Busy. Do not disturb!After Bat-week , a long weekend here in New Zealand , a little bit of intellectual property drama and me being too busy in Arkham City to write anything, State of Play returns to normal. Well sort of, as … Continue Reading ››
Credit where credit's due.Due to an administration error, my writing credits got removed from the articles that I wrote on the Game Culture NZ website and accidentally credited to another author.As I did the writing for free, having the author credit is … Continue Reading ››
Nathan Drake: hero...or mass murderer?Sony go all Joseph Campbell on our ass with a new Uncharted 3 related video that asks "what is a Hero".As a tie-in to the upcoming Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception a host of hollywood types including Sam Rockwell, … Continue Reading ››
Batman returns!DC Comics' Batman: Arkham City was originally presented as a 5-issue mini-series serving as a prequel to Rocksteady Studios' follow up to their 2009's video game Batman: Arkham Asylum. The comic-book series has now been collected into a single volume … Continue Reading ››
It's Miller time!Frank Miller’s Holy Terror started out as a Batman story inspired by the events of 9/11. Miller has gone on record as saying that it is a propaganda piece and that it's likely to offend just about everybody. It … Continue Reading ››
Frank Miller: Batman legend!I’ve just finished reading Frank Miller’s Holy Terror graphic novel, as much as I love Frank Miller’s work, I’m in two minds about it. So much so that I’m going to have to read it again, so … Continue Reading ››
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 ››
