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Lara Croft Tomb Raider: Anniversary Review

Its hard to believe that its been ten years since the release of the original Tomb Raider, ten years since Lara Croft first graced our screens with her infeasibly large erm… endowments. To celebrate the birth of feminism’s answer to Indiana Jones, Eidos have released Lara Croft Tomb Raider: Anniversary, a re-imagining of the original [...]

Halo 2 Vista Roundly Criticised

It seems that I was right in predicting bad reviews for Halo 2 Vista, Gamasutra’s regular Critical Reception column rounds up various reviews and their scores and comes to the conclusion that Halo 2′s age has let it down. The game has been described by some reviewers as “a relic” and “mediocre”. All I can [...]

Radeon Users To Get Free Steaming

Valve have teamed up with AMD to give Radeon video card users access to Half Life 2: The Lost Coast, and Half Life 2: Deathmatch free via Steam. Usually packaged with other titles, or available for $10, Steam will automatically detect the users video card and give them the option of downloading them. Steam is [...]

War Of Words Over Wii

Nintendo, Sony and Microsoft have been sniping at each other over the staying power of their respective consoles. With some analysts questioning the longevity of Nintendo’s flagship console (possibly prompted by MS and Sony), and Nintendo turning it around and saying that Sony and MS focus on a particular type of customer and fail to [...]

Microsoft Multitouch Terminal Surfaces

For those of you not familiar with the term, Multitouch is a touchscreen technology which allows the user to interact with it via multiple points of contact rather than just one. For a presentation by the system’s developer see this video. As you can see the possibilities are astounding.

Broadcasters Target, And Are Targeted In Second Life

Online social experience, Second Life, has become something of a phenomenon, with real world companies and institutions setting up bases of operations in the virtual world. With over 6 million subscribers, Second Life provides a space where companies can try out various marketing strategies for their products which would not be feasible in the real [...]

Games And Movies, Compatibility Issues?

Games and movies have a chequered history, most films based on games are awful and the same applies in reverse. It seems that in this mass media driven world, populated by companies determined to make the money they invested in their game or movie back, often a few times over. Is this a good reason [...]

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