Posts Tagged ‘Opinion’

The Binding of Isaac isn’t necessarily about the Hebrew myth, It is about the rotting tragedies of psychosis and fanaticism that, if left unchecked, can destroy everything but themselves. It is about Andrea Yates.

Warning – Contains Major Story Plot Spoilers!

In 2010 Robot Unicorn Attack orbited the planet filling the atmosphere with its lunatic radiance like a camp comet made of double-rainbows, glitter and Elton John’s sunglasses. Now Adult Swim Games have given Robot Unicorn Attack a well-deserved sequel.

A word of advice; If you ever happen to be dating a member of Introversion, under no circumstances break up with them – they do not take these things well.

A MW3 player pressing a key that makes their player character shoot another character is not actually committing an act of violence, any more than a little girl carrying a doll about by it’s foot is guilty of child abuse. Adults should be free to choose their own entertainment in the absence of legal issues or material which raises a risk or harm to others.

Apparently, From Software, the makers of the hardest PS3 game in the universe; Demon Souls and makers of the soon to be hardest cross platform game; Dark Souls have dreamt up a rather nasty little trick for folks who get hold of and by some means or another play the game early. They have sent out what they are calling “Black Phantoms” and these are basically high end hunter bad guys with with a rank of 145 & 1900 hp with 9 abilities all maxed out at 99.

Those of you who’ve read the Play Vault review of newly released Dead Island will know that it is definitely a mixed bag of undead nuts, with moments of gameplay brilliance hidden in a pile of buggy poorly-voiced debris. But what you may not know is that the first version gamers played, is apparently an early version never intended for release.

As the technology drive gets faster and better, more things are left behind in the dust. So what future does the disc we treasured for our gaming needs have and does it deserve a place in that future.

This might sound like a stupid idea for an article but when I say I’m a gamer to an average gamer they mostly think the oldest console I own is ...

I rate this game as 10/10 every single time and I think it one of the best games of this year already. The ping tool and the obvious voice chat between myself and my online co-op partner were vital to solve many of the puzzles but you don’t get the same sense of achievement and joy when you both complete a puzzle online as you do when your sat next to one another, getting frustrated and then in the next minute being overjoyed and feeling like some sort of Stephen Fry, Stephen Hawking or some other clever Stephen named fellow, when you have completed a mind bending puzzle.