Basho Reviews : Sins Of A Solar Empire

A new classic is discovered...

Posted on 01 March 2008

Tags: Basho, games, ironclad, rts, Sins of a solar empire, stardock

…more depth than the Mariana trench!

MMO’s around the next curve

Posted on 01 February 2008

What do you see as the future of (Game) podcasting?

Playing with others, a rebuttal to The Waiting Game

Posted on 08 January 2008

Without others you cannot win! While I share joy in the clearly excellent writing talents of Elliott (and wish that I had some Absinthe left) I cant help but feel that he has totally missed the obvious answer to his questions.

P0rtal Wallpaper

Posted on 03 January 2008

In honour of Portal being the game of the year (or at least the best part of The Orange Box), I have created a few wallpapers for you:
Click to open and download.

What next for FPS & MMO games?

Posted on 28 December 2007

Only a few years a go the FPS had reached a lull. The traditional corridor structure was blamed for stifling the genre and so, in response, many FPS’s were put into development that featured outside environments. However, this was a move that missed the point.

Game of the Year or Year of the Game?

Posted on 19 December 2007

Tags: Basho, call of duty 4, Gaming, halo 3, the orange box

Game Of The Year Awards! In the history of gaming there have been many golden years, but there has not been one recently to match the output this year. Almost every genre has had a masterpiece released, some have had three or four, and some have been record breakers in all possible senses of the word.

HL2 v Bioshock

Posted on 01 October 2007

I really felt that Bioshock lacked something. The cohesion of the environment had a sore note in it that broke the “spell” that it was trying to weave. Namely the vending machines. The tons of gun dispensing, health giving and weapons manufacturing machines just seemed wrong. People were supposed to live down here, why would [...]