Nintendo’s Star Catalogue was a load of old tosh back in the day of Game Boy Advance and GameCube. What good was saving up the Stars from inside first party releases if all there was to spend them on were dull wallpapers and ringtones? ‘Physical’ goods did appear now and then, but in such short …
Quite how a game starring a pair of talking cats on a quest to climb a beanstalk and find a magical goose managed to get a 12+ age rating is beyond us. Did nobody at the age rating bureau have fairy tales read to them as a child? That was the first surprise that Puss …
Every month Matt pulls a magazine out for under his bed and gives it a fine going over. Stop giggling at the back there – we’re talking about video game magazines. This month: issue 3 of Future’s Video Gamer from January 2001. Video Gamer must have been a huge risk for Future Publishing. Retailing at …
If you’re thinking that Nintendo’s decision to release Boom Street on Wii on 28th December was a strange one, then you’d be right. Most gamers are still playing the games they received for Christmas while retailers are focused on promoting their sales rather than shifting new releases. As such, Boom Street not only fails to …
A feature on achievements has been a long time coming. How to approach the subject has been food for thought as it’s a wide subject matter. After much deliberation four separate articles seemed the way forward and so for next four weeks we’ll be looking at the best, hardest and stupidest achievements that there are. …
It’s a new year, and that means making resolutions. As there are 366 days in 2012 though, we’ll save the really hard ones – like sweating it out on the Kinect for at least 30 minutes a day – for 2013. Matt is up first with his: Stop buying sports games, no matter how cheap …