Archive for January, 2009

Prince of Persia: Sands of Time was a happy surprise back when it came out.  It pulled off a quite original style of platforming flavored vigorously with parkour, created a battle system that, while repetitive, gelled nicely with the rest of the gameplay, and created a main character that was funny, affable, and original.  It [...]

For anyone looking for a quick way to add another ‘beaten’ title to their Backloggery listing, it seems Skate 2 is the game for you. Looking on the PS Store last night I spotted that, in EA’s infinite wisdom, they’ve released some day-one DLC that will unlock everything in the game (named the “Time is [...]

Rather unsurprisingly the release schedules for January have looked rather bare. In fact, about the only thing of note this month is Skate 2, which lands tomorrow (at least here in the UK that is). This is most welcomed, since I’m currently trying to make some headway into the many games sat on my ‘to [...]

When Mirror’s Edge first appeared you couldn’t help but be intrigued. DICE, long-time developers of the (rather successful) Battlefield series FPSs were ditching the ‘S’ to create a platform/adventure game in the first-person. Set in a rather sterile dystopian future, where the government has become ‘big brother’ and controls all communication, the game would follow [...]

As 2007 became 2008 I ended up taking a look back at my gaming over the year just gone, and having read various lists and summaries of 2008 (and prompted by a friend’s similar exercise) I’ve decided to do a proper look back at the year just gone: a look back at all the games [...]

First things first, Happy New Year one and all. I wish everyone all the best for 2009, here’s hoping it’s a great year for you. And here’s hoping that it works out to be a good year for gaming too. I’ll say one thing, if nothing else I’m certainly going to be kept occupied by [...]

I thought I’d end out the year by finally gathering my thoughts on the games I played this year. Admittedly, I’m not as up to date on everything that came out this year as I should be (it’s not that I don’t have the games, more that I don’t have the time to play them), [...]