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Xbox 360, Playstation 3, Live and a few biscuits on the side…
March 6, 2010

Posted by : beck

A few months ago I talked about a new game coming called Heavy Rain on the Playstation 3. If you recall, the game is about a serial killer called the Origami Killer and you play a number of different characters in the game in the pursuit of the killer and to find a missing boy [...]

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January 8, 2010

Heavy Rain

Posted by : beck
Filed under : playstation 3, ps3, video games

I have been playing video games in some form or another for about 20 years or so now.  I have played a zillion and one games in all sorts of genres from action to sports and platforming to horrors.
Every once in a while a game comes along which is attempting to redefine video games and [...]

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November 17, 2009

Christmas Gifts for under 50 Quid

Posted by : beck

Christmas is coming, the goose is getting fat but your wallet is getting smaller and Christmas might be crap. Of course you do not need to spend hundreds of £££’s to make someone happy this year or even choose a small pressie for yourself.  Here are my top 5 gaming gifts to please someone this [...]

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November 2, 2009

Borderlands Xbox 360

Posted by : beck

Borderlands just released last week has to be one of the best games I have played this year.  It is an RPG shooter along similar lines of Fallout 3 but with a unique cel-shaded cartoony look and a more comical side to it.  From the moment I started playing Borderlands I just knew it had [...]

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October 5, 2009

A Gaggle of Platformers

Posted by : beck

First up is Mini Ninjas.  Mini Ninjas is aimed at young children to promote exploration in a large world. The world is not that big and the game is very linear but it does promote exploration by way of collectable items. You can collect many new magical powers throughout the game [...]

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August 31, 2009

Round up of the Latest Releases

Posted by : beck

WOLFENSTEIN – PC, XBOX 360 & PS3
The Castle of Wolfenstein games have come a long way since their inception many sunrises ago.  Wolfenstein is it’s latest incarnation and is the first on the current generation of consoles.  Set in World War 2, you are fighting the Nazi German’s and their zombies.  You find an old [...]

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July 7, 2009

Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10

Posted by : beck

Another year, another EA money spinner of Tiger Woods PGA Tour – we are in double figures now and have made it to 10, representing next year 2010.  EA like to feel ahead in the calendar.
First thing I notice after the starting splash screen is a nice new menu, but hey..  “New courses available, press [...]

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