The third time’s the charm! This week’s theme is “Ian Fleming”, and we somehow manage to deviate heavily, driving drunkenly in a meandering fashion across an entire range of James Bond-based topics. The topics can be boiled down to the following: Murdered: Soul Suspect (video game) Sherlock Holmes vs. Jack…
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July 14, 2014 at 10:03 pm | James Bond, Podcasts, The PAYNEful podSPLOSION | No comment
Tags: Bechdel Test, Casino Royale (1967), Charlie's Angels, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Coyote Ugly, Deadly Premonition, Gert Frobe, Goldfinger, Ian Fleming, James Bond, Minecraft, Murdered: Soul Suspect, Roald Dahl, She's All That, Sherlock Holmes, Square-Enix, Tomorrow Never Dies
So you don’t really “get” video games? Perhaps it’s a generational thing, or maybe you’ve never seen the appeal. That’s fine, I’m here to lend a helping hand. I know that sounds patronising but I’m being honest, there’s a lot of people out there who just hear about games whenever…
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February 8, 2014 at 11:00 am | Game Guides for Non-Gamers, Video Games | No comment
Tags: Agent 47, Hitman, Hitman 2: Silent Assassin, Hitman: Absolution, Hitman: Blood Money, Hitman: Contracts, Square-Enix
Disclaimer: this blog post assumes you have a modicum of knowledge about the Hitman series of games. If not, there’s not much point in reading further! I’ve also tried to keep this as spoiler-free as possible. I’m well aware that it’s all too easy to use the internet to bitch…
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January 2, 2013 at 4:40 am | Reviews, Video Games | No comment
Tags: Agent 47, bitching about video games, Hitman, Hitman: Absolution, Square-Enix
Were scavenger hunts ever fun in games? Is there nothing more tedious than scouring a digital landscape for small digital tokens? Look, I get it: it took sodding ages to create these digital worlds and one way to make sure that the player appreciates every corner of the map (and…
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May 16, 2012 at 12:19 am | Articles, Trophy Hunter's Club, Video Games | No comment
Tags: Arkham Asylum, Arkham City, Assassin's Creed, Batman, Bethesda, bitching about video games, Fallout 3, Fallout: New Vegas, Final Fantasy, Grand Theft Auto, inFamous, L.A. Noire, Minecraft, Red Dead Redemption, Rockstar Games, scavenger hunts, Square-Enix, trophies, True Crime: Streets of L.A., [PROTOTYPE]
WARNING – This article features potential spoilers and discusses plot points from FF7 liberally. Recently we have seen a slew of games and films celebrating Final Fantasy 7’s ten year anniversary – Before Crisis, Dirge of Cerberus, Crisis Core, Advent Children and Last Order – and with them the internet…
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December 1, 2007 at 9:49 pm | Articles, Video Games | No comment
Tags: Advent Children, Emo Cloud can sod right off, FFVII, Final Fantasy, RPG, sequels, Square-Enix
Right. FFX. *Rolls up sleeves* It’s been at least half a year since I touched it, and the next time I will shall probably be in about two years time when I forget why I had got bored of it. Final Fantasy 10 is a fantastic game, a deeply moving…
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April 14, 2006 at 11:06 pm | Reviews, Video Games | No comment
Tags: bitching about video games, Brian Blessed, FFX, Final Fantasy, game review, RPG, Square-Enix
