My wife got me a couple of Metal Gear titles for the PSP for Christmas. I first got sunk in Metal Gear Acid 2, the card-collecting, turn-based entry to the series. To begin with, I thought I’d play for a bit and then fire up the main course, Metal Gear Solid Portable Ops, a so-called [...] ...

Back from a long blogging hiatus, lots of real work and a general burnout on gaming due to the Christmas crunch basically limiting the things to write about, it is my pleasure to direct your attention to Cyanide’s digital rendition of Blood Bowl. It’s been mentioned here before, and now ...

IO Interactive’s (of Hitman fame) latest game is currently known for its speculated role in the Gamespot controversy over the firing of long-time editor Jeff Gerstmann. When the much-talked about game got mediocre reviews, it came and went without much attention. This is unfortunate, because K ...

The Kokoromi Collective held an intriguing videogame design contest titled Gamma 256. The challenge was to create a very low-res game, playable with an Xbox 360 pad. I don’t have one hooked up to the PC, but I do hope to get to sample many of these regardless. kokoromi.org/projects/gamma256 If ...

Flying a fighter aircraft has always appealed to me, but I haven’t been hardcore enough to get into the PC simulators. The Ace Combat series seems to be made for me. I haven’t played the Playstation 2 originals (1 through 5), but now that the sixth instalment is available on the Xbox 360 ...