Category: 2012

  • My Winter Of Discontent

    Winter. Known to Carly as: the worst season. It’s a bit rubbish to be honest, but whenever this time of year rolls around I become a creature of comfort (please read this as lazy and honest), and actively partake in the ancient art of hibernation. Getting cosy and playing games, no one can say that…

  • Issues of Import – Vita Rhythm

    It’s been a year since the Japanese release of the Vita, but what does the system to have to show for itself? While its library of games hasn’t been up to everyone’s standards, a few gems available across the pond and in the Land of the Rising Sun are looking less and less likely to…

  • Cute Chronicles – Wii U & Mii

    Su-per cutesy happy fun gaming time! When the Wii U was announced, although a long-term Nintendo fan, I wasn’t really too… bothered. As a long-term fan, I should probably have been falling over myself to offer them my firstborn, my soul and all my money. But there was something about it that didn’t click. The…

  • Bit Socket – Game of 2013 Preview

    WHAT DID JOE SEE? The end of the world never happened, but the end of the year is just around the corner! If you watched last week’s video, you’ll know that 2012 had some cracking games. In this week’s video, Joe and a very special party guest countdown some of the games the Bit Socket…

  • Lost in Translation? – Tron: Evolution

    Welcome to Lost in Translation? – the Ready Up series where we look at the rocky two-way road of media adapted from video games and games based on films and TV shows, in a bid to decide whether the juice was worth the squeeze, or if what made the source material great in the first…

  • The Silent Protagonist – Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 3

    Wow. What a lengthy title! If anybody knows me, I love pretty much all things Japanese, from the food, the RPGs, to Anime. Naruto is my favourite anime, so much so that I’ve got an eight trigram seal tattooed to my back, if that’s not enough to convince you that I really like the series…

  • F1: Online – Update 2

    Although driving and racing games seem to be my ‘thing’ here on Ready Up – something which I’m very happy about by the way! – Formula 1 has never really been a bright light in my life. As a fan I find the combination of processional races around cookie-cutter Herman Tilke tracks with the mind-numbingly…

  • Merry Christmas!

    Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from all the team at Ready Up, we hope Santa brought you all what you wanted, we’ll be back tomorrow with a blog from Ben.

  • Gamer-at-Arms – Above and Beyond

    I’ll admit it: I’ve enjoyed what I’ve played of Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 so far. Okay, I’ve only played the multiplayer but shut up, I’ve still enjoyed it. When I played it at the Eurogamer Expo, I came away disappointed; my favourite guns felt like they had been drastically downgraded in terms of stopping…

  • Broken Frandroid – GLaDiOS6 Xm45

    You better hate sprouts, You better love pie, You’ll probably freak out, I’m not gonna tell a lie, Frandroid Claus is coming to town! When she’s angry and pissed, She’ll make an explosive device, Will sharpen and polish her trusty fish slice, Frandroid Claus is running your town! She hopes that you’ll be weeping, When…