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Bobfish — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 13:30:18 +0000

It sucks.

It is f**king awful.

Do not play it.

Graphics: 7/10
Gameplay: 2/10
Audio/Music: 1/10
Plot/Scripting: 1/10
Overall: 1/10

I’m a fish

Bobfish — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 11:51:45 +0000

It’s been touched on before, but it’s worth mentioning again. The Reaper and I do not limit our online endeavours to this blog. We also work on audio dramas which are hosted at Star Wars Fanworks which is run by the extremely talented Nathan P Butler. To that end, we have started our own Drunken Fish forum to promote our work. It will be primarily for a Star Wars Audio parody called Jedi love at the moment. But there will be other, more serious ventures, as well as podcasts which will include video game related overtures.

Come check us out.

Generic Warfare 2

Bobfish — Mon, 03 May 2010 21:22:29 +0000

Modern Warfare 2: Jedireaper At Arms

Hello gamers, this is your friendly (and absent) gamerhood Jedireaper. I apologise for my long peroid of silence on the gaming front (along with a lack of GamerzReviewz updates from other reviewers). A lot has happened in the last year and it has taken up most of my attention. However I’m back. And with me I am bringing you this review of Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2. Now for those you you who have read my past reviews you’ll remember that about a year and a half ago, back in October (I think) of 2008 (which seems like an age ago to be honest) I reviewed Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare. I do believe I gave the game a favorable review comparing it to games like the late and great GoldenEye 007 on the Nintendo 64, stating the game had ultra smooth gameplay, a decent amount of fun, and a vaguely interesting story mode. I will comment that Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 is still technically Call of Duty 4, not Call of Duty 6 as so many of the fans have been mislead to believe. Although at one point in it’s developement it was referred to simply as Modern Warfare 2 and was stated that it was no longer a Call of Duty sub-series, but a series of it’s own. Alas things have changed, again, and to fan please I guess it is now once again a Call of Duty series.

I really enjoyed the first game, but I always felt that I’d been sold short a little with the story, it being all too short, and I did wish they had not concentrated on the online aspect so feverently. But those are trials and errors of past games, and I hope that their new attempt; Modern Warfare 2 will be much more appeasing to my tastes. So let us dig into the review, and see how CodModWar2 does in my opinion. To start…

..and now, with that out of the way; heh heh… we begin. (Look at that Llama-probe! *sniggers*)

A long time ago, in a galaxy far far uh- wah- oops, wrong game. Heh heh, wait- which game am I reviewing again; Jedireaper at- A-r-m-s? Ah I know… So, Modern Warfare 2 continues the story from the previous game, set a year or two on from events that take place in Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, picking up the story proper with; John ‘Soap’ MacTavish and new guy; Gary ‘Roach’ Sanderson. Soap, now a Captain and leader of a squad; the multi-national (And British lead, might I add) Task Force 141, headed by the United States Special Forces, General Shepered. On the third level of the game you fall into the snow boots of Roach whilst climbing some snowcapped mountains in Russia, to do a bit of sabotage and retrieval work side of the story, but meanwhile on the United States side of things you pick up as Private First Class Joseph Allen for the first two levels in the game, set in Afghanistan, before he is shipped off for you to play as again later in the story as an undercover CIA agent.

Private James Ramirez is the third of the five playable characters in Modern Warfare 2 and, if I remember corectly; Ramirez is introduced in the mission Wolverines!, under the guiles of Seargent Foley and Corporal Dunn in the 1st Battalion Ranger Regiment. Their squad call sign is; Hunter Two-One. Ramirez is assumingly the replacement for Allen, after he was recruited into Task Force 141 (and, as I believe, was off doing his training for the C.I.A.).

Later on in the story, you will once again play as Soap for the final levels of the game, after rescuing Captain Price from the Gulag which is a prison where he has been detained after the end of the first game. Price first appeared in Modern Warfare along side Soap. James Ramirez and Soap are the only characters you play as that do not die in the Modern Warfare 2 strangely enough. The story in final lengths is quick and sharp, and interesting, and possibly more involving than the first game, but it just seems to be lacking the length it needs. A shame to be honest. Although my favourite level was the one in Washington where you have to retake Whisky Hotel.

