On my show recently, talking to Mr Maynard of Gamehounds and The Unknown Gamers of Saint Louis we started discussing the demise of the arcade and how it might be brought back. The prospect of a gamers pub was broached and a kernel of an idea began to hatch in my head. The response to [...]
It’s always been very easy to look at video games and find the obvious female stereotypes strewn across our thirty year history. Since we’ve been able to identify adventure characters by gender, they’ve been largely male. Pitfall Harry, Jet Set Willy, Mario, Link. In fact the big revelation at the end of Metroid (Samus was [...]
Game Review: Red Faction: Guerrilla Release: June 2nd 2009 Genre: 3rd person/ Open World Action Adventure Developer: Volition, Inc. Available Platforms: Xbox360, PS3, Microsoft Windows, (Mobile Version available) Players: Single-Player, Multiplayer MSRP: $59.99 ESRB Rating: M Website: www.redfaction.com Red Faction is a third person open world game that takes place on the planet Mars. As Alex, [...]
As the console war rages on, Sony and Xbox are still bringing new features to the front lines to see who will emerge as the must-have media device that will rest under every TV. While Sony’s PSN has always been a free service, Xbox’s paid gold service is struggling to justify its 7.99/month cost as [...]
Whilst at the MCM Expo in London under the Gamehounds banner, I spoke to Leo Tan: UK PR Manager for Capcom about Monster Hunter on the PSP. With me were my Digital Cowboys co-host Tony Atkins and from Superhappyfuntimeshow – Chris O Regan. GH: Leo. We’re very much Monster Hunter outsiders. We’ve heard about it [...]
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