In an age where games are far too readily acclaimed or dismissed solely on graphics, Minecraft delivers constant playability in blocky, pixelated form. When it finally came to XBLA, I was ready and waiting.

Since the first moment I stepped into the world of Albion, back in the days of the original Xbox, I was entranced. I’ve played all three of the Fable games to death, spending hours wandering the assorted villages and wide open spaces of Albion. Now, I’m back in doll form and I’m loving it. Fable  [ Read More ]

Heart racing, I draw a bead on a target over 200 metres away. I empty my lungs of air, focusing on nothing but the poor blighter in my crosshairs. Lining the sights up perfectly over his right eye, I squeeze the trigger. BLAM! Everything slows and I follow the path of the bullet as it  [ Read More ]

Trials Evolution is, on the surface, an arcade game about riding bikes over courses in the quickest possible time. Simple. Look further into it though, and you will find a game about muscle memory, puzzle solving, and most important of all, perseverance. Trials Evolution is truly that: the evolution of a product that started twelve  [ Read More ]

When I were a young lad, there was one games series I was all about. Crash Bandicoot. I loved the character design, the moves and the genre. Platforming as an orange marsupial was my bag, so leading on from that I ended up trying a lot of different platform games. This led me to Rayman.  [ Read More ]

The Witcher 2 finally graces the console masses with all it’s grandeur, claret, vulgar and a few new tricks for the old White Wolf of Rivea. Now if you’re expecting black hats, brooms and evil laughs, prepare to be disappointed. There are indeed sorceresses and brooms in the world of the Witcher, and as Geralt  [ Read More ]

Today sees the launch of the new Rabbids Invasion Facebook game and I’ve been putting my insomnia to good and have been checking it out. When you first load the game you get a great flash animation of the Rabbids in an office looking at Facebook (well, Bwahhbook) and the profile they are looking at  [ Read More ]