Tag: Battlefield 3

  • Games of the Generation – Part 2: The Intense

    As a tactile, multi-sensory media, videogames are very good at getting under your skin. Whether it’s the sensory assault of Bayonetta, the twitch reflexes of shooters like Battlefield 3 or just the fact that the universe is about to be annihilated by Reapers, the most bombastic games grip you with a vice like intensity. And…

  • The Ready Up Podcast – Season 2, Episode 10 – Zerg May Cry

    Laura and Tony are joined by podcast producer John with very special guest Sean Labode from TrueGits! The big conversation this episode is really all about the future. What we’re looking forward to in hardware and games and whether the world will be rocked by the Steam Box. Current gaming – Laura has been mostly playing…

  • The Ready Up Podcast – Season 2, Episode 2 – Cold Called

    The second episode of season 2 sees Tony driving the show with John, alongside guests Simon Allen and Fran Shergold! The games we play this episode is iPad heavy, Fran is loving board-type games like Carcassone and Path-ology HD and John is slamming down the road in CSR: Racing. Tony is still racking up the…

  • The 12 Games of Christmas

    On the first day of Christmas, my true love gave to me; free DLC for Battlefield 3. On the second day of Christmas, my true love gave to me; two psycho loons; and free DLC for Battlefield 3. On the third day of Christmas, my true love gave to me; three red lights; two psycho…

  • Spoils of War

    Warning: this blog contains heavy spoilers for Gears of War 3. READ AT YOUR OWN RISK. Gears of War 3 is a fantastic game. It’s not a perfect title (for reasons detailed in David Houghton’s fantastic article for Games Radar) but it’s still undoubtedly one of the highlights of this year. It has the same…

  • The Value Proposition

    By the time you read this, it will be some way into August. What happened to July? Anyway, the summer lull is soon coming to an end and we’re heading towards the traditional end of year games avalanche. Recently I was looking through a list of game release dates, and adding the ones I want…