A new game has taken the world by storm. Forget Modern Warfare. Forget Mass Effect. Forget your fancy graphics and your multiple choice endings. This game doesn’t need any of those things. This game has no story, no elaborate character development, and its only control system is a finger. Yet millions of people can’t put it down. In case you [...]

The Broken Frandroid – Quite nimble and lean,
And her favourite colours are orange and green.
She loves bunnies and birdies and little fish too,
And cute purple dragons not found in a zoo.
But most of all, she likes fire and gems,
And she would burn your house down and steal your M & M’s.

One of my pet peeves in the gaming world, and indeed, the world in general, is people who think that the world owes them a favour. People with a huge sense of entitlement, people who think they deserve the moon on a stick… and they deserve it NOW.
This came to the forefront recently in the gaming world, with the whole [...]

Welcome back to our feature where we aim to highlight the releases that that our readers might be interested in!
Now that March is coming to a close, we’re finally seeing the last of the big games which slipped the Holiday 2011 release-window trickle out onto store shelves.  With 2012 starting proper, we’ll be treated to a new HD collection in [...]

Su-per cutesy happy fun game and craft time!
There was a moment there where I was going to break up with my 3DS. He was vaguely acknowledging that he was perhaps a little too expensive for what he was delivering. He was slightly admitting that maybe he was the result of a desire for novelty. We weren’t really speaking to each [...]

Say what you will about Call of Duty, you’ve got to admit that series is damn popular and for a pretty good reason. It’s combination of fast-paced gameplay, moreish multiplayer and seemingly limitless customisation options in terms of perks and weapons captured the hearts of many. It’s little wonder Modern Warfare 2 made it into the record books when it broke [...]

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 B Micro. He’d copied the code from a BBC [...]

Marking the shift in the series’ focus from tension built from plodding reveals and effective body-horror to tension built from having six Spanish people trying to insert farmyard tools into your skull at any given moment, Resident Evil 4 is lauded by some as one of the greatest games of all time. My experience of the game was buying it [...]

Ni No Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch, is a new game set to be released in the Spring of 2013, and is a JRPG, which combines a heart-wrenching storyline with fluid real-time strategy elements effortlessly, right from the word go.
The game is developed by both Level 5 and Studio Ghibli. Anime fans all around the world will recognise Studio [...]

Dear BioWare
*pause to allow anyone who isn’t a couple of hours into Mass Effect 3 to close their browser*
I have a few questions.
1. Why is Commander Philbert Shepard no longer allowed to sport a disfiguring facial scar?
It gave her character an air of danger and a whiff of backstory. According to who I was talking to (in the imaginary parallel [...]

Never one to shy away from controversy or speaking his mind, Martin takes a dip into admitting he doesn’t like some games.  It wouldn’t be so bad if it wasn’t for the fact that these games are held in high esteem by so many people.  Are you willing to stand up for yourself and admit that you are a fussy [...]

Anybody who keeps up with even the vaguest amount of gaming news will have heard that the Game Group haven’t been doing so hot lately. Shares are plummeting, stock is being sold off at the same price as Tesco own brand curry sauce, and administration has now been confirmed to begin any day now. They need a saviour, a buyer, [...]

I recently recorded a podcast with fellow Character Select Network collective known only as Cane and Rinse. I was invited on specifically to talk about Metal Gear on the first episode in what will be an epic multi-game Metal Gear extravaganza.  The first episode was all about Metal Gear; the original games that spawned so many unique and ground-breaking experiences [...]

As the two week deadline for Game to change its fortunes looms, I wanted to look at the possible knock on effects the closure of Game could have.
Okay, so a brief overview of what’s happened. According to the Sunday Times, Game Group, which consists of Game and Gamestation, needs to source £180 million to pay creditors in order to avoid [...]

I’ve been thinking a lot about options.
It can be confusing so I’ll be clear: please don’t mistake me for meaning choices.  A choice affects the world and the story, while options have more to do with core gameplay.  I’m talking about the options we’re given within games to tackle situations in whichever way we see fit.  A LOT of games [...]