Author: Johnny
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Patent outlines Sony anti-piracy software
After smacking down rumours of an anti-used games system it’s come out that the PlayStation 4 may well utilise new technology to block pirated games. Unearthed by DarkZero, this software patent describes technology that measures loading times to ensure pirates won’t be able to have their way with the PS4. The most illuminating part of…
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Ground Zeroes Courts Controversy
Metal Gear series creator Hideo Kojima expressed concerns recently that the next entry into the series may be too controversial to sell. Legendary developer Hideo Kojima is eager to bring more mature themes into the gaming world with Ground Zeroes but worries he may go a bit too far and render the game unmarketable. “Honestly…
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Xbox Live Games on Demand Sale Incoming.
The Xbox Live games marketplace is set to pull a Valve on their Games on Demand range with some titles dropping to 85% of their base price. Starting this Tuesday (26th February) and running until 4th March the Games on Demand service is going to become a lot more worthy of your attention as many…
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Special Forces: Team X
Special Forces: Team X is a third person shooter entirely based around online play with an emphasis on team play, and not a single original bone in its metaphorical body. There’s only one thing in here you’ve not seen before and that’s the way the maps are put together. Before a match begins players will…
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Snag yourself a ton of Resident Evil 6 gear
Human beings still like free stuff right? Okay, good. Well thanks to Capcom UK here’s your chance to grab some of this fabled free stuff, more specifically free stuff based around the 2012 action game with zombies Resident Evil 6. You could snag all of this lovely gear: Resident Evil 6 Collectors Edition, including Resident…
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Strike Suit Zero
It’s hard to know where to start with a game like Strike Suit Zero, given that the last Space Combat Sims I played properly were Tachyon: The Fringe and Rogue Leader. Both are games that hold special places in my heart. It seems as if any space sim that flutters its eyelashes at me is going…
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Stealth Bastard Deluxe
Stealth Bastard is a game that makes me very sad, and not because I am factually a bastard. I should be jumping for joy at the thought of a side-scrolling stealth ’em up, especially one so piss-takingly punishing, but I just can’t shake the feeling that I’m enjoying it a lot less than I ought…
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Medal of Honor: Warfighter Review
Medal of Honor is a title with a highly esteemed pedigree, having its beginnings as one of the Playstation’s most beloved games while simultaneously being the reason that there was a period where virtually everything in gaming was about shooting Germans in western Europe circa 1944. When Allied Assault came out I was a spritely…
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The Game Mechanic – The People Who Make Games May Think We’re A Bit Stupid
As I feverishly perused my games collection from the safety of my office chair for a hint at what my next blog should be about, my eyes met with the case for Republic Commando. That game. Every time I think of that game I think about how amazing it made me feel when I first…
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The Game Mechanic – Star-cracked
Ladder anxiety is definitely a thing. This blog is largely inspired by my recent experiences with the laddering system of Starcraft 2, the system that Blizzard uses to decide who faces off against who that dumps players in specific leagues depending on their decided skill-level. It has spawned a phenomenon known only as “ladder anxiety”…