“Hey, take it easy. My name is Leon. I’m under the President’s order to rescue you” Leon S. Kennedy, Resident Evil 4 Continuing a celebration of Japanese gaming and culture in August following our recent trip to the Manga Exhibition … Continue reading Capcom Design Works Early Days – Book Review
“To an extent, with the exception of the opening screen I had experienced very little of the game since its release in 2012, and having transition from Microsoft to Sony on this current generation of consoles, to date this was one of the titles I wanted to experience in its purest form with no expectations or spoilers clouding my judgement. To use a slight, adage, I wanted to experience this Journey how others viewed this game on its release, no strategy or input to direct my actions or shape my experience.” Continue reading 12 Months, 12 Games: June – Journey
“Looking at the reveal trailer and gameplay walkthrough, taking these with a certain amount of trepidation of course as early release videos and trailers can often mislead of mask a broken or unfinished product, they suggest a faithful interpretation of the city. Starting in the instantly familiar haunt of Piccadilly Circus my first mental note was the abundance of traffic and population in the surrounding areas as you explore the heart of Westminster” Continue reading Ubisoft E3: Watch Dogs Legion
“Why exactly am I anticipating Ritual of the Night…? Well it’s a new metroidvania-style game from Koji Igarashi, the maker of numerous classic Castlevania games. In fact it’s basically a new Castlevania in everything but name, which naturally makes it right up my alley. The move to 3D environments and characters is a bit of a shame (since I loved the 2D sprite-work of the older games) but other than that things seem to be coming together nicely. Bloodstained is coming from a great pedigree and the game has been in development for a very long time now so I’m cautiously optimistic.” Continue reading Most Anticipated Games of 2019
“uite simply, for the time I was astounded with the graphical presentation and faithfulness to the tone and nature of the series it was continuing. Gone was the crude introductory cut scenes, here we had, relatively, fleshed out movies in glorious three dimensions with the entire cast returning to voice their digital counterparts.” Continue reading Star Trek: Gaming’s Under Utilised Franchise – Part One: The Past
“It certainly serves gamers as an audience well and serves to show as a subject matter it has entered and challenges certain perceptions and attitudes. A maturity, not always prevalent but certainly evident and one that cannot be overlook going forward.” Continue reading Video Games: Design/Play/Disrupt Part Two – Disruption and Evolution
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