The Legacy of Legacy of Kain

Saturday, July 4th, 2009

Legacy of Kain…
…the story of an arrogant man afflicted with a terrible curse.
…the tale of a faithful servant betrayed and murdered, given the chance to exact bloody revenge.
…the unfolding of the destiny of a world in peril, stuck between light and corruption.
Actually it’s about time-travelling vampires.
Following on from my scathing recommendation of the Jak (and [...]

 

Tetris Celebrates 25th Anniversary

Sunday, June 7th, 2009

Tetris has reached its mid-twenties. Recently the innocuous little puzzler reached its quarter-century anniversary to a level of fanfare appropriate to a block stacking exercise.
It was, of course, the introduction to gaming for a lot of people, and spawned a endless load of copies, rip-offs, pointless sequels, cosplay and a gameshow craze. Not bad for [...]

 

First of Many (Many)

Friday, April 10th, 2009

My first gaming experience was pretty inauspicious - although not to me at the time. I was about 7 years old and it was Christmas; my parents had been awesome and gotten me a state-of-the-art (sort of), brand new Nintendo Entertainment System. It was accessorised with a very shoddy and tiny colour television from a [...]