So there’s a new New Mario. The old New Mario was pretty damn sweet, I reckon, and another new Mario is always a good thing. A lot of people don’t reckon, however, they reckon it’s too cutesy, too the-same-as-the-last-one, too old school. I think we’re about to learn that we’re both right,...
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I’ve got a history, one that comes complete with beards, Dungeons & Dragons and cheap cider. I’ve spent the better part of a decade pretending those years didn’t happen, but when the lights go down and I sit in the dull glow of my TV, I’m rather partial to skulking through a dungeon with my...
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Admittedly the series of Ratchet & Clank games were new to me so when I started playing the latest one from Insomniac Games I knew very little about the concept. At first the game seemed to me like a cartoony - almost childish - title but after a little exposure to the two characters the game...
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Those of us who review games for a living tend to fall into the same predictable cycle – you play games a lot, most of which you’re glad to leave behind for the next big thing, but occasionally one comes along that keeps you up late at night and occupies your mind more than others. This becomes...
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This is not a game. It’s not a game at all. It’s a remarkably deep, feature-packed portable music creation tool of truly surprising power. Which must lead one to wonder, finally, why is it on (arguably) the wimpiest of all consoles, the PSP? Rockstar Leeds ([i]GTA: Chinatown Wars, Rockstar G...
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