Since there’s a 3D version of Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex Solid State Society someone’s gone further than the obvious idea of putting Ghost’s cyberspace interface together with the Kinect – they’ve actually built it. The game makes use of two huge screens. if you happen to be at the S.A.C. Premium Shop, […]
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LoTR War in the North: Combat trailer
This video from Snowblind is all about the combat in the Lord of the Rings action RPG “War in the North”. The concept for the trailer / documentary is pretty simple. The Snowblind team argue that in the Lord of the Rings book combat was pretty brutal. The War in the North is supposed to […]
Can you win a PlayStation 3 by giving Sackboy a hat?
Geek Native readers may well have spotted Sackboy popping up now and then on this blog. For example, back in October he was featured holding a cute X10 mini. There are currently three Sackboys in the flat. Is that too many? I suspect Sony would say we could fit one or two more in the […]
Mass Effect 2: The Arrival trailer
Mass Effect 2 is still big news among gamer geeks. This isn’t simply due to the fact that we can sense the arrival of Mass Effect 3. It’s because Mass Effect 2 still holds our attention and we’ve only just got news of Mass Effect: Arrival. The first bit of DLC for the franchise in […]
Spend More on Beer: A Free RPG Round-Up
This is a guest article from Craig Higdon. Higdon heads up RPG Character Illustrations where he combines his extensive gaming knowledge with a savvy knack for online businesses, good content and strategy. Think back on the last game supplement you bought. Yeah, the one for $39.95 with 5 new classes and two new races. Does […]
The First Templar
The First Templar reminds me of a cross between Dungeon Siege and Assassin’s Creed. The trailer certainly suggests a combat centric romp! I like the fact there is the suggestion of history in the game. Oh, I suspect it’s nothing more than a suggestion but it’s enough to make the game stand out. What do […]
Ghostbusters: Sanctum of Slime launch trailer
This is short, simple but effective. Most of all this trailer for Ghostbusters: Sanctum of Slime makes the game look fun. Actually, it reminds me of Gauntlet. We’ve four players, running around, throwing a stream of weapons and hordes of incoming ghosts, ghouls and the occassional something-more-power-and-scary. Ray Parker Jr‘s soundtrack helps incredibly as well. […]
Advertising Standards Authority rules that “replay mode” is not “actual gameplay footage”
The United Kingdom’s Advertising Standards Authority received complaints over Sony’s TV ad for GT5. The ad featured two men on a sofa about the play the game before cutting to screens from the game showing cars on the tracks and from different angles. Throughout this scene the on-screen text read “Actual gameplay footage”. This triggered […]
Drow – a non racist alternative?
I think it’s a bit too politically correct to worry that Drow – dark elves – are a racist race. The concern here is that they’re evil and black, that they’re evil because they’re black or black because they’re evil. I suspect the original D&D Drow were black just to look cool, scary and to […]
Americans censoring Dead Island
Here in Europe we sometimes puzzle over American censorship decisions. This is a country where people are allowed to buy and carry guns. Several States deploy the death penalty. It wasn’t surprising that Ubisoft decided not to release We Dare, the spanking game, in the United States as sexy stuff is far more likely to […]
