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Archive for February, 2011

Game Shame – I hang my head.

Wednesday, February 23rd, 2011
This is not exactly an article, nor what I would class as a blog. It is probably more of an electronic confession, an iCon if you like. 

My own personal "Haul of Shame"

Gaming now rivals movies in the entertainment industry, Millions of dollars are spent in development, Hollywood superstars lend their voices, years of programmers lives are invested in perfecting the code, even more Millions of dollars are spent in marketing and what do I do, play it for a few hours and then leave it sitting on the shelf. Continue Reading…

New Gears of War trademark uncovered

Wednesday, February 23rd, 2011

“Gears of War: Exile”?  What is this new trademark, and could we be looking at the next installment of the all-action franchise?

  

An Epic Games trademark and logo for Gears of War: Exile has been discovered, suggesting the development studio is working on more than just the third game in the multi-million selling franchise.

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Nintendo 3DS Preview

Tuesday, February 15th, 2011

I was lucky enough to get an invite to a Nintendo preview event for their forthcoming handheld, the 3DS. Hosted in a gallery in the heart of Glasgow, the event took the lucky few through the ages of Nintendo via a little pantomime and on to the prized item itself – a proper hands on preview of their shiny new console Continue Reading…

The day my HALO fell…

Wednesday, February 9th, 2011

… or maybe that should read, the day my resistance to all things HALO fell.

You see, for some time now I’ve been completely avoiding the Halo series, particularly since the on-line multiplayer game developed into a bounce-fest of jumping and high-ranking boosters.  That’s just my own opinion of course, but based on what I experienced none-the-less, and therefore what put me off altogether.  I did buy HALO3, much like everyone else who were hoping for something as ground breaking as HALO2 was.  But the day had darkened and I found myself in BlockBuster with a copy of HALO: REACH in my grubby gamer paws… Continue Reading…

It’s been a busy couple of weeks…

Tuesday, February 8th, 2011

Hullo all

Today I decided to just open the editor and start to write a blog. I figure it to be a blog in the proper sense of the word as opposed to the themed articles that exist so far. I’m going to try to knock up my gaming thoughts and results for the last few weeks into words and just see where it goes from there. So sorry for the waffle :) Continue Reading…