Sometimes a game isn’t a game, sometimes a game wants to be more than the sum of its parts, it can strive for greatness, head straight toward cinematic glory and tell a story worth telling. Then if a game is not a game, what is it? This is the question I was left […]
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Beyond: Two Souls Review – The Good, The Bad And The Fugly
October 18th, 2013 by Irwin Fletcher CommentsGaming News October 13th – Rockstar Apologise, Dice and Astro together and more….
October 15th, 2013 by Irwin Fletcher CommentsSAl The Bald Gamer Dude delves into this weeks video game news which includes: Call of Duty: Ghosts having dedicated servers, Rockstar giving anyone who tires GTA Online in October $500,000 to say sorry for problems, Astro and Dice team up for Battlefield 4 Astro A50’s, Russia to develop video games, Dead Rising 3 […]
30 Saddest Moments in TV 30-21
October 10th, 2013 by Irwin Fletcher CommentsThere is something to be said about television, it can bring out all sorts of emotions. Considering that the average TV show runs around 5 seasons and 15 episodes a season that is around 75 hours or so of time to spend getting to know the characters. This can lead to heartbreaking consequences especially when […]
PlayStation 4 Release Date Announced 29th Novemeber Europe
August 20th, 2013 by Irwin Fletcher CommentsAt their conference at Gamescom today Sony announced the release date for the PS4 which will be November 29th for Europe and Novemeber 15th in the USA. This doesn’t come as a surprise as both consoles will be wanting to come out in the ole US of A before Black Friday the biggest […]
Saints Row IV Review
August 14th, 2013 by Irwin Fletcher CommentsSAINTS ROW REVIEW: The purple wearing gang are back, this time trying to save the world. Is this the open world toybox we want to love or a bin full of unusable rubbish? Al the Bald Gamer Dude lets us know as he plays his way through this highly anticipated release…
Narco Terror Review
August 8th, 2013 by Irwin Fletcher CommentsDid you spend all summer in an arcade feeding the machine all your pennies? If so Narco Terror could be the game for you. Coming from Deep Silver the company behind the new Saints Row and Dead Island comes a top down retro arcade shooter that like Ronseal does exactly what it says […]
Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons Review
August 7th, 2013 by Irwin Fletcher CommentsIt’s such a rare treat to play an indie game with a beautiful story and setting. One that makes you smile and sometimes curse the skies, Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons does exactly this. The game is strange to say the least, you control two brothers each using one analogue stick […]
Gone Home Release Date Announced
August 3rd, 2013 by Irwin Fletcher CommentsThe amazing looking exploration PC game Gone Home by The Fullbright Company (people who worked on the original Bioshock) is being released August 15th for $19.99 so we can assume around £10. The story is you come home after a year abroad to find your family missing so you investigate around the house trying […]
Emotion in Video Games?
August 2nd, 2013 by Irwin Fletcher 2 CommentsI would never in a million years guess that something as simple as a video game could reach me emotionally. It all started so simple, a little pixel with a boiler suit searching for a princess who was always in another castle, a blue hedgehog who ran from level to level fighting […]
First Bioshock Infinite Story DLC Trailer Released
July 30th, 2013 by Irwin Fletcher CommentsIrrational Games have released a trailer for the upcoming story DLC for Bioshock Infinite titled “Burial at Sea”. This is episode 1 of 4 episodes of DLC to be released for this game. It looks to take ques from pulp noir fiction from the 1920’s and it is based in the underwater city Rapture […]
Back From The Dead Mr Gat?
July 19th, 2013 by Irwin Fletcher CommentsThe newest trailer for Saints Row IV show that everyone’s favourite Saint is back from the dead. Yes that’s right, after losing his life in Saints Row 3 Johnny Gat is back and badder than ever. The trailer shows us Johnny doing what he does best, killing things and blowing stuff up. It seems […]
The Walking Dead 400 Days DLC Review
July 4th, 2013 by Irwin Fletcher CommentsIt was revealed at E3 and it’s already here, The Walking Dead 400 Days DLC. An add on to the original game and one that shouldn’t be scoffed at. Even if you bought the Season 1 Season pass you will still have to pay for the privilege of playing this DLC and let […]
Don Mattrick Leaves Microsoft?
July 2nd, 2013 by Irwin Fletcher CommentsOver there at Microsoft headquarters it must be a 24 hour party. With all the firing and leaving that has gone on in the last few months. You know how it goes, so and so is leaving the workplace so let’s do a quick whip round, get them a present and arrange a party […]
GAME REVIEW: FTN reviews Injustice: Gods Among Us
May 5th, 2013 by Irwin Fletcher CommentsThe Bald Gamer Dude asks: Is it Superman or Supersham?
Bioshock Infinite Review: Is it up in the clouds or a soggy affair?
April 7th, 2013 by Irwin Fletcher CommentsIt’s hard to write a Bioshock Infinite review without spoiling anything. It would be a real shame for some of the wonderful experiences in this game to be ruined by a reviewer and I promise I will try my hardest not to succumb to this. Bioshock Infinite is not unlike its predecessors, it […]
Gaming Reboots
March 3rd, 2013 by Irwin Fletcher 2 CommentsThe impending release of Tomb Raider has got me thinking about reboots in general, as this will be Lara’s second franchise reboot (Tomb Raider Legend was designed to reboot the franchise) I wonder if this one will stick. Hollywood seems to love a reboot, it seems films have just ended then suddenly there […]
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