The graphics and visuals are a world away from amazing, and with games such as Killzone 2 on the market; Modern Warfare 2 pales in comparison. But lest take a look; firstly the game appeares to be using a more efficient version of the engine they used back in 2007 for the first game, but the textures seem to have taken a step back for some unknown reason. For instance, the water we see in this game looks nothing like the water seen in either the first game or World At War (World at War handling the best with this engine; water reflections, moving water, and physical reaction to explosions) I don’t know how you can take an entire generation leap back with the effect. Anyway, the character models are nicely detailed and bullets still seem to pack a hefty and object piercing punch. And mowing down tonnes of enemies will always be a pleasure of mine (it’s why I still play Nazi Zombies on WAW). Although I find the gaming experiance to be much more enjoyable when you are mowing down hundreds of enemies, and the smooth control system which has been a staplemate of the first Modern Warfare game.

In my opinion the controls and gameplay rivals GoldenEye, but their use could have been a little more involved. However whilst I think the controls are amazingly balenced, not everyone would agree with me. Now one thing I have to say, World at War has over this game, is the co-op story mode (and not discounting Nazi Zombies). The fact that this game lacks a co-op story mode, after so much effort being put into multiplayer is stupidly unfair. I would love a co-op mode, raise your hands y’all if you agree! However it does have (in a similar vain to Terrorist Hunt from Rainbow Six Vegas 2, or the bonus mission from the first Modern Warfare game) a bunch of mini-missions that you can play out for points on two player co-op. These mini-missions range from protecting a building to getting fom A-to-B and then things like getting through areas undetected, and firing the mouned gun on a chopper. And it is fun!!

The AI has been improved a lot over the first game, but enemies are still the Hollywood-esque cannon fodder they always have been, but don’t slouch your guard when playing through the game as they are lethal and a single bullet can kill on the highest difficulty. The heated firefights are brilliant as always, and some of the action can be very intense. And the online multiplayer is very good to say the least, gunfights are of movie action there. Only thing that really annoys me is the fact that you cannot turn the music down or off. Gah! That is where this game loses some points!

All in all a good game, if short, and great multiplayer action. Does it stand up to GoldenEye…? No. I don’t think any game ever will.. The previous Modern Warfare…? Yes, it is better. Against World at War? Well WAW wins because it has some more replayability.

The Score-

Plot/Story : 7/10
Graphics : 7/10
Gameplay : 9/10
Sound Design : 8/10
Replayability : 6.5/10

Final Score : 7.5/10

Additional Scores;

>Multiplayer Score : 8/10

>>Expanded Score : 7.6/10

Final verdict : Pick it up to continue the story and to have a fun filled online combat game, but in my opinion the single player should have been longer, and it lacks some of the depth of games like Area 51 or Crysis. If you want a good alternative to this game, I’m not really sure, Black is one I’d recommend but other than that I am not sure.

Awards :

Resistance : Fall of Standards?

Bobfish — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 20:21:21 +0000

I’VE NEVER MADE any secret of my distaste for First Person Shooters. But at the same time, I feel that I’m liberal enough to offer then a fair hearing and give them a chance to win me over. On some occasions, this happens almost instantly (F.E.A.R). Other times they leave me wondering and start to grow on me (The Darkness). Sometimes they don’t grab me but I muddle through and see what happens (Halo). And sometimes they just leap right out at me and scream I SUCK! (Halo 3).

Which then, did Resistance fall into?

I have to say, and expect to be aggressively and mercilessly derided for doing so, that it fell rapidly into the latter. I honestly cannot fathom how it became such a major contender and why it has such a strong cadre of loyal followers. Graphically it was extremely poor, and not even the excuse of being an, effectively, launch title is enough to hide that fact. The textures…just don’t exist, and the animation is so clunky as to be beyond laughable. Leaping headfirst into the realms of SRSLY ZOMGWTFBBQ

And don’t even get me started on the massive mess the developers made of not only the topography (forgiveable for sake of game flow) but also the geography of England. If I’m not mistaken, Wales was listed as a bloody city. Just…wow! I cannot find the words to express the sheer sense of…wow!

The story, as far as it goes, is less than inspired as well. It borrows heavily from many other sources, and not incredibly effectively. The various pieces of intelligence scattered throughout the game make a valiant attempt to offer some depth to the events, but smack heavily of copious application of flange. Never a good thing. It was also extremely easy, though there is an extra difficult level unlocked that I haven’t explored. To be honest, I doubt I will, there just isn’t enough there to grab my attention.

