Editorial


Rogues and Romance - Literary Dream or Girl Gamer’s Nightmare?

BBC Worldwide Digital Entertainment & Games just released Jane Austen: Rogues and Romance onto Facebook, and one girl gamer sounds off on the title: The Heroines of Jane Austen's works have been my companions since I was young and I love them ...
Do We Need The Xbox 720?

Do we really need the so called next round of next gen consoles? What will a new Ps4 or Xbox 720 give us that we don"t already have? Or is there room for a new console form a indie or third party developer to hit the market and dominate our Living ...
Real-Life Skills We Learn From Gaming

"Video games are a waste of time". If you're a gamer, you've probably heard this sentence many times throughout your life, often from a partner who's upset they're not getting enough attention. Of course, this isn't the only instance where one might ...
Is PS4 Already Here?

Picture the scene; It's E3 2013 in LA and in a conference center the gaming press have taken their seats, the lights dim and the big screens power up to revel the words THE FUTURE IS HERE. Darkness falls in the conference centre and there, lit up ...
Why Aren’t These Characters in PlayStation All-Stars Yet?

We all had those discussions as a kid - you know, who would win in a fight between Robocop and the Terminator, or Sonic and Mario, or Superman and Ironman. We didn't have PlayStation back then, but if we did, I'm sure similar discussions would have e...
Have Nintendo Lost The Plot with Wii U?

Before E3 everyone including myself was talking about how Nintendo was going to win E3 after all out of the top 3 companies nintendo where the only one to be showing their next and new console the Wii U, but after sitting through an hour and half of ...
Free To Play, Are We There Yet?

It is no surprise that the free to play model in games is growing rapidly as of late. Developers will often announce from the start that their game will be going free to play, or it will be hinted at during a beta playthrough of the game. We’ve als...
Steel Battalion and the Changing Face of Kinect

Gaming studios are always looking for the next big thing - that wondrous piece of technological ingenuity that shapes the market and paves the way for the future of the industry. Control input is a major focus, and we’ve seen all manner of advances...
Is The Next Generation Closer Than We Think?

DmC: Devil May Cry has just been delayed. Originally due to hit shelves this holiday season, we’re now being told that Dante’s latest adventure won’t reach us until the beginning of next year. DmC joins the ever-growing list of titles that won�...
Why MMO? Traditional Edition

  In this the second part of our MMO editorials I will be covering traditional MMORPG’s, also known as themepark MMO’s. MinistryOvWar already gave you a look on the sandbox side of things, but let’s hope I can get you tempted for ...
Max Payne 3 – An Accomplishment in Video Game Storytelling

One of the most flexible, and now, increasingly popular mediums for storytelling is video games. They have the ability not only to tell a story but to give the player the ability to decide how their story turns out. The Mass Effect trilogy shattered ...