This anime didn’t hold my attention. It’s pretty and shows promise but tells the story too slowly. Earlier fears and motivations from the characters might appeal to a young girl and so its safe to theorise that I’m firmly not the target market. Weirdly, the thing I liked most about the anime was the clever […]
Sponsored Video: A 145mph jump into battle
Just Cause 3 is all about fun and chaos. This manifests as blowing stuff up. In fact, one of the changes between Just Cause 2 and the latest game is the introduction of infinnite C4. Previously, you had to buy the explosive, but you won’t have that burden in the sequel. This 18-rated game from […]
The people of Hackerville
The Romanian town of Ramnicu Valcea is known by security experts as “Hackerville” and is considered by some to be the most dangerous town on the internet. Norton, the anti-virus, firewall and security company, have teamed up with the award-winning indie director Sean Dunne to create a documentary. It’s a look at the hacker culture […]
Sponsored Video: The war on crime becomes the Battlefield
The Battlefield series until now has been a military action game. That changes with Visceral and DICE’s latest and cooperative effort: Battlefield Hardline. In Battlefield Hardline players are either special response police units or hardboiled criminals. This time the battlefield is the war on crime. With a Levolution mechanic, as seen in Battlefield 4, players […]
Sponsored Video: Will Grenoble show us the sci-fi future is here?
When you hear people discussing possible solutions again and again then you know they agree that there’s a problem. I keep on hearing about car-sharing as an important part of our future. British comedian Peter Kay has a whole new show, called Car Share, that will be part of the BBC’s new summer line-up. It […]
Sponsored Video: 5 Christmas traditions worth skipping
Christmas is a busy time of year and it can be quite stressful. That’s a shame. From its origins as a pagan festival, its co-opting by Christianity to the modern day combination of festive fun, shopping and a touch of religious respect where appropriate the day still has meaning to many people. That said; there […]
Sponsored video: Level up your flirty ambience
EA and The Sims Studio’s latest version of the hugely popular series has been on sale since September. It’s the sort of game that’ll get a lot of use over the Christmas holidays as players find time to sink into their creations. You’ll know the basic approach to Sims. As a player you create a […]
Sponsored Video: Dragon Age’s wonderful, open, world with plenty of mature action
BioWare are on the record with how Skyrim has influenced Dragon Age. The Elders Scroll smash hit brought a wave of new players into the RPG area and these gamers are not familiar with some old RPG tropes, habits and styles. The third game in BioWare’s popular fantasy RPG series; Dragon Age: Inquisition reflects that. […]
Google’s Halloween costume stats; 30% Frozen, 40% comic book and 10% game
Which Halloween costumes are most popular right now? Google knows. It’s shared the top 10 for this month and Frozen dominates with Elsa and Olaf in positions #1 and #2. What happened to Black Widow’s face? Google’s post is actually a case study into some clever search marketing that Buy Costumes did. The retailer predicted […]
Sponsored Video: The Light Before Vampires
This is a real thing. Electronics LG company have this two minute thirty long video and I watched it all. Now I’m going to share it with you. Just to recap on the plot. The sun is blocked by horrible grey clouds and the vampires are able to escape from the shadows. Mankind tries to […]
