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Archive for March, 2010

So long Rapture – for now

Posted by Greg On March - 26 - 2010 3 Comments

When we last met our Bioshock hero, he was on his way towards the last two levels of the game. Spoilers : Show ▼ Dressing as a Big Daddy to appear pleasant to Little Sisters so that will get me to Fontaine was a thrilling experience. I haven’t been a fan of the “protect this  [ Read More ]

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Adventures in Ice Hockey Part 2

Posted by Lee On March - 23 - 2010 7 Comments
Yes those are blue Riddick goggles, no there's no real story there

If you haven’t yet you should really go and check out part one before reading this part.  Or not.  I don’t care. Fine. The story so far is that in order to be closer to my NHL 10 ice hockey avatar I’m attempting to change my hair to match his ‘dirty blonde’ hair. Why wouldn’t  [ Read More ]

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Would you kindly

Posted by Greg On March - 23 - 2010 0 Comment

WARNING: This post contains spoilers. The biggest spoilers are hidden but there are still some minor plot spoilers. When we last left our hero, I had just returned the oxygen to Rapture and was continuing on my path towards killing the underwater city’s founder, Andrew Ryan. I was temporarily detained by local entertainment superstar Sander  [ Read More ]

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Adventures in Ice Hockey Part 1

Posted by Lee On March - 22 - 2010 7 Comments
Of course it's not really a traditional light bulb above my head it's one of those eco green ones, still...

You know I’m all about the scientific method when it comes to games and NHL10 is no exception: I’m mean you’re kidding right!?!? You can see a subtle difference in the colour but I completely wasted an evening on this??? A lesser man would abandon this course of action, maybe consider himself lucky that nothing  [ Read More ]

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PSWii Remote

Posted by Lee On March - 18 - 2010 0 Comment
It's the PSWii remote - chock full of pun goodness

I’ve been dying to use that play on words ever since I heard that Playstation was making a Wii Remote equivalent. So I obviously haven’t played with this yet but I figure I’m an authority enough after looking at the picture and skimming the basics of the article to comment.  I look at this picture  [ Read More ]

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Categories: First Impressions

Under heavy fire, meeting with heavy resistance

Posted by Lee On March - 16 - 2010 8 Comments
Modern Warfare 2 - that looks just like me!

I know I’m a latecomer to Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, but I wanted to play the first one before forking out my fairly limited funds on the sequel despite assurances from some very good sources that it was well worth it. Still I thought it would be good to play the series properly  [ Read More ]

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MotorStorm for the PS3

I meant to write up my first impressions of MotorStorm a week or so ago and I just didn’t get a chance.  Which means this ‘first impression’ post is more of a fifth or thirteenth impression because unlike Sega Rally this game comes ready to rock out of the box. I describe the racing style  [ Read More ]

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No fear, no oxygen

Posted by Greg On March - 14 - 2010 2 Comments
Arcadia

It has been a little while since I picked up Bioshock again. I’ve felt pressure to get through it so I can get on to Bioshock 2. I’m unwilling to start that one until I can experience the ending of the first game first-hand. It seems the time away has done me some good. The  [ Read More ]

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Warmongering

Posted by Greg On March - 8 - 2010 1 Comment

God of War I & II were very popular genre-defining games on the PS2 platform. I’d heard of them in passing but never played or seen one in action before. The excitement and anticipation surrounding the upcoming release of God of War III for PS3, however, encouraged me to look into it further. For the  [ Read More ]

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First impressions: NHL2K10

Posted by Lee On March - 8 - 2010 8 Comments
nhl2k10 cover

First of all what a ridiculous title for a game, it should be called Hockey A Go Go or something similar.  It should at least have hockey in the name because whenever I’m telling Greg I’m going to go play NHL2K10 I always say I’m off to play hockey (he assumes I’m not playing real hockey out in  [ Read More ]

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