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RIFT Review – Part 3

January 27, 2015 Chris Smith CS, PC, Reviews

It’s a terrible feeling, having a review hanging over your head. Or perhaps a better term is “perched upon your shoulders” like some sort of raven, pecking at you every now and then. A constant weight that is always reminding you to get it sorted.

It’s a stark contrast to its reason for being there. I’ve been playing a lot of RIFT since my last two entries in my multi-part review. I’ve been enjoying myself, because it brings back familiar memories of playing WoW back in Vanilla while being fresh enough to remain engaging and full of plenty of lore for me to feast upon. Read more …

Review – Sony KDL50W8 The Best Gaming TV Available Today?

January 25, 2015 Jareth Anstey Archive, JA, PC, PS3, PS4, Reviews, Top Articles, WiiU, Xbox 360, Xbox One

I often dispute with my fellow gamers about my preference of gaming on a big screen TV instead of a monitor. After all it is a very important discussion as without a screen you can’t get very far no matter what game you play.

I see the advantage to using a monitor, it means you can get up close and personal and they are usually designed to handle motion well which is of course important, although I much prefer gaming on a colossal TV, relaxed on the sofa. Get a big enough TV and you get the same effect of playing with your face three inches from a monitor. Read more …

Sherlock Holmes: Crimes & Punishments

January 14, 2015 Joseph Butler-Hartley JB-H, PC, PS3, PS4, Reviews, Xbox 360, Xbox One

Britain’s favourite sociopath returns with his faithful sidekick Dr. Watson in Sherlock Holmes: Crimes & Punishments, which was released last October. Can you tell it’s January? Read more …

The Detail: Episode 1 – Where the Dead Lie

January 7, 2015 Joseph Butler-Hartley JB-H, PC, Reviews

In October last year, the first episode of the episodic crime noir adventure game The Detail creeped onto Steam. To ring in the new year, let’s get a torch and some rubber gloves and see what’s it’s all about. Read more …

Game of Thrones: Episode 1 – Iron from Ice

December 27, 2014 Joseph Butler-Hartley JB-H, PC, PS3, PS4, Reviews, Xbox 360, Xbox One

The Game of Thrones universe has been acclaimed for its depth, and the books and subsequent HBO show have been hailed for their epic stories and multi-dimensional characters. Sounds like a perfect fit for Telltale’s narrative-driven adventure format to me. Read more …

RIFT Review – Part 2

December 23, 2014 Chris Smith CS, PC, Reviews

RIFT, people. RIFT. Somewhat less than hot off the heels of my previous “introduction” article on this game, behold the greatly-anticipated second instalment. We shall call it Part 2, because that is what it is.

It has become something of a habit of mine to underestimate things. How long it takes to walk to work in Winter when the paths haven’t been gritted. The length of time it will take to install those final Windows updates before leaving for the day. In this case, it was how much of RIFT I’d have to play to get a decent idea of what the early levels were like. This is an MMO unlike any other, yet at the same time it is immediately familiar in many ways.

Confused? Excellent, so was I. Read more …