One of the more interesting games to be highlighted at Microsoft’s E3 presentation was Compulsion Games’ dystopian adventure We Happy Few. Now that the game has arrived in preview form on both Xbox One and PC platforms we can get a chance to see what we have to […]
Seeing some of the cool things coming out of London for this year’s Star Wars Celebration, it makes me wish we see something like that make an appearance in our neck of the woods. It really looked like there was plenty for fans to get stuck into and […]
Released in 1983 for the Apple II, Atari 8bit and Commodore families as well as the IBM PC, Doug Smith’s Lode Runner was amongst a string of hits from publisher Brøderbund that included Choplifter and Karateka. With shades of arcade, platform and puzzle games all rolled into one, […]
At E3 this year Microsoft announced Xbox Play Anywhere, their cross-buy initiative that allows people to buy the game once from either the Xbox or Windows Stores and then play it on both PC and console with access to shared game saves in the cloud and (in some […]
Nick the Gent over at the very awesome Deconstructing Video Games very kindly nominated us last week for a Leibster Award – a neat little version of a blogging chain letter where you talk a little about yourself and then nominate other blogs you are a fan of to […]
It’s been three and a half years since the mech shooter Hawken first arrived on PC. Back then I didn’t have a machine with the capabilities to run it so I was forced to sit back and admire (at the time) some very pretty videos. Now with it’s arrival […]
Another E3 is wrapped up for another year. Night Owl has put together some great coverage of the event itself so feel free to check those out if you haven’t had a chance but based on what I’ve seen here are my highlights: Xbox One S and Project Scorpio. […]
With Sony announcing prior to E3 that they had nothing to announce about the PS4 Neo (as you do) and Microsoft announcing that they have nothing to show about Project Scorpio but it’s really, really neat we’ve entered yet another bizarro console Cold War in the lead up […]
After a few years now of working and gaming on my trusty ASUS Republic of Gamers notebook, I reached a point a while back where it was becoming harder to accomplish both as I began fighting with hardware requirements and screen real estate. Running a 1080p screen is […]
1998’s Half-Life not only established the credentials of Valve Software as being a developer of the highest calibre but helped set a high benchmark in narrative driven shooters. Set in the Black Mesa research facility, you took on the role of silent protagonist Gordon Freeman as he is […]
The story of one person’s attempts to make their Rampage Arcade1Up cabinet do more.
A look back at some of the games we've played on Xbox One over the years.
Our own tips and experiences while trying to make a living out in the black.
The Late Night Session 