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Yomi: An Intimidating Introduction?
There’s been precious little in the way of competitive video games that have interested me recently. Whilst I’ve spent time in competitive games of Halo Reach, Street Fighter 2 HD Remix, StarCraft II and even Gears of War 3 lately, none are quite perfect to my taste or are lacking in some way to my … Read more
The XBox Live Fail Update
The Xbox Live Fall Fail Update Late last autumn there was the usual “Fall Update” to Xbox 360s connected to Xbox Live, this year with the moniker (as is the trend these days) of the “Metro” update. I hoped to write about this when it was more topical, but I wanted to wait until I’d … Read more
Alawishus Pixel – Review
Title: Alawishus Pixel Format: XBox Live Indie Games Reviewer: Remy77077 Approximate Time Spent playing at time of writing: 1 hour Modes of play: Single Player According to the XBox Marketplace description this videogame will “test your mind and dexterity”. Whilst that is true, it’s not a very hard test! It’s quite ok while it lasts, … Read more
Stacking – Review
Title: Stacking Format: XBLA Reviewer: Remy77077 Approximate Time Spent playing at time of writing: 18 hours Modes of play: Single Player Stacking is another single-player challenge title based purely around puzzle-solving – unlike titles like Braid, Portal or The Ball, there’s absolutely no dexterity skill tests at all. Puzzles are solved simply by moving your … Read more
The Ball – Review
Title: The Ball Format: PC Reviewer: Remy77077 Approximate Time Spent playing at time of writing: 16 hours Modes of play: Single Player, Steam Online Leaderboards The most obvious comparison to The Ball that will probably be familiar to most readers is Portal – it’s a single player first-person puzzle challenge title. The basic mechanics are … Read more
Welcome to the World of Street Fighter Three
David Sirlin’s been causing controversy again where there should be none, with his excellent articles related to the SF3 Online Edition release on XBox Live & Playstation Network: The Anti-Progress Attitude What Is “A Love-Letter to the Community” For my part, I’m just sad to see the same mistakes being made over and over again … Read more
2k Sports… please heed our call!
Just a very quick update to throw all my support behind this video. I’ve never had the time to detail all my views on the state of videogaming football, but to explain it in a nutshell, yes I am subscribed to TheSimStandard, Ryan Moody etc on youtube, and I actually only bought an XBox 360 … Read more
Ms Splosion Man Beta Report
I’m not actually sure if I’m technically allowed to write this without breaking my NDA, but I’ve emailed Twisted Pixel to ask and I’ve had no reply, so I’m going to hope this is ok. They can sue me later! :O I was lucky enough to get onto the Ms Splosion Man beta recently. It’s … Read more
Lost Planet – Review
Title: Lost Planet: Extreme Condition Format: XBox 360 Reviewer: Remy77077 Approximate Time Spent playing at time of writing: 15 hours Modes of play: Single Player, Online 2-16 Competitive Well, this is quite an epic. The most memorable thing about Lost Planet is the storyline, cutscenes and voice ‘acting’ that is so good, with just a … Read more
Halo Reach finally discovers a ranking system
I’ve had an article drafted for a while now about how when it comes to competitive gaming that you not only want a good matchmaking system, but also a good ranking system. At the very high end of any popular competitive game there will often be tournaments, clan matches, MLG, and all of that kind … Read more
