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Author: Jake

  • PlayStation Notwork

    The PlayStation Network is still down. It’s going to be down for a while yet as Sony have now found out that something else has been hacked and they’re working on sorting all that out. The biggest problem with not having access to PSN isn’t the fact that all my personal details might have been…

  • Yars’ Revenge

    Thirty years ago, in simpler times, Yars’ Revenge was the best selling original game on the Atari 2600. As one of the first arcade-shooters it took the gaming world and shook it until all the change fell out of its pocket. Now, in 2011, it’s back on Xbox Live. Yars Revenge is one of those classsic…

  • Leg Godt

    I don’t think that, back in 1932, a carpenter by the name of Ole Kirk Christiansen realised what he’d be setting in motion as he was busy making little wooden toys. When 1934 came around his toys were so popular that he thought he’d better come up with a name for his little venture. Using a…

  • Yoostar 2

    Yoostar 2 is a video-karaoke game. You take the role of the actor in a number of well-known and iconic scenes from some great movies (and some with Eddie Murphy in as well, for balance), and receive a rating according to how well you’ve performed. It’s that simple. So, here’s everything you need to know.…

  • Bejeweled Blitz Live

    Bejeweled is such a simple concept and one that’s being copied many, many times. On Facebook, Bejeweled Blitz served to steal away any free time between status updates and, for those of us who are friends with her, Loz was the absolute queen of the 60 second jewel swapping bonanza. But now the game’s been…

  • Two Worlds II

    Back in 2007, Two Worlds was released onto the gaming public. The reaction it received was, at best, lukewarm and at its worst, frigid. Those who have played it have found it to be a game filled with abysmal dialogue and riddled with bugs. But those who played it also found that, despite the flaws, once…

  • LittleBigPlanet 2

    I was a late adopter of Sony’s hefty console, but when I got it one of the first things I did was track down a copy of LittleBigPlanet for a lovely bargain price. I loved it. I still love it. I loved it so much that, devoid of any shame, I begged and pleaded with…

  • Bugged

    Back in 1947, the Mark II Aiken Relay Calculator at Harvard University suffered a bit of a problem. On the 9th of September, it stopped working and an investigation was launched. Boffins were dispatched to study the workings of the machine and eventually found the source of their woes. A moth. It was trapped in…

  • The Shoot

    The film industry. It’s a funny old business. The Shoot presents a scenario in which film actors are replaced by animated cardboard cut-outs on rotating bases or suspended from wires and you, as the lone human in the entire filming process, have to shoot them all. Just think of that next time you have the…

  • John Daly’s ProStroke Golf

    John Daly is one of the more colourful characters in golf. His trousers alone are the reason that people hold up signs that say “Quiet” as players approach the tee. They’re that loud. And they’re faithfully recreated in this game – the sequel to ProStroke Golf: World Tour 2007 and fully Move enabled for the PS3. I…