It seems that both the Kinect and the Move peripherals I purchase to keep on top of what’s going on in the gaming scene have spent far more time gathering dust that being used. Like the Wii, the novelty quickly wears off, and boils down to a wait for decent, innovative titles that make use [...]
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Playstation Move Heroes Review
Saturday, May 14th, 2011Operation Flashpoint: Red River Review
Saturday, May 14th, 2011I still have fond memories of the classic Operation Flashpoint on the PC, it was a clunky and ugly would-be war simulator, rife with glitches, but it’s not-so-trivial offering of playable military hardware, and vast unrestricted maps made it extremely satisfying to play. What constitutes a Flashpoint game has changed quite considerably since. The vast [...]
Nintendo 3DS Review
Wednesday, May 11th, 2011It’s been far too long since I last put pen to paper, or finger to keyboard as it would actually be in my case. To return with a bang, I have secured a Nintendo 3DS to review along with a handful of it’s 3D-enabled launch titles. Now, lets just point out that, until now, I [...]
PowerA Pro Elite XBox Style Wireless Controller For PS3
Friday, February 18th, 2011It’s not often that one starts a review for a PS3 controller with the following statement; “I love my girlfriend!” Well… I do… For my birthday she bought me a PS3, how cool is that? Bet you’re jealous now eh!? Anyway. The subsequent playing on PS3 highlighted me to the various PS3 vs XBox controller [...]
Dead Space 2 review [Xbox 360]
Wednesday, February 2nd, 2011Review by John Cranston Three years have passed since the terrifying events aboard USG Ishimura and the colony Aegis 7, and despite his apparent success in singularly saving humanity from the necromorph outbreak, Isaac Clarke is now imprisoned in a mental institution. When another outbreak occurs, Isaac finds himself once more facing nightmarish odds of [...]
SteelSeries NP+ Gaming Mouse Mat Review
Wednesday, December 8th, 2010As any PC gamer knows, the best possible accuracy isn’t just a function of your mouse, and how well it’s configured, but is also heavily dependant upon the right mousing surface. In my case this is particularly important, as a bare, glass desk isn’t the best of friends with gaming mice. A good mousing surface [...]
Dance Paradise Kinect Review
Wednesday, November 17th, 2010I don’t know why I’m committing my opinion of this game to the wider world, it would seem obvious to all that I’m rife with bias and contempt for pop-orientated dancing games. And, to some extent, all would be absolutely correct. I don’t dislike pop entirely as a category, but simply maintain that most music [...]
Our man in… Eurogamer Expo 2010
Sunday, October 10th, 2010by Johnus Maximus It hardly seems a year since my last foray into the exciting and glamorous world of games conventions, but once again the annual Eurogamer Expo had returned, for this their third year. This time they abandoned the north/south dual-expo idea and instead went for a larger and longer event in our nations [...]
SteelSeries Xai Gaming Mouse Review
Tuesday, September 28th, 2010I made no secret about my love for the SteelSeries Ikari Laser mouse, it was a great performer and had an interesting ergonomic that worked in both my left and right hand, despite being sculpted for the right. SteelSeries have broken the mould, however, and produced the Xai. A mouse that is to the Ikari [...]
Singularity – Xbox 360 review
Monday, July 19th, 2010Review by Johnus Maximus During the 1950′s, in a bid to become the dominant global superpower, Russian scientists are forced to embark on pioneering research into newly discovered element “E-99″, the results of which cause a catastrophic rift in space and time. Developed by Raven Software and published by Activision, Singularity is a first-person shooter [...]