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 [...]
Today I’m going to be a complete asshole. First I’m going to tell you about two fantastic PC games from a bygone era, ones which should really be played by everyone. Classics. Then I’m going to suggest that you go out and buy them as soon as possible. And when you go out to find [...]
I can barely see the computer screen to type this. I’ve gotten no sleep in the last week, it’s making me start to see things and my head hurts like hell. My wife lost her job and sits around at home all day. Our lives are falling apart but it doesn’t seem to matter, we’re [...]
A man walks down the street wearing a brown tracksuit and old running shoes. He has the face of Eastern Europe, and his features speak of a long and difficult life. He pushes his way past a homeless drunk, who loudly announces his displeasure but soon returns to locating a nearby gutter. The tracksuit man [...]
Something must be in the air. Game-related controversies had been at an all time low until recently, probably owing a lot to the absence of everyone’s favourite mouth-frothing conservative lunatic, Jack Thompson, who was silenced (mostly) after being caught doing lines of coke off the back of a dead hooker*. But just recently there has [...]
Duke Nukem Forever is finally dead. Probably forever. Maybe.
In 1997, 3D Realms announced a sequel to Duke Nukem 3D - a game which artfully combined shooting alien pigs with throwing money at sexy bitches. What followed was a ridiculous sequence of bugger all, with the game subjected to endless delays and constant mumblings from the [...]
When I was a teen-aged teenager, we went on a school camp to a nondescript bushland area. At some point our group stumbled across a big cliff which pushed out over a large watering hole. Given our age and situation, some people decided to climb up to the top and dive into the water below. [...]