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Category: 2011

  • Tales of the Abyss

    Brilliant? Visually stunning? Detailed and complex storyline? These are just a few of the hopes that spring to mind when you pick up any new game. Tales of the Abyss is all of these and more. The game was originally released for the PlayStation 2 back in 2005 for Japan and 2006 for North America.…

  • James Noir’s Hollywood Crimes

    James Noir’s Hollywood Crimes is the latest interactive puzzle thriller game for the Nintendo 3DS. With the main character being yourself, the story follows you to 1960’s Hollywood where you get the chance to appear on TV show, The Incredible Puzzle Masters. As you progress through each of the six rounds, an old friend from the…

  • The PlayStation Vita

    This past weekend the made of awesome people over at PSAccess extended an invitation for myself and a friend (thanks again, guys!) to go to a super secret location in central London (at Piccadilly Circus, just down Haymarket, if you hit TigerTiger you’ve gone too far) to play the PS Vita and what was labelled…

  • The Black Eyed Peas Experience

    The other day while I was scratching my humps, I gotta feeling that this was the time to let loose some of my boom boom pow and don’t lie anymore.  The clever of you may have spotted a few song titles in there by the love them or hate them Black Eyed Peas.  It was…

  • Rayman Origins

    Rayman Origins is the most visually stunning game I think I’ve played this year. It was inevitable that at some point in the review the visuals would be mentioned, so I thought “Hey, let’s just batter into it, first thing.” Everything you see in Origins is essentially concept art that has been brought to life by the…

  • Tekken Hybrid

    I like a bit of Tekken, me. It’s the one fighting game where you can actually button bash yourself into some decent combos and pretend you’re actually good at it. Tekken Hybrid is a combination of a HD remake of Tekken Tag Tournament (originally on Playstation 2), a prologue/sneak peek of Tekken Tag Tournament 2, and…

  • Need for Speed: The Run

    I was excited about The Run. Very excited indeed. The trailers were cool, the premise was good and the idea that all of the good elements from previous NFS games was being brought together fairly whetted my whistle. I had the game for the PS3 so I set up the Logitech wheel and loaded up…

  • L.A. Noire: The Complete Edition

    Did you know that despite surviving the army and excelling at day-to-day police-work, LAPD homicide inspector Cole Phelps doesn’t know how to drive? At least, that’s how I like to role-play him. Whether he’s solving a grizzly murder or following up on an arson case, my Mr. Phelps makes his partner do all the driving…

  • WWE ’12

    The WWE has fundamentally changed several times in its lifespan. From classic WWF, to the “Attitude Era” of The Rock and Stone Cold, to a more family friendly approach of late. Similarly, the games associated with the federation have changed equally. Starting with the WWF games on N64, to Smackdown! on Playstation, Smackdown Vs Raw…

  • Jurassic Park: The Game

    Most people on the planet older than 20 years old will be able to hum out the tune to Jurassic Park on cue — fact! They will also be able to reenact at least one of the scenes, whether its shaking jelly on a spoon, pretending to get electrocuted, or coyly stating “clever girl…” before dramatizing a Velociraptor…