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If you really think about it, there should be a lot more games based on comics. The suspension of disbelief that is required to enjoy either of the two media…
Review: Max Payne 3
Reviving an old franchise is always tricky. There is a fine line to walk between staying true to an existing property and bringing something fresh to the table. Usually this…
Review: Battlefield 3
If your childhood was anything like mine, you would remember hours upon hours of playing “army” as a kid. It’s amazing what a kid’s imagination can conjure with the help…
Review: Crysis 2
(This is a re-write of the Crysis 2 review which was supposed to be published on the 27th of April but ended up getting lost in internet limbo. The game…
Forgive me Tom, for I have sinned. (To hell with everyone. Black Ops was awesome)
I recently read an article by one of my favorite games journalists. Someone whose writing I have been following for around a decade. Tom Francis, who writes for PC Gamer,…
Game of the year 2010
2010 was a great year for the PC. We were treated to some truly splendid titles and now that 2011 is finally here, I can give some thought to what…
Review: Battlefield Bad Company 2
Pay attention, if you will, to the following lines of dialogue from the single player campaign of Battlefield Bad Company 2 (BC2 from here on): Sweetwater (Yes that’s his name):…
Review: Left 4 Dead 2
It is a little known fact that 95.2% of all males above the age of 13 absolutely WANT a zombie apocalypse *. Why? Well, to our testosterone-flooded, Romero-fueled, eternally adolescent…
L4D2 Demo: First impressions
I just went through the L4D2 demo a couple of times this morning. Felt like visiting an old friend. An old friend that’s had some cosmetic surgery and genetic modding…
Modern Warfare 2 petition : just cause or hissy fit?
The L4D2 boy-cotters were a bunch of idiots. There. I said it. They were certainly passionate about what they felt, but they were still idiots. The original L4D was a…