Video Game Sandwich

The whole XBOX Live subscription system is a wonderful thing. Between the infrequent influxes of vaguely interesting demos, and the impossible amount of things Bill Gates forces you to pay for via his much prized, non-existent currency: Microsoft Points, you could be forgiven for thinking you were being overwhelmed with spoils. But then the thought […]

The removal of Gamespot.com editor Jeff Gerstmann has released a rip tide of ethical and professional questions, and like fallout from some sort of virtual A-bomb the effects have settled for miles. Whether or not it’s openly admitted and acknowledged gaming publications and websites now face an era of transition. An ethereal connection between writer […]

After an unfortunate vid-e-ya game hiatus I managed to find myself at the helm of a rather long (12 hour) session of Bioware’s Mass Effect on the good ol’ Xbox 360. I have to say that I’m still not blown away, and if I’m brutally honest it’s samey- you find yourself searching solar systems, finding a planet […]

Mmm, shoot the jay indeed. 2k Sports’ Basketball franchise is like the cool older brother to EA’s NBA Live series. The younger tyke might have all the savvy of a more hip sibling; listening to all the most current jams and dressing all fly and what not. But dammit, the boy just don’t have the […]

Gerstmann fo’ lyfe!!1
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This article is funny.This game sounds like a caricature of modern thought and action. Whether it’s fully intended to be or not, I’m unaware.
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So I’m sitting there one all of a sudden pops up this console update notice. Now, I’m not expecting any other updates to swing my way any time soon, so naturally I know what one it is. The console restarts itself, and to my horror I get a series of crazy, 8-bit colours. Here I […]

Unfortunately my life isn’t a game. I’m not awarded achievement points for washing dishes, or cleaning the toilet. I can’t plummet from several stories and regenerate, as fresh as a daisy, outside the nearest hospital. And dammit, if you leave me idle for longer than 5 seconds I wont tap my wrist and shrug. The […]

So I hears so I does, down that glorious imaginary grapevine we call the web world wide, that the XBOX 360 fall update will be touching down and blessing my system with plenty of virtual vitamins and minerals to keep that box ticking good and proper until Christmas 2008, but one aspect of this shiny […]