C’mon everybody, check me out: I’m dancin’! I’m dancin! Oh, there ain’t no rest for the wicked, money don’t grow on trees. I got bills to pay, I got mouths to feed, there ain’t nothing in this world for free. [...]

We’ve finally reached the end (for now?) of our Metal Gear series retrospective. In the epic conclusion to our six part Metal Gear 25th Anniversary series Leon, Tony and Jay review 2008’s spectacular but polarising Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns [...]

The opposite of light ales, it’s Darksiders. Melding the comic book stylings of Joe Madureira with Hebrew mythology while lifting structure and mechanics wholesale from other popular franchises, Vigil’s assured 2010 debut Darksiders caught reviewers and gamers by surprise as the [...]

Superbrothers: A tale of Sword & Sworcery, eternally retold Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP is a collaboration between designer Craig Adams, developer Capybara and musician Jim Guthrie. A ‘none more indie’, multiple high-concept piece which questions certain conventions of game [...]

Remedy’s bullet-time ballet noir starring Max Payne as Baryshnikov Leon, Tony, James and Karl slo-mo dive – sideways – into their recording seats and review Finnish developer Remedy Entertainment’s second game, 2001’s Max Payne (published by 3D Realms/Rockstar). Mashing up [...]

Nintendo’s Rhythm Tengoku (Heaven/Paradise) triumvirate Leon, Tony, Darren Gargette and Josh review Nintendo Software Planning and Development’s (so far) trilogy of Rhythm Tengoku/Heaven/Paradise games for Game Boy Advance, DS and Wii. The rhythm action genre was born, to all intents [...]

This week we focus on Kojima Productions’ MGS: Peace Walker In the penultimate of our six Metal Gear 25th anniversary specials, Leon, Tony, James and Paul Rooney of Ready-Up arrive at the Central America of the 1970’s for Kojima Productions [...]

Cute and fluffy: that’s the team talking Kirby’s Epic Yarn. Leon, Tony, Darren Gargette and James get cute with Kirby’s Epic Yarn. HAL Laboratories’ pink blob without attitude (unless you regard some of the US box art as canon) Kirby [...]

This week it’s all about puzzle adventure – Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective Leon, Tony, James and Josh discuss Capcom’s unusual afterlife puzzle adventure – Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective – from Shu Takumi, the designer who brought you the Phoenix Wright: [...]

This week we discuss Grasshopper Manufacture’s No More Heroes. Leon, Darren Forman, Josh and Sinan Kubba of BigRedPotion discuss the tenth game by Goichi Suda’s Grasshopper Manufacture – No More Heroes. The Wii original game released in 2007/2008 to some [...]