It's Batman!This week is Batman week on State of Play, celebrating the release of the Batman: Arkham City video-game in New Zealand on Friday.I've just looked at the last issue of the 5-part Batman: Arkham City prequel comic-book as well as the … Continue Reading ››
The calm before the stormThis week sees me wind down my formal game reviews to make time for the arrival of some of the year's top titles that are being released over the next few weeks. I discuss why my last review, … Continue Reading ››
It's football NOT soccer!It's somewhat ironic, at a time when the rest of New Zealand is going mad for rugby that this Englishman has spent the week sitting in front of Pro Evolution Soccer 2012 enjoying a … Continue Reading ››
Zombies, zombies, zombies!!!!We've had zombie Nazis, wild west zombies and all manner of other reanimated flesh-eaters.bizarrely, we have to hand it to Sega and their upcoming House of the Dead OVERKILL to lower the tone with ZOMBIE STRIPPERS!!Gaming punters … Continue Reading ››
Best gaming ad ever?Those clever marketing guys at Sony have come up with an advert that says thank you to us all...for just being gamers.The two minute long advert features the live action debut of many iconic PlayStation gaming icons as well … Continue Reading ››
Games, bloody games.It's been a rare weekend where I've found myself playing games purely for my own recreational purposes.Having spent the week trying to negotiate with a viral infection coughed up by the Dark Lord Beelzebub himself, I finally finished Gears of … Continue Reading ››
UnderratedI'm a long time fan of Remedy Entertainment from way back, when all they did was code tech demos for PC benchmarking. Their break-out 2001 game, Max Payne, successfully melded an adult, hard-boiled storyline with explosive gameplay and graphics. A couple … Continue Reading ››
Excuses, excusesWelcome back to another cop-out of a post where I'll retread stuff that you can read elsewhere and make excuses as to why I've been "too busy" to write any actual content on this site all week.It seemed a bit strange … Continue Reading ››
