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Virtually stupid

Heard the one about the new PSP owner who thought you had to remove the white casing from the UMD before putting it in the handheld? Well, here’s one that manages to top it – somebody over on the NeoGAF forum claims that their neighbour put not one, not two, but three credit cards into …

RIP EGM

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It’s a sad day – legendary American videogame magazine EGM will ceased to exist as of this month. The February issue, which was due to feature Street Fighter IV on the cover, won’t even make it to the press. It will apparently be available online at 1UP.com soon though. EGM stood tall over other US …

Give a hoot, read a book

UK Charts

UK Chart With only a few big name games on the horizon – Lord of the Rings: Conquest, Skate 2 and 50 Cent: Blood on the Sand, to be precise – the top ten chart is unlikely to change dramatically for a good while. This week, for example, the only things of note are Far …

Do the locomotion

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The January sales – which, oddly, have been starting in mid-December for the last few years – are a thing of brilliance. Not only are the big name games recently released cut in price (Mirror’s Edge for under Â£15? Thanks, Tesco!) but many retailers also flog off the titles that have been gathering dust for some time. A-Train HX, purchased for a nice Â£5.98 in Game, is one such example.

Britian loves bargains

UK Charts

UK Chart The sales have had an impact on the top 40 chart this week, with the likes of Sonic Unleashed, Far Cry 2, Mirror’s Edge – which is a nice Â£14.71 at Tesco – and Shaun White Snowboarding all rising up a fair few places. Gears of War 2 and GTA IV have also …

Test your success

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I’ve mentioned TrueAchievements before, but since then the site has had a clean and tidy up and had new bits added. If you haven’t been there, the site works out your true Xbox 360 Gamerscore based on how rare your acquired achievements are and how hard they actually are to obtain. You can also see …

Dungeon Maker

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Back when my PC wasn’t so elderly and I could be bothered to mess around with video drivers and all that guff, Bullfrog’s Dungeon Keeper was a game that I clocked up plenty of hours on. You had to build a dungeon to attract monsters, who would then fight for you when the pesky humans came knocking. There was resource management to deal with and also a wicked black sense of humour – whoever knew that vampires enjoyed smearing faecal matter on people’s door handles? Sadly, Dungeon Maker – or Master of the Monster Lair, as it’s known in the US – is nowhere near as amusing.

Hasbro Family Game Night

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Mr. Potato Head’s career is a long and illustrious one. He’s been around since the early ’50s, was the first toy to be advertised on TV, appeared in Toy Story and recently came out in Star Wars and Spider-Man variants. Will this family friendly collection from EA be something to mark up on his CV, or something to hide? Like when the original Mr. Potato Head was criticised for being a waste of a good potato.

Happy Credit Crunchmas everybody!

UK Charts

UK Chart So here it is, merry Christmas, everybody is kicking a piece of virtual spherical leather around. Yes, FIFA 09 is the Christmas number one. It’s EA’s sixth in eight years, so well done them. I’m just glad it wasn’t Need for Speed: Undercover. Call of Duty: World of War, which was tipped for …

Gears of War 2 in words and pictures

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Gears of War 2 is a typically decent sequel, improving on the original in every way possible. It looks and sounds amazing, while the new weapons – including a flamethrower and mortar cannon – have their shortcomings as well as strengths. Which is good. The new multi-player team-based horde mode is stupidly addictive, and the …

Colour Cross

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If this review was for a printed magazine, it would probably end up in the round-up section along with half a dozen others spread over a couple of pages. Not because Colour Cross is a bad game, but because there isn’t much to say about it. It isn’t the first Picross game to arrive on …

For those about to rock, we salute you

This Week's Games

This Week’s Games It’s always the way – October and November see a slew of new releases but December is utterly barren. Last week you could count the new games on one hand; this week you could use just two two fingers. How rude! Sonic Unleashed make a belated appearance on PlayStation 3, while EA’s …

Cake, cake, cake, I love the cake!

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You can’t beat a bit of cake, and this Nintendo DS cake from Asda tastes sweeter than most. Well, it probably does. Maybe. The main image features artwork (note: not a screenshot) from New Super Mario Bros. while the top screen is made from cardboard with a blank â€˜screen’ to write a birthday message on. …

All rise

UK Charts

UK Chart The top ten is largely the same as last week, apart from Lara’s latest dropping from #6 to #10. What is notable though is that a few titles have risen up significantly due to being reduced on the high street. Sonic Unleashed has gone from #33 to #12 while Quantum of Solace leaps …

It’s Christmas? You wouldn’t know it around here

This Week's Games

This Week’s Games Without a hint of exaggeration, there are 101 games out this week. 101 in 1 Explosive Megamix for DS to be precise. It’s Â£17.99 on Play.com and by clicking on the link you can see a little video of it. The puzzle games seem all right, but the action games appear to …

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