Retro reflections by Matt S. Ubisoft is always at its best when it’s experimental. Back when the Nintendo DS was a shiny new console, wowing people with Super Mario 64 in portable form, Ubisoft did something remarkably creative with its then-hot Prince of Persia franchise: it released a tactics strategy…
Read MoreThere are thousands upon thousands of games that have been released over the years. Narrowing them down to a “top 100” was always going to be a challenge, but the whole DDNet team has come together to build a list of the 100 most canonical games that we feel all…
Read MoreThere are thousands upon thousands of games that have been released over the years. Narrowing them down to a “top 100” was always going to be a challenge, but the whole DDNet team has come together to build a list of the 100 most canonical games that we feel all…
Read MoreList by Matt S. If there’s one setting that I love, and would like to see a lot more of, it’s the fantasy Middle East. With 1001 Arabian Nights being overwhelmingly influential in this setting, when you think of a fantasy Middle East, you’re probably thinking of harems and beautiful…
Read MoreScrew it. It’s been a long week, and after a few beers on a Friday evening all I can think about is which characters I wouldn’t say no to existing in the real world. But let’s intellectualise things just a little. While I believe that the “hottest characters” lists are…
Read MoreThis week on BG- news about the upcoming San Diego Comic Con was free flowing as the mega-show rapidly approaches, we took a peek at MoMA in NYC’s seriously upgraded gaming collection and released the floodgates of insanity with our hands on preview of Saints Row IV. The SDCC is…
Read MoreThe original (tough as nails) Prince of Persia comes to the Wii Virtual Console this week. You know what else in the eShop this week? Insanity, my friend, complete insanity. If you’ve never played PoP, and I mean the original PoP from years ago, then you might want to give…
Read MoreAs gamers we are now well familiar with the use of violence in games – as a plot device, as an artistic tool, and even as a bit of good, old-fashioned fun. There are games that heroise violence, games that criticise it, and games that question the use of violence…
Read MoreDo you believe in magic, in a young girl’s heart, how the music can free her whenever it starts? And if it’s magic, if the music is groovy, it makes you feel happy like an old-time movie. I’ll tell you about magic, and it’ll free your soul, but it’s like…
Read MoreHot on the heels of E3, the latest Nintendo Download is jam packed with trailers and a very cool download in the form of the LEGO Batman 2 demo. Batman 2, in case you don’t know, should just probably just have been titled LEGO Justice League since it features all…
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