Author: james

Will Wright’s Spore was one of last year’s most innovative PC games and spawned one of the largest collections of phallic-symbol monsters on ever seen. But there was one thing lacking: when you ventured into the space age you couldn’t go to a planet and roam around the environment as you had done in the…

Most online RPGs begin with the individual deciding what they want their character to be, look like, and do. Character creation in WAR starts out with the player choosing a side they want to fight for. The Order side consists of the Dwarfs, Empire, and the High Elves, all of which can be slotted into…

There’s no doubt that with Company of Heroes, Relic practically reinvented the WWII-themed real-time strategy, which has long since been regarded as a rapidly decaying genre. In a sense, Company of Heroes introduced a whole new aspect of real-time combat in strategy games, with units making the most out of the terrain to gain tactical…

As a bit of a background: I first experienced Baldur’s Gate while I was at a friend’s house for a LAN party. I had taken apart my beige desktop computer, massive monitor, and all the peripherals (that took up most of the backseat of my car), and driven across town to assemble everything all over…

The first of The Sims 3 expansion packs has finally hit the shelves. And after the core title was released to ecstatic reception (Sims fans are passionate creatures) expectations for this first expansion pack have been sky-high. Simmers spoke wistfully of favourite past expansions, including Pets, Makin’ Magic and Bon Voyage, while others hoped desperately…

Chocolate Castle comes from the minds of a small company based in Wellington, Lexaloffle. This company has constructed a brilliant game that for a small price can be downloaded straight to your computer via their website. Chocolate Castle is a new type of puzzle game that makes the player consider and plan their route before…

I guess it’s always a good sign if you can’t tear yourself away from the game you’re meant to be objectively reviewing, in order to actually get round to writing your review. Sure there are games that you review, and afterwards think “yeah, that was a pretty good game”, and thank the game gods that…

The advertising for this game intrigued us. Words like “unbelievable depth” and “innovative mix of strategic and tactical game play” all promised a great new war game that was going to be just the thing for the long winter months ahead. Sadly, advertising hype aside, this game from Swedish Developer Colossai Studios and available from…

There’s a standard formula for Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO) games; it’s tried and true, and, frankly it would be fair to say a lot of people are getting quite bored with the genre. Here’s how it goes: You have a theme; if you have any sense, you will go with a fantasy one, because it…

I m always up for seeing new things in gaming, especially when it comes to the tired genre that is the third person shooter. So I was intrigued when the download code for Deep Black: Reloaded showed up in my inbox. It’s about time, I thought, for a third person shooter to take the action…