2011: Year of the Gamer

2011 is not just the year of the Rabbit, but it seems the year of the Gamer as well. We have already had an impressive start to the year with games such as: Little Big Planet 2 Dead Space 2 Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds Bulletstorm Killzone 3 Not only have five games been released in the first Quarter of 2011 but these games are big titles that have a huge worldwide following. So, on paper, you could say 2011, unlike other years, really is the year for gaming. However, can there really be a "best year of gaming?" Can society really label a period of time as the "most enjoyable" for an entire world filled with gamers?...

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Corruption, Deceit and Murder

L.A. Noire World War Two has ended; the allies have won. However, there is a new war brewing, not one that will take place in the fields, beaches or around the small towns of Europe that no one has heard of.  No, this war will happen in Los Angeles, USA.  Cole Phelps is the protagonist in this tale of murder and deceit on the streets of LA, he is a decorated War Hero fresh from conquering Europe and Hitler's reign on terror. After coming back to his home city of L.A, Phelps decides to don another type of uniform, that of the LAPD and he is soon, thanks to his exemplary military background,...

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I know your deepest, darkest Secret, I know who you are....Bruce Wayne...

Batman Arkham City"Look at those piercing blues..." BATMAN has come a long way from the 1950's american Hit TV show where we enjoyed seeing Batman and his side kick fight of the weekly 'scum bags'...and we all enjoyed the over used 'Pows' 'Biffs' 'Splats' whenever there was a fight (Don't you just love 50's special affects). I tip my hat to the fearsome duo - Adam West and Burt Ward for bringing us the delights of Batman, for without this wonderful cheesy 50's TV show, we would not have had the films and games. Talking of games, August 28th 2009 brought us Batman: Arkham Asylum - this was undoubtable the best game of 2009 and thankfully - the...

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Damn, those alien bastards are gonna pay for shooting up my ride.

Duke Nukem Forever "It's time to kick ass and chew bumble gum...and I'm all outta gum..." Let me take you back to November 16th 1997 - I was but a 13 year old boy with all the hopes and dreams in the world, Girls were new to me and scared the crap out of me (still do truth be told) and the fastest CPU I was using was a Pentium 1 166mhz.  On to the game... Duke Nukem hit consoles for the very first time and GT Interactive made a very wise choice and chose the Nintendo 64 as their weapon of choice for showing of Mr Nukem on the big screen...well, 20" CRT at the time...but hey, was big for me. "What 13yr old...Hell, what 25yr old would not...

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In Space...No one can hear you scream

Dead Space 2 - Review Dead Space 2 is a survival horror video game developed by Visceral Games and published by EA for Playstation 3, Xbox 360 and PC. It is the sequel to Dead Space. Unlike its predecessor, Dead Space 2 has a multiplayer mode (Shame about that really...) So I pre-ordered Dead Space 2 on a recommendation of a friend. Never having played the first 'Dead Space' I was left with merely screenshots and teaser trailers to wet my appetite, oh, along with many a person saying 'You will shit your pants' - encouraging! So, release day came and went and true to form...I...

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