Author: Laura

  • Personnel Files – Fran

    Community Manager – Ready Up Name: Fran Shergold Age: 29+1 Current Location: Oxford. The city of dreaming spires. Home of one of the worlds oldest universities, pioneering research, CS Lewis, JRR Tolkien and a 25ft fiberglass Shark embedded head-first into the roof of a small terraced house. First gaming memory: The half an hour of god awful…

  • Personnel Files – Danny

    Staff Writer – Ready Up Name: Danny Russell Age: 26 Current Location: Kuwana-shi, Mie-ken, Japan. Living in pretty much the centre of Japan makes it handy to get around, especially with Nagoya right next-door. First gaming memory: Playing my Donkey Kong Jr. Game & Watch. If not that, then it was receiving a Korean Game…

  • Character Select Network – Ready Up’s April Picks

    Welcome to your bank holiday Monday Character Select Picks. Take a look at this selection of some of our favourite articles from our pals, chosen especially for you. Because here at Ready Up, we want to be there for you when your May Day barbecues or seaside picnics get rained on. A favourite of a few of the Ready…

  • Skullgirls

    ‘You’ve got a lot to learn’, bellowed the announcer as I lost my very first Skullgirls fight and my character became a heap of dismembered body parts on the floor. And I knew he was right. As with any fighting game, training is essential. But this was research, not laziness or overconfidence (ahem). I did…

  • Personnel Files – Kirsten

     Editor ‒ Ready Up Name: Kirsten Kearney Age: 36 Current Location: Glasgow, Scotland. First gaming memory: Playing Pong on Christmas day in the living room, sitting on the floor. I remember the teak effect on the console and the little controllers and the rounded glassy front of the television, which was probably tiny. I…

  • Character Select Network – Ready Up’s March Picks

    Who’s off work then? Most of you until Tuesday at least, I bet. Check you out! Aren’t you lucky. Us student types get two weeks off. Just saying. The bank holiday weekend is the perfect time to get some gaming in. The weather hasn’t got a clue what it’s doing lately, so I say the…

  • Rayman 3 HD

    Rayman 3: Hoodlum Havoc was released back in March 2003, and although it wasn’t quite as well received as its predecessor, it was still a shed load of fun. Taking on a slightly darker tone and look than the first two Rayman games, Hoodlum Havoc was still quirky and innovative enough to deserve to wear the Rayman…

  • Personnel Files – Dan

    Editor in Chief – Ready Up Name: Dan Bendon Age: 33 Current Location: At my desk in Glasgow, looking out over a dreary day. The sounds of Final Fantasy XIII-2 and Minecraft can be heard coming from behind me. First gaming memory: Playing a pretty bad platform game called Wee Shuggy on my uncle’s BBC…

  • Win Alan Wake Special Edition on PC

    Psychological action thriller Alan Wake has finally come to PC, and to celebrate, Nordic Games have given us a copy of the special edition to give away to one of our readers. PC owners can experience all the scary the game has to offer with enhanced visuals, refined controls, and none of that loser auto…

  • I Am Alive

    I Am Alive is the story of a regular guy searching through a world in ruins for his wife and daughter. A year before the game begins there was what characters throughout the game call ‘The Event’. Whatever this event was it has caused massive destruction. Earthquakes occur frequently, rivers are overflowing, and ground level…