My interest in the murder trial of Amanda Knox began not with the news or in the blogosphere, but with a conversation I had with a complete stranger in a London coffee shop. The bespectacled man of approximately twice my years asked in an American accent if I had been following the case of Meredith [...]

Sex sells. And when it comes to video games in the twenty first century, there’s no better method for shifting units. I can’t be the only who noticed these adverts cropping up on the web recently, can I?

In all my hours of diligent research *ahem* I have yet to discover a tangible link between between [...]

When AAA titles like Splinter Cell: Conviction and Bioshock 2 fled in fear of Modern Warfare 2’s November 10th release date into the safety of spring 2010, they did so for good reason. The game’s launch was the biggest in entertainment history, grossing higher than any game or box office smash to come before it. Now [...]

More of a refinement than an evolution, the new Apple iMacs set the bar for what users should expect from a desktop computer. They resolve many, if not all of the complaints users levelled at their predecessors and, if you can afford one, present a near-perfect all-in-one solution.
I’ll start out by saying I went with [...]

Looking for the best price on Modern Warfare 2? Online retailer of all things great and small Amazon is listing a price of just £32 for both Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 versions of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 on the first day of its release, a sizeable £13 below its recommended retail price. The [...]

With the recent announcements of Microsoft’s Project Natal and Sony’s wand, Nintendo’s rivals are confirmed to enter the perilous realm of motion control gaming in 2010. Can either company steal the big N’s thunder? We explain the Wii’s success and make our predictions.

Resident Evil 4 was heralded as one of the greatest games ever released, garnering near-perfect scores from reviewers worldwide. The latest installment in the long-running franchise, Resident Evil 5, looks to build on the strong formula of its predecessor and places a greater focus on action. But does it succeed?
The new game takes place in [...]

In the slew of AAA holiday titles, great games can easily slip under the radar. Such was the case with Ubisoft’s Far Cry 2, an open-world FPS in the vein of Crysis. The game slipped into obscurity after Epic Games’ Gears of War 2 dominated 2008’s holiday sales and now you can easily find the title in any [...]

On March 13 2009 Japanese video game developer Capcom will release the latest instalment of their long running survival horror franchise, Resident Evil 5. The game is the first entry in the series to be situated in a sub-Saharan location and little did they know that with their teaser trailer, released in mid July 2007, [...]