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Infinite Space is a hugely ambitious RPG for the DS and it shows. While there’s no denying that Infinite Space is an enjoyable experience if you put the time into it, at times it’s overwhelmingly detailed and difficult to progress. Look past the hardcore exterior, you’ll see a hardcore interior but one that really does [...]

I’m going to presume that if you’re the slightest bit interested in Yakuza 3 or JRPGs in general you’re already in your twentieth hour by now. For those that aren’t interested or don’t know what the series is all about prepare to be surprised.
Yakuza 3, and presumably the first two as well, aren’t Japanese versions [...]

Picture the scene: a 24 year old man holding a plastic microphone, anxiously staring at words moving slowly across the TV screen, he suddenly bursts into a warbling version of “I Will Survive” by Gloria Gaynor, all the while being stared at by a confused cat and a disappointed girlfriend. This is not the sort [...]

As a child of the 80’s and huge fan of the Lips franchise, I was thrilled to load up this latest update in the Microsoft karaoke franchise. This throwback iteration hasn’t moved on from the recent release – Party Classics, or even Number One Hits. The system is always the same, single player singing and [...]

Prison Break is an intense experience, filled with tension and drama. The characters are wonderful and wonderfully evil, the story twists and turns like a writhing snake and it’s an experience that keeps you guessing. I am of course talking about the TV show, the game is pretty terrible and the complete opposite of that [...]

Educational games get a pretty bad write up I’ve noticed. Far too frequently do they manage to either be too much like hard work or too much like a frivolous game, not really teaching you anything. Finally however, I’ve played a game that has really taught me something of great value. No I don’t mean [...]

Supreme Commander 2 exists for when you positively, absolutely have to throw out bunches of epic tank rushes. Or drop some nukes, rain down fire from the skies or unleash a devastating attack from sea. With other big-name RTS franchises often opting to focus on individual units, Supreme Commander 2 champions a style of exhaustive [...]

To say that Moto GP 09/10 is a niche product probably isn’t going far enough. It’s leaning towards being a simulation, requires time spent in menus upgrading to spec out your ride and probably needs to have a Moto GP fan holding the controller to be fully appreciated. I’ll be honest, I lean more towards [...]

Anyone that collected Panini football stickers will be familiar with Ultimate Team. Like the stickers, you have to save up all your money to buy a pack, desperately hoping for a shiny player, a proper goalscorer, not another Lithuanian left-back. And like stickers, Ultimate Team is structured around this addictive search for perfection, the search [...]

White Knight Chronicles takes a lot of inspiration from Level 5’s previous hit Dark Chronicles. Then it packages it up and turns a great concept into straight down the middle mediocrity. It’s a game that starts out extremely promising but it’s not long until proceedings become just a trifle dull and unexciting. Something that I [...]