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Retro Review: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets – PS2
“If Harry Potter goes back to Hogwarts, he will be in mortal danger.” When these words echoed around the living room, the whole family knew we were in for a long night. Especially if Dad hadn’t Googled how to get past the Avifors Challenge at work today… (this was pre-WiFi era in the Butler household, […]
Retro Review: Banjo-Kazooie
In honour of the looming Christmas holidays let’s look at at Banjo-Kazooie, a game which features a festive themed area, complete with 100 metre tall fir tree and sentient presents. The game follows the quest of a bear (Banjo) and a bird (Kazooie) to rescue Banjo’s sister from the rhyme-obsessed witch Gruntilda. It’s a charming platforming […]
Far Cry 2 and narrative harmony
Twenty hours into my time with Far Cry 2 I had shot, hacked and burnt enough men to fill ten graveyards. I set about scouring the remnants of a freshly waged battlefield with mechanised efficiency, stripping and looting the bullet ridden, charred airstrip of any supplies. The silence was punctuated by agonised screams: a survivor, […]
Batman: Return to Arkham collection announced
Rocksteady have confirmed that they will be releasing the Batman: Return to Arkham collection, comprised of the first instalments to the Arkham trilogy, on July 29th for £40 in the UK. It will appear on both PS4 and Xbox One, along with all of the DLC releasing alongside each game. Originally running on Unreal Engine 3, Rocksteady has worked […]
Ratchet and Clank Review
Nostalgia is a funny thing. Video games that we love, perhaps more than any other medium, can be almost permanently lodged in our minds; they make up who we are as gamers. So, when we go back to our revisit our absolute favourites that entranced us in previous years, we often find that the very best […]
Sequel-ation: The Batman Arkham Games
The year was 1939: Frank Sinatra had just made his recording debut, a plucky little film known as The Wizard of Oz had just seen its premiere in Hollywood, and through Detective Comics #27 the world was introduced to Batman. Ever since this initial appearance, Batman has featured in everything from movies and TV shows, […]
EXP: Will Virtual Reality gaming be a hit?
EXP is brought to you by your host Harry Shepherd, who is joined by Sam Woolf, Jonathan Land and Peter Hartnell. Prompted by the announcement of a release date and price for Sony’s Virtual Reality hardware, we discuss the likelihood of VR being a success. Will it be a genuine technological step and radically change […]
Let’s Talk About Games
The Witcher 3 was the most talked about game of 2015 according to analyst Thomas Bidaux. After analysing millions of articles The Witcher 3 got 51,098 article mentions, with Fallout 4 coming in a close second with 50,144. It’s worth noting that Fallout didn’t get announced until June, meaning if Fallout was announced in at […]
Playstation: An appreciation
Happy birthday, dear PlayStation! Happy birthday to you!’ I sing, as I place my arm lovingly around my beloved console, ‘Oh PlayStation, my old friend, you’ve grown up so much. Wow, twenty years! Remember all those late night Tekken 3 sessions? Or how about that time I faked being sick so I didn’t have to go […]