RETRO 21 Mar 2015­ by L Coulsen

Star Wars: Republic Commando

Believe it or not kiddies, t'was less than a generation (biological, not console) ago that there were not just decent, not even good, but superb Star Wars games being made. On a regular basis no less. Pontefract, Star Wars: Republic Commando. A game that stands not only as an amazing Star Wars game, not only…
RETRO 07 May 2014­ by L Coulsen

Tomb Raider (1996)

Honestly, if you don't know what Tomb Raider is by now, it'd be like trying to explain how you breathe. It's a game, and a series, that's been part of gaming for so long, relatively speaking, it's practically a myth. So we'll skip the in depth analysis of the rather light plot and get straight…
INTERVIEWS 02 Apr 2014­ by L Coulsen

Goat Simulator Interview

With the arrival of this epic exploration of the Human condition, told through the analogue of the most divine of all creatures the majestic goat. We pinned down Coffee Stain's own Armin Ibrisagic and grilled him for all the intimate details. Asking the questions that really matter, that we all need to know answer to.…
INTERVIEWS 06 Feb 2014­ by L Coulsen

State of Decay Interview

First it was a distant dream of a sparkling, zombie infested future, then it was a game on the XBLA, then a staggering demand for a PC port brought it to our eager, hungry hands and eyes. We recently had the pleasure of talking to Sanya Weathers of Undead Labs, the people behind the increasingly…
INTERVIEWS 19 Dec 2013­ by L Coulsen

Master Reboot Interview

What happens when a mobile game dev jumps to the PC to play with the bigboy toys? That's a question that Wales Interactive were asking themselves not so very long ago. A question that was born out of an idle thought that grew into something quite extraordinary. Love it, loathe it, completely baffled by it…
RETRO 07 Apr 2013­ by L Coulsen

Half-Life: Blue Shift

Must admit, I missed Blue Shift when it first arrived. It was about a year after Half-Life was ported to the PlayStation 2 and I mentioned to one friend that another had it. Imagine my surprise when he told me there were not one, but three expansions! The third, it seems, doesn't exist, so he…