Category Archives: video games

New Avoid Spikes comic now online!

This week’s ‘Avoid Spikes’ comic looks at the impact of OnLive, the new streamed gaming service unveiled at GDC ’09.

New Avoid Spikes comic now online!

In this week’s ‘Avoid Spikes’, Foxx and Mart realise that the onslaught of a comic-con isn’t all bad.

dogsounds reviews: F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin

dogsounds weighs and measures Monolith’s ‘F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin’ and finds that it is not wanting.

When fan-made movies kick ass.

Some guys cobble together a few bucks and make a Half-Life 2 short film. Wow.

Man drives Warthog, pees maybe just a little.

This man got to drive a real-life UNSC Warthog, and we hate him.

Gordon Freeman, reluctant hero

In a new machinima series, Gordon Freeman’s true inner dialog is revealed…

Bungie Christmas Tribute

An awesometacular Heath Robinsonian (Rube Goldbergish) tribute to Bungie, created in Halo 3′s Forge.

dogsounds reviews: Gears Of War 2

dogsounds takes on the Locust horde in this review of Gears Of War 2.

New Avoid Spikes comic strip now online!

This week, Avoid Spikes examines an annoying trend in videogames: developers missing the boatload of annoying that is smacking them in the face with a wet fish.

dogsounds reviews Brothers In Arms: Hell’s Highway

dogsounds reviews Brothers In Arms: Hell’s Highway and finds that despite a few flaws, it kicks Nazi ass.

KEEP IT CLEAN!

Bungie releases the mysterious clue-laden teaser for its next Halo 3-based project: KEEP IT CLEAN!

Oops, my bad…

Sometimes a cunning plan just plum fails. This cool forward-thinking grenade throw into a grav lift becomes a weak team kill. See how I realise this and slowly back away… .

Gearbox making Halo 4? WE TOLD YOU SO! Maybe…

Back in February, dogsounds got a tip off that Gearbox were pegged to make Halo 4. Now the rumors coming to light seem to back that up even more…

Are we but ghosts in the machine? Pt. 4

The final part of dogsounds’ exploration of Nick Bostrom’s Ancestor Simulation argument.

MS also have controller news. Also with a helping of suck

Microsoft finally give gamers what they want – a useful D-pad. But not if you are in the US. and not if you want to play anything other than PES.

Sony copy 360 Chatpad, add layer of FUGLY.

From Kotaku.com comes this story: Sony have announced a Chatpad-like peripheral for the Playstation 3 controller. Unfortunately, it appears to be the ugliest peripheral ever designed. Has some neat features though.

The Legend Of Neil

After getting a bit carried away playing Legend Of Zelda drunk, Neil awakes to find himself in a strange land. Part one of a hilarious web series.

Xbox 360 price cut…kinda

 Microsoft have just confirmed what we all knew already announced that the price of the Pro 360 SKU is to drop from today from $349 to $299. Don’t get too excited though – this is not really a drop – think of it as “stock clearance” – as they have also announced a 60-gig model. [...]

DRM-free classic games for less than a fiver? Color me interested.

Like videogames? Like the old classic greats? Hate having to dig out the disks and re-install them then remember al the DRM hassles and trying to find the CD key that’s porbably on the handbook you lost? That may all be about to change, thanks to a website called GOG.com and a service they are trialling.

In defence of Airborne: a fresh perspective

I take a second look at EA’s Medal Of Honor Airborne, and come to the conclusion that in the proper context, my review in 2007 was a little harsh.

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