Best; Alien: Isolation; Alien Isolation is probably the only movie to game adaptation fit to wear its film’s crown. It holds the sheer fear and intense atmosphere of Alien as you play as Amanda Ripley. Guaranteed to get your heart racing: 9/10 Dead Space Dead Space is one of few survival horrors fit to polish…
Well… isn’t this just a great co-incidence. Ask and you shall receive, I suppose. I’ve seen the demo and I’m starting to believe it. This week Google has announced project Stream, a game-streaming service for Chrome. Streaming Services such as Netflix, Hulu, YouTube, Spotify and Apple Music have transformed the modern entertainment industry but so…
There is no debating the fact that the golden age of gaming has been and gone. As was covered in the last issue, the art of video game development is now, more often than not, squeezing every last cent out of consumers. This is why we see such an incredulous reaction when a game such…
We all know somebody who eats food quicker than you can pick up your fork. Yet they will still say they have enjoyed their meal. You on the other hand might insist on eating slowly and worshipping every last bite. Saying that you enjoy your meal better when you eat slower. The same can be…
It’s 2018, and the art of gaming has certainly changed over the past few years. For the majority of us, we grew up on 2D low-resolution games, where the thought of 1080p or 4K were unimaginable. With major advancements in game engine design over the last decade, we have witnessed the game studios transition from…
“In video games, a loot box is an in-game purchase consisting of a virtual container that awards players with items and modifications based on chance. Loot boxes are considered to be a type of microtransaction.” In more simple terms, a loot box is a game of chance, where the player pays for a chance to…
Why are movies based on video games so bad? You could say because the depth of video game media leads to deeper characters that cannot be replicated in a film. Alternatively, you could read this list as a preview and come back in a few weeks when I’ve written an article about why… Assassin’s Creed…
To many, Football Manager is a bland, strategy-football game, but to a sizeable community, it is so much more. The game began in 1992 under the name Championship Manager, developed by brothers Paul and Oliver Collyer from their bedroom. It wasn’t until 2003 that the brothers, due to a publishing split, re-branded the game to…
In the modern age of online gaming, the convenience of downloadable games is as quintessential as the gaming system itself. Steam sales seem to always be available and gaming has never been so affordable if you can stomach the upfront investment for a gaming PC. Years ago, if a game was released with bugs, then…
RPGs have exploded in the last few years. What was once the peak of obscure nerd-dom has started to come into common knowledge, what with the likes of Critical Role and The Adventure Zone, and approximately one in five people you know having tried D&D. Tabletop RPGs, for those of you unaware, are half games…