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Pandora’s Tower: A special mention for a special retail game

April 17, 2012

Nintendo Wii/Otaku Gaming/Pandora's Tower/Reviews

As most people who follow me know already, I hated the Japanese version of Pandora’s Tower with a passion. Having now played the English version, this has got to be the first time I’ve done a complete backflip in opinion, but I absolutely loved the experience. It’s still a bad…

Pandora’s Tower: A special mention for a special retail game

April 17, 2012

Nintendo Wii/Otaku Gaming/Pandora's Tower/Reviews

Guest Column: What video games really do for teens

April 16, 2012

guest column/Opinion/Rhiannon Paille/Theory

Author, Rhiannon Paille has been good enough to send us in a column on her thoughts about the literary benefits a game can bring children, and tips for parents to get young gamers into reading as well. Thanks, Rhiannon! If you’re involved in the game industry and have some thoughts you’d…

Guest Column: What video games really do for teens

April 16, 2012

guest column/Opinion/Rhiannon Paille/Theory

Sad news: EA to slash workforce

April 16, 2012

EA/Jobs

Some sad news has emerged today: GamesIndustry.biz reports that EA is going to slash between five and 11 per cent of its work force. That’s as much as 1,000 jobs. This is despite Mass Effect 3 being a massive commercial success, mind you. I have a suspicion though. EA has…

Sad news: EA to slash workforce

April 16, 2012

EA/Jobs

Review: Legend of Grimrock (PC)

April 16, 2012

dungeon delve/Legend of Grimrock/PC/Reviews/RPG

Wizardry. The Bard’s Tale. Ultima. Dungeons & Dragons (back when SSI had the license, at any rate). These classic RPGs were all about the dungeon delve: crawling through claustrophobic tunnels that all look the same as one another, battling legions of powerful enemies and grinding deeper and deeper into the…

Review: Legend of Grimrock (PC)

April 16, 2012

dungeon delve/Legend of Grimrock/PC/Reviews/RPG

Review: Max Payne (iPad)

April 15, 2012

Action Adventure/iPad/Max Payne/max payne mobile/noire/Reviews

Clever marketing on Rockstar’s part: As Max Payne 3 approaches, release the original game on the iPad to remind everyone how awesome the series is. It’s a cheap, cheap game at $Au3, and it proves that action games can indeed work on the iPad’s buttonless screen. So Max Payne is…

Review: Max Payne (iPad)

April 15, 2012

Action Adventure/iPad/Max Payne/max payne mobile/noire/Reviews

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