Look, I’m tired of your pathetic cake jokes, m’kay? I mean the vast majority of them aren’t even jokes are they? They’re Proustian madeleines, reminding you of something very personal only you and the elect understand; they’re just you saying the word cake and then giggling like a schoolgirl doped up with nitrous oxide and
So when I was sat reviewing Bioshock a month or more back, Ken Levine walked up behind me (it was just after that moment, so I understandably feeling charitable to this god in human form) and I asked him who he’d named Sander Cohen after, as the character was obviously Jewish (Cohen is about the
I thought I might as well have a list somewhere of all the reviews I’ve done; I’ll update this when new stuff appears online. PC Format Hidden & Dangerous 2 Day of Defeat Evil Genius EverQuest II Empire Earth II Fate Freedom Force Vs The Third Reich Freelancer Galactic Civilisations Guild Wars Ground Control 2
A few more of my 360 reviews and previews have popped up online: Def Jam: IconBrian Lara CricketSuperman ReturnsBattlestations: MidwayShivering Isles (preview)
The delightfully simple Paperboy (available on Live Arcade since 14/02/07) has reminded me that there simply aren’t enough pacifist games, still less non-competitive ones. Being a conscientious objector myself, I would never handle a firearm (I’ve always turned down trips that promised this as a feature), I don’t believe in glorying in violence and I
My face feels like it’s stuck to the pillow, and there’s a ringing in my ears that isn’t just the alarm. I vaguely remember dreaming about fighting a knight in a train, then eating some chokeberries. I drag my head up and the instant headache and scummy mouth is so repugnant, I assume I must
Gamasutra – Pope Benedict XVI Criticizes Violent Video Games In his message, Pope Benedict specifically singles out “commercial competitiveness compelling communicators to lower standards”, continuing: “Any trend to produce programmes and products – including animated films and video games – which in the name of entertainment exalt violence and portray anti-social behaviour or the trivialization
Dave Gilbert: The Shivah Glorious little rabinical mini-game I’ve been looking at. Will have to give it a go and report back. I’m also playing Kudos at the moment, a life-simulator by the maker of the excellent election/re-election sim Democracy where you start off as a 20 year-old and have to achieve success by your