At least is wasn’t a short game, as many shooters are. Though for a game with thirty “levels” it was decidedly shorter than you would expect. It took me probably twenty-five hours to play thorough, maybe a little more, and due to the layout of the game I can’t see it taking anything less than about eighteen even if you’re flying through. So I wonder, with a game so relatively large, how could Insomniac justify skimping out so much on everything else? I’m going to stop here because I really can’t find anything positive to add, and I don’t like to offer a stream of rhetoric. Suffice it to say that I firmly recommend against playing it. Though many others have found it to be an incredible buy. The decision remains with your good self.

Graphics: 6/10
Gameplay: 6/10
Audio/Music: 6/10
Plot/Scripting: 3/10
Overall: 4/10

Final note : It’s also worth mentioning the scene in the Manchester Cathedral. It troubles me when people create a stir over something like this on the grounds of…no, not violence, not disrespect for the house of the lord. But…zomg! Aliens in the house of God! Words cannot describe how banal that is.

More delays…

Bobfish — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 12:38:13 +0000

There have been a few things happening in the real world that have taken up most of my time recently. The most notable of them being a visit from my daughter and the purchase of a new PC. But fear not, I have also been busy thrashing the arse off a number of games in my spare time, and have developed a backlog of some of the more recent titles. I’ll be working through them, as well as some older games that I’ve prepared material for, over the next few weeks. By which point I should probably have some more of the newer titles ready to go as well.

Two reviews will be coming either tomorrow or Thursday. Resistance for the Playstation 3, and F.E.A.R 2 PC. And that’s just the tip of the iceberg.

Eyes peeled peeps

Dead Space Final

Bobfish — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 07:58:39 +0000


The USG Ishimura floats listlessly in the ever-reaching vacuum of
space, sunlight glinting off of it's dark hull. Looking from afar your
un-named character watches as the repair shuttle closes in and then
you see the huge chunk of planet beyond, ripped from the ground upon
which it had been joined, the Planetcracker class mining vessel
immediatly inspires awe. But this the only moment of peacefull
tranquility you are likely going to get as a repair mission soon turns
into the nightmare that only kids could have after playing Doom back
in the mid-ninties. Welcome to Dead Space.
 
The opening scenes for Dead Space were filled with intense and
hostillic atmosphere reaching fevel pitched as your ship crash lands
in the hanger bay due to a guidance error.
 
You play Isacc, an Engineer wearing a full body RIG (some kind of
amour suit, with holo interfaces) who has volenteered for the mission,
he has a girlfriend onboard the Ishimura hence the reason he joined
the repair team. Upon arrival, they soon find that the ship is
apparently desserted, and Isacc is soon cut off from the others when
they are attacked by a... thing... a thing that was once a living
breathing human being. It's mangled face all the humanity that
remains. Soon you find yourself armed with a Plasma Cutter, which
fires a straight horizontal or vertical waves of energy to slice through
the limbs of the "Necromorphs" as we learn what they are called later.
 
Creeping through the dark tight confines of the ship, the sound
ambiance is excellently chilling as you hear Isacc's metallic
breathing, his heart thumping with increasing vigour when he is
freightened, the sounds of clanging and reverbrating metal as the
creatures move about the air-filtration system; the occasional scream.
And the gruesome sound of squishing, blistering and tearing flesh is
captured wonderfully. Just pump up the volume, turn off the in-game
music and close your eyes and listen. An amazing experiance alone. The
story in total comprises of many twists you don't expect. And the end
is shocking.
 
The gameplay is some of the best I've played in years, having to shoot
off the Creatures limbs to take them down is a great mechanic and
forces you to be more tactfull in your approach. While the Obsidian
Suit I downloaded made me look a lot cooler while Necro-smashing
having all black armour, purple eye sensors, meleeing the Necro's is
satisfyingly hefty and pleasent. I soon found myself checking every
corner and shadow as I proceeded along the corridors. It is a good
puzzler, presenting you with obstacles to rival Tomb Raider.
 
I had, unlike Bobfish's controller speed issue, no problems with the
controls, finding they bore simularities to Resident Evil 5 and Call
of Duty in the shooting department, though while aiming, turning is
much slower than the PC version according to Bobfish, I can say; with
my outing of the game on PS3 that whilst aiming, your character turns
at a realistic pace for a man in a heavy Hazard suit and holding a
hefty Line Gun (indeed one of the most devestating in the game) though
my favorite was always being able to fall back onto the Pulse Rifle
which is baically a machine gun. Whilst not aiming I found Isacc to be
quite responsive having been swarmed by many of the creatures having
often to fend off my own body with a tap of R1 to swing my fists about
untill I could select another weapon.
 
