Eddie and myself had some very good games of Bad Company 2 tonight, and then a couple of odd ones. First of all, my hat goes off to dutch452. On Nelson Bay we were defending and doing a good job but suddenly there was a lack of attackers. People left […]
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Read before buying the X Scorch 360: The…
Read before buying the X Scorch 360: The reason these never work is that the game is programmed for analog control. The mouse can effectively “mimick” analog, but the problem is the reason people prefer mice is the much *greater* range of movement. This is something that can’t be mapped […]
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Bad Company 2 night tonight with Eddie. …
Bad Company 2 night tonight with Eddie. We started off badly, really badly. The first 2 or 3 rounds of Rush we were annihilated so we went searching for a more evenly matched game. We found one and stuck with them for a bit, I was even doing quite well […]
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Mini XBLA Games review: Chime – it’s fo…
Mini XBLA Games review: Chime – it’s for charity, it’s a puzzle game where you have to create 3×3 or larger blocks from a randomly selected shape, think Tetris but the shapes are fully controllable and the shapes you create don’t disappear. I only played one game but it wasn’t […]
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I got my Blur multiplayer beta code the …
I got my Blur multiplayer beta code the other day. Haven’t tried it yet but this review promises an interesting game! Overall, it feels like a cross between Project Gotham Racing mixed with Mario Kart, with just a bit of the Burnout destruction mixed in.
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Ages ago I wrote an FPS Freek review on …
Ages ago I wrote an FPS Freek review on my main blog. It’s a small extender that makes the stick on your controller longer, and supposedly easier to use. I thought I should share it here too with a link. Short summary: don’t bother buying them. I wish MS would […]
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Jonathan Ross using Natal. Can’t see my…
Jonathan Ross using Natal. Can’t see myself jumping around in my small home office like that.
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A version of Go may be coming to XBLA! I…
A version of Go may be coming to XBLA! I remember playing a version of Go on my Palm IIIx, but haven’t found a decent game of it on any of my Nokia phones.
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First game of 2010?
In years gone by I used to worry about the first game I’d play in the new year. When I say “years gone by”, I really mean it. This was around the time when Ikari Warriors and Armalyte were only a few years old, and I was a teenager pounding […]
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Kontrol Freek FPS Freek review
The FPS Freek by Kontrol Freek is a small attachment for the Xbox 360 or PS3 controller that helps players aim more precisely in first person shooters or FPS games. There’s a Speed attachment too for racing games. The FPS Freek snaps on to the top of the controller sticks […]