Category Archives: John

John’s “insights” as we call them…

Diablo 3!

Posted on July 5, 2008 by John

Remember the game that brought the Fantasy RPG to millions? The Diablo series is back, with the endless pointing and clicking and levelling up and hacking and slashing and running back and forth to sell every last low-grade axe you … Continue reading →

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Metal Gear Solid 4 Review *Spoilers Alert* *Fanboy Ranting Alert*

Posted on June 23, 2008 by John

I am one of those who bought a PS3 to play MGS4 on. One of countless hundreds. This game was worth the money easily. The “in” jokes, the awesome sneaking gameplay, the thrill of wondering if the guard walking towards … Continue reading →

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You’ll never escape the La-Li-Lu-Le-Lo!

Posted on May 31, 2008 by John

If the phrases “Fox-Die” “Les Enfants Terrible” and “The Patriots” don’t mean anything to you then the chances are that, yes, you have escaped the La-Li-Lu-Le-Lo’s malign influence. For now. On the 12th of June 2008 we’re about to have … Continue reading →

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Violence Mars GTA4 Release

Posted on May 1, 2008 by John

Two separate attacks occurred around the time of GTA4′s midnight release that ruined the release of the game. One was an unprovoked stab attack and the other was a vicious weaponless attack in which two men broke a teenager’s nose … Continue reading →

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Halo 3 and why I’ll play it again

Posted on May 1, 2008 by John

I’ll admit, at first I was skeptical of Halo 3. I’d played a bit of Halo 2 (both single and multiplayer) and the game seemed to be fundamentally flawed in many ways: Having self-healing armour meant that you had to … Continue reading →

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First Impression: Crysis, you get what you pay for

Posted on April 25, 2008 by John

Crysis is one of those games which PC suppliers look forward to. There’s one game release every year which triggers the games community to rush out and spend all of their hard earned (or for those under 18 kindly donated) … Continue reading →

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3 Reasons why UT3 isn’t as good as Unreal Tournament

Posted on April 19, 2008 by John

Sometimes, old games are better than their later sequels. I was trying to play UT3 with a friend recently, and sadly it became obvious that, in some ways, Unreal Tournament 3 just isn’t as good as the original UT was. … Continue reading →

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On your feet gamers! We march to war!

Posted on April 9, 2008 by John

Lock and load guys! gamepolitics.com reports that gamers are forming protest groups in order to exert political pressure on developers. I decided to take a look down the list and subject each of them to harsh judgement. Why? Because I … Continue reading →

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Quit your fanboy whining!

Posted on April 6, 2008 by John

We’re going to see great things from the PS3. I recently had the pleasure of playing Silent Hill: Origins on the PSP. Since SH:O’s release, Climax Group has been inundated with requests to make licensed PSP games, because they do … Continue reading →

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Retro games are as good as they ever were

Posted on February 27, 2008 by John

I recently found on an “abandonware” site a game that I hadn’t played in a decade. Neither Lords of the Realm II or my recollections of it have aged in the slightest: I love the authentic medieval setting and I … Continue reading →

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