Did you miss me?Welcome to a massive "week in review", which should really be called "the year so far". A mixture of recovering after the pre-Christmas period and tidying up other writing jobs has left me with little time to shoot the shit … Continue Reading ››
Welcome to the jungleGrant Cheetham returns to Vic B'Stard's State of Play with his review of Ubisoft's sandbox shooter, Far Cry 3. Welcome to the jungle.Far Cry 3 marks Ubisoft's attempt to re-enter into an already over saturated first … Continue Reading ››
Not your daddy's Bioshock!If you'd asked me recently, "have you been following the development of Bioshock: Infinite?" I'd have said "no". I'm a great fan of the first game, but I struggled to get into the second one. Bioshock Infinite, being a … Continue Reading ››
The king of city builders returns!Sim City, oh how I've missed you.Sure we've had some pretenders trying to fill the city building void since 2003's Sim City 4. We've had the the fun to play, but hellishly unoptimised Cities 2011/2012 and then there was … Continue Reading ››
New year, new PCWell I'm back again after the Christmas break and some much-needed rest. The last six months has been a roller coaster ride that saw me moving across the Tasman, from New Zealand to Australia, and yet again just before … Continue Reading ››
The definition of insanityThe release of Far Cry 3 brought to an end, for me anyway, this year's pre-Christmas rush of AAA game releases. It has been a pretty insane period that started with the surprise hit from Square Enix, Sleeping Dogs. … Continue Reading ››
My preciousI love Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings trilogy. His decision to stretch JRR Tolkien's relatively short children's novel, The Hobbit, over three films did, however, raise an eyebrow.I was all set to sit this particular journey out, until I watched … Continue Reading ››
Everybody's free to have a good timeI love Star Wars and so should you. Whilst George Lucas's prequel trilogy may have been a mis-step in the eyes of us older fans, Bioware's (and Obsidian's) Knights of the Old Republic games where the prequels … Continue Reading ››
