Afro Samurai (360)

Written for http://www.xboxgamezone.co.uk June 2009

Have you ever wondered what goes through the mind of Quentin Tarantino? What kind of disturbing dreams he might have? Maybe he just dreams of fluffy bunny rabbits roaming fields happily, but I suspect that really he dreams of a world like Afro Samurai. Afro Samurai is probably the most violent [...]

Interview with Capcom’s Ben LeRougetel on Resident Evil 5

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Q. Previous Resident Evil titles have seen the player working very much alone. What made you decide to move to a full co-operative experience this time?
A: Action titles nowadays, really the expectations are that they offer co-operative play. Obviously Xbox provides Xbox Live; it’s easier to deliver a co-op experience. It’s that [...]

Resident Evil 5 Hands On

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As a slightly superstitious sort I never expect anything good to ever happen on Friday the 13th. However that was all to change when kleaneasy and I were invited along to check out the latest installment of the critically acclaimed Resident Evil series at Capcom’s London Headquarters. We were given access to [...]

New Reviews and rambles

Point increase since 28th January: 695
Hmm only been just over a week since my last update. It feels longer! I’ve had quite a quiet week for once which was handy as the first half of the week, I wasn’t feeling well. I wasn’t at work much and I’ve only had the one article to write: [...]

The rise of the iPhone?

Written January 2009 for http://play.tm

As I previously noted in my predictions piece, not long ago, the iPhone and iTouch were huge hits in 2008 with its perfect balance of great features and must have style marketing. It might not have been hugely revolutionary technically but in terms of appeal, it really was an attractive item [...]