Games
Dragon Age coming into focus
After suffering at the hands of the strangest marketing campaign for many a year, Bioware’s forthcoming RPG Dragon Age takes a big step in the right direction with the free Journeys. (more…)
Games
The Best Game Developer Ever
Having played the superb Batman: Arkham Asylum through to completion recently, I couldn’t help but wonder: Why can’t all games be like this? (more…)
Filmmaking
149,566 – War! What is it good for?
Well, it’s good for exciting finales, for a start. But I’d better say no more for fear of dropping too many spoilers. Hard to find time to write the last few weeks, what witha combination of House Moving Stuff, podcasting and Batman: Arkham Asylum (the compulsion is waning, though, so Read more…
Games
Batman Arkham Asylum video preview
The new Batman Arkham asylum demo is out and we took a closer look at it. (more…)
Games
LucasArts returns: a win for gaming history
LucasArts have re-released some of their classic adventures on Steam, The Secret of Monkey Island is making its way to the Xbox and Telltale are making new Monkey Island episodes. (more…)
Games
Games at the movies
A recent exchange with Total Film and Channel 4 Film via Twitter once again raised the bitter topic of movie adaptations of computer games. Why have they been, to date, so uniformly terrible? (more…)
Games
Flight Control: iPhone finally gets a good game
iPhone games are big business. The only problem is that most of them are rubbish – with the notable exception of Flight Control. (more…)
Games
A glimpse at PC gaming in 2009
We’re far enough into the year to have escaped the ridiculous Christmas rush and the subsequent deathly lull; far enough to see what’s on the horizon. (more…)
Games
Call of Duty 4 wins BAFTA story award
So, Call of Duty 4 has won the BAFTA for ‘Story and character’, eh? That’s certainly ruffled a few feathers, not least The Guardian. Despite the kneejerk surprise, it is however a wholly deserving win. (more…)