby, nukey little sphere, I find anger a great motivator. There’s something about unmitigated rage that brings my creative juices to a boil. I like…

  • Guilty Eyes

    So I tore a Cyclops’ eye out the other day. I could have cut his throat. It might have lead to a quicker death. Probably would have hurt less too. I could have gone for a straight decapitation. One swift, terminal stroke – job done. But I didn’t. Instead I stabbed my fingers under his…

  • A PC By Any Other Name.

    Whenever PC and console gamers clash over which platform boasts the quintessential gaming experience, there are a few arguments that always rear their head. PC gamers will often proudly trumpet the positives of a mouse and keyboard interface over a console joypad. Console owners will retaliate by saying that they merely want to play games,…