The pause screen, and general in-game interfaces are all 3D holograms
that are emitted by your RIG. So much innovation in one game, and the
zero-g battles, and vacuum runs are chilling and tense. And the
collecting of funds to spend on your weapons and finding power nodes
to upgrade your equipment is a joy.
 
I know I must play the game again on one of the higher difficulty
settings and I'm sure the fight through the Ishimura will go from
challenging to damn near impossible.

All in all a must play. And top form for EA.

Score:
Graphics: 8.5
Gameplay: 9
Sound Design: 10
Plot/Story: 9
Replayability: 8 (its chillingly addictive)
Overall Score: 8.9

Personal Score: 9 (Silver Award)
 
Verdict: If you haven't played Dead Space yet, then you had better
have a good bloody excuse for letting this little gem slip by. One of
the best games in years from EA. Great game.

Merceneries 2 : Flames and explosions and fire and more explosions and blowing stuff up…again

Bobfish — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 14:20:43 +0000



"What Kind of Explosive Garbage is this!!"



Wow, after playing the main game for only thirteen seconds I had
already decided to return the game to get Bad Company instead, and boy
I am so glad I did.



Firstly I want to get one thing straight; I am a fan of this first
Mercenaries on the PS2. It was one of the best games I had ever
played, and amazed me to no-end. Even the initial demo was really
cool, and you could blow up EVERYTHING, well almost. All the military
vehicals, helicopters, tanks and weapons were a joy to play with in
that 'Playground of Destruction!' and you could see elements of Star
War Battlefront within the gameplay, and certainly it was used by
pandemic as part of the coding for the game. This made the game a lot
of fun. Though that goes without saying that the game had faults. I
mean what game doesn't have mistakes, unfinished levels, and wierd
glitches (such as being catapaulted across the make-up of Korea in a
helcopter after I tried to carry a fuel truck on the winch, strange)
though all games have their short-comings; the GTA series has always
had strange gltches, and wierd happenings (planes falling out of the
sky) But now...



...what we have here is an utter load of tripe and a classic case of
Electronic Arts producing games because they know that the fan-base
will snap it up. Such as the poor Goldeneye: Rogue Agent game. (EA,
obviously, still have a lot to learn about fan pleasing, over money
squandering)



Mercenaries had changed production companies early on in its initial
development and was purchased from Lucas Arts by EA, and I was
thinking that maybe it would be another turn-around title for the
gaming giant; much like Bad Company, Dead Space, and Fifa have done in
2008. But no... the sad news is; the game that, and apart from GTA IV,
was one of the games I was most looking forward to playing, was a huge
let-down.



Firstly lets talk about graphics, or lack of it. I mean the game was
released on both x-Box 360 and PS3, yes I have played both versions,
and this is the kind of graphical quality on a game that I might have
come to expect from a regular PS2, or even back in 2006 on the next
gen consoles during its early days. Not in 2008. I mean you have to
see this crap to believe it. All I can say kid, is don't believe in
these screen shots, they misslead. The main character models are the
only things that seem to be HD, shiny, and anything close to good
rendering.



The gameplay is okay, if a little shabby. The control system for the
first Mercenaries was perfect, and my motto is don't fix something
that ain't broke (something Activision seems to know well with its COD
series, and Crytek UK, formally known as Free Radical Design, the
developers of the TimeSplitters series of First Person Shooters, and
the hugely under appreciated Haze.) Anyway the controls have been
revamped, but not in a good way. Natrualistic controls seem to have
been up-rooted in favor of an overly complex mess of 'which button
throws a grenade?!', and 'how the hell do you change to the other
weapon I'm carrying?!'. Disappointing. And then there is the in-game
PDA, and the rest of the interfacing with the game world. It gives me
a headache just thinkng about it. EA have screwed up the PDA into this
big Logo of the game, I mean why be so subtle; they may as well paste
the EA symbol im BIG RED LETTERS onto the in game buildings, cars, &
tanks. Infact there of no-sign within this load of rush work, of the
far superior game that this one sequals. To be totally honest, the
controls suck.



Though I will admit that the open ended gameplay, and the ability to
go anywhere is probably this games only redeeming feature (and its
bargain-bin price) but with so many games that follow the same
formula; GTA being the best example, this is nothing more than a
tiresome clone. A rip off, a clone of a game that needed no
improvements, yet Pandemic were