Call of Duty: Ghosts is rooted in a military fairy tale – a spec ops Battle of Thermopylae in which 14 men stay behind to defend a civilian hospital against overwhelming odds. They win, of course, and the victors become the Ghosts, unseen and unstoppable. I wonder if that’s how …
Read More »Stadia, Brexit, Pokemon, and more: Miles Jacobson talks about everything Football Manager 2020
Every Football Manager story starts somewhere. How will yours end? #FM20 #CreateTheFuture Find out now: https://t.co/iwmpHojNV5 pic.twitter.com/WCSVs9cs94October 29, 2019 See more The Sports Interactive office in Stratford, East London, is an absolute haven for a football fan like myself. Historic shirts signed by legendary players are framed across almost every …
Read More »Untitled Goose Game has a new rival: Meet Hogwash where youre a naughty pig
Unless you’ve been living under some sort of internet rock, you’ll probably have heard of the horrible goose – the one that’s been terrorising a small town and making life for its inhabitants a bit of a nightmare. Socks missing, a random assortment of items found in the lake, a …
Read More »Modern Warfares Death From Above mission is still the model for quiet unease in Call of Duty
Call of Duty is known for its bombast – despite the expensively produced scores, its most recognisable soundtrack is a cacophony of machine guns. Yet one of the most memorable missions in the series’ long history is distinguished by its eerie quiet. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare’s eighth mission, …
Read More »Blair Witch is further proof of why the portrayal of insanity in video games needs to evolve
Read more (Image credit: EA) Dialogue Options: Should video games cover sensitive subjects? (opens in new tab) It’s almost impressive how disappointing Bloober’s recent Blair Witch (opens in new tab) turned out to be. While the experience never really feels like you’re playing a Blair Witch game, it does look …
Read More »Dialogue Options: Do you have to understand a game to enjoy it?
Hello and welcome to Dialogue Options (opens in new tab). Our weekly show where we take our gaming theories and opinions and we put them to you. This week, I run the risk of descending into an embarrassing admission of all the games I didn’t really understand, as I ask …
Read More »Dont believe everything you see in The Last of Us 2 trailer: Naughty Dogs stories are never that simple
Read more (Image credit: Sony) It’s time: here’s how to pre-order The Last of Us 2 (opens in new tab) After years of speculation about ghosts, mothers, and cordyceps cures, The Last of Us 2 (opens in new tab) release date trailer has finally given us a decent idea of …
Read More »“People genuinely thought thats what I looked like” – 20 years after Mental Wealth aired, meet the star of PlayStations most bizarre TV spot
For a while there, we figured that Sony had lost it completely. Even now, the advertisements the company used to sell early iterations of the PlayStation seem impossibly challenging, subtly provocative, and cool. Said adverts depicted an orgy of disembodied limbs, tattooed babies, weeping porcelain dolls, lots of blasphemy, people …
Read More »I dont want to live in a world where Death Stranding is out
As we start to figure out what Death Stranding is, I already miss the days when it was an expensive-looking enigma.Just a few months remain before Death Stranding (opens in new tab) comes out and I should be getting more and more excited. I enjoy Kojima Productions games as much …
Read More »Borderlands 3 is exactly what I want from a Borderlands sequel, and by that I mean its barely changed a bit
The most striking thing that you’ll notice upon first starting Borderlands 3 (opens in new tab) is, and maybe this won’t come as a surprise, Claptrap. The series mascot is still by and large the obnoxious mechanoid you know and love (to hate), walking players through the game’s opening tutorial …
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