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James Bond Bloodstone review
24th November 2010 | 0 comments | 1 person likes this
“The name is Bond, James Bond.” Unfortunately I am sad to say that these infamous lines are NOT uttered in this latest game in the Bond franchise... Having said that, at least I don’t think those lines were spoken, but then again I was probably too busy avoiding bullets and blowing up random objects to notice. It is action all the way in this game, and playing the role of...
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Kane and Lynch 2: Dog Days Review
3rd September 2010 | 0 comments | 1 person likes this
Containing enough violence to make a Quentin Tarantino look like a Disney movie, Kane and Lynch 2: Dog Days is an ultra-violent, grisly and brutal bloodbath that grabs you by the balls and refuses to let go until every last pixellated victim has been killed. Thankfully, the OTT violence is blended with some very black humour, so you can get away with the odd smile or two as you play...
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Mafia II review
3rd September 2010 | 0 comments | 1 person likes this
If you have ever seen Goodfellas, The Godfather or Casino you will be in familiar territory here – Mafia II is a third-person all-action gangster simulator that allows you to live out all of those pent-up Mafioso fantasies from the comfort of your living room. After the success of the first Mafia game, this time around you are treated to a more involved storyline, larger game world and greater variety...
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Transformers: War for Cybertron
2nd August 2010 | 0 comments | 1 person likes this
You could say I had a misspent childhood; a childhood that consisted of reading Transformers comics, watching Transformers cartoons and, of course, playing with Transformers action figures. You could say I was a tad obsessed with the world of Autobots and Decepticons – and whilst admitting to a prepubescent love of the robots in disguise may seen slightly embarrassing now that I’m all grown up and wizened by the world,...
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Singularity – the Cold War is back on!
2nd August 2010 | 0 comments | 1 person likes this
If you like your video games to deliver a few scares with your shoot-‘em-up action, then Singularity ticks all of the right boxes. Best described as a cross between Bioshock and Half Life, Singularity is a first-person shooter set on a long-forgotten deserted island - an island that was previously the home of top secret Russian experiments conducted during the cold war. Of course. These experiments revolved around the discovery...
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Blur – a new breed of racing game
25th June 2010 | 0 comments | 1 person likes this
Best described as the bastard son of Super Mario Kart and Need for Speed, Activision’s Blur is an action-packed racer which gives you not only a large variety of cars to drive, but also a series of powers ups to utilise as you race around its global tracks. Amongst other uses, these power ups consist of fireballs which you can shoot at your opponents and turbo boosts that you can...
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Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands
25th June 2010 | 1 comments | 1 person likes this
A word of warning before we begin: In case you were expecting a computer generated Jake Gyllenhaal running around the screen, this game is NOT based upon the new Prince of Persia movie. In truth, bar the fact that it features the Persian Prince himself, this has barely anything to do with the big budgeted Hollywood blockbuster. What we have here is the latest instalment in the Prince of Persia...
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Where The Wild Things Are – The video game review
21st December 2009 | 0 comments | 1 person likes this
Where The Wild Things Are – a video game that you would presume is an adaptation of the book or recently released film. Or is it? Apart from the inclusion of the Wild Things themselves, this has very little to do with the source material. In fact, make that hardly anything.
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Blood Bowl: Fantasy American football
14th December 2009 | 0 comments | 1 person likes this
As regular readers may know, I used to be somewhat of a fantasy geek, having spent my childhood reading Advanced Dungeons & Dragons manuals and painting tiny lead figures of dwarfs and goblins. The vast majority of this fantasy-related gumpf was created by Games Workshop, a UK based company responsible for a host of names including Warhammer, Dark Futures and Blood Bowl.
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Saw the Video Game
7th December 2009 | 0 comments | 1 person likes this
The Saw movies. You either love ‘em, or hate ‘em. Having invented a whole new genre of film, dubbed ‘torture porn’, the franchise is now up to it sixth sequel and there is no sign of this ending any time soon. It was almost inevitable that a video game would be made, considering what a box office smash the film series is, and lo and behold, that is just what...
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Mark is an experienced freelance writer with a background in video games, entertainment and film journalism. His work has appeared in numerous publications and websites including Filmink, 360 Gamer, Cinemania, Micro Mart and Fast Car magazine. He is a self-confessed film and video game expert, and is a walking encyclopedia of useless information. Unfortunately he's a lifelong fan of Tottenham Hotspur as well, but you cant have everything.
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