Review by John Cranston Dead Island: Riptide sees the return of four survivors of a zombie apocalypse (and one other guy they found on a boat). Did they make it to safety? Nope. Did they get marooned on the island next door, Jurassic Park 2 style? Yep. Will you like it? Probably not. Developers Techland [...]
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Dead Island: Riptide – Xbox 360 review
Thursday, May 16th, 2013Alienware X51 Samsung 840 Pro SSD Upgrade
Monday, March 4th, 2013The Alienware X51 is a fantastic, compact gaming rig which I gushed about in my review. I also mentioned plans to upgrade it with a much-needed SSD. These plans have now come to fruition, and my X51 contains a 256GB Samsung 840 Pro SSD. One would expect Samsung to produce a good quality solid-state disc, [...]
Aliens: Colonial Marines Review
Wednesday, February 13th, 2013If you’re a PC gamer from the glory days you’ll remember the likes of Aliens vs Predator fondly ( or if you want to go back to the SNES days you’ll remember a laughable but playable side-scrolling beat-em-up ). The games aren’t coloured by your nostalgia, they really were good. Back before Aliens was “resurrected”, [...]
Alienware X51 Ultra Compact Gaming PC
Monday, February 4th, 2013It’s been a good 5 years, if not more, since I purchased a gaming PC. Preferring instead consoles, or whatever Mac gaming I can cobble together. I have spent a great many of these years toying with the idea of buying or building a gaming PC, but it wasn’t until catching wind of the Alienware [...]
Revo K101 GBA Clone Review
Monday, February 4th, 2013If you’ve heard of the K1 GBA SP before, then the Revo K101 is its successor. If not, then the K101 is a GBA clone which will play almost all GBA games flawlessly from their original carts, and will also comfortably run ROMs. The GBA was a fantastic handheld, playing host to some excellent games [...]
Magic: The Gathering – Duels of the Planeswalkers 2013 review (XBLA)
Tuesday, June 26th, 2012Review by John Cranston Paul Daniels. David Blaine. Sooty. All experts in the field of magic. But there’s one name that surpasses them – Richard Garfield – the man who invented the collectible card game Magic: The Gathering, which has entranced players across the globe since 1990. After porting the game onto current-gen consoles in [...]
Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Future Soldier review (Xbox 360)
Thursday, May 24th, 2012Review by John Cranston This week I learned “techno-thriller”, while sounding like the title of a Lady Gaga song, is in fact a genre of fiction largely populated by the works of Tom Clancy. With the release of Ghost Recon: Future Soldier, you’re once more invited into his world of soldiers, spies and souped-up guns [...]
Waterfield Designs PS Vita Case
Wednesday, April 18th, 2012Waterfield Designs have crafted no less than three PS Vita cases; the deceptively simply named PS Vita Case, the svelte Suede Jacket and the pocket packed Gear Pouch Pro. By far my favourite is the humble-sounding PS Vita Case. Don’t be fooled by its unceremonious title, however, this is a premium case that looks good [...]
Smash ‘n’ Survive PSN Review
Tuesday, April 10th, 2012With Twisted Metal back on the scene and promising buckets of vehicular depravity there has been something of a rush to market with copycat titles seeking to capitalise on its popularity. Smash ‘n’ Survive is one such game from fledgling studio Version2 Games. Version2 Games was born out of a simulator development company, Zen Technologies [...]
SONY PS Vita Starter Kit Reviewed
Saturday, February 25th, 2012If, like me, you picked up your PS Vita on the 22nd, you’ll no-doubt be looking for a decent case to protect your shiny new bundle of awesome and will probably be in the market for other PS Vita Accessories. Look no further than the Starter Kit, which as its name suggests should get you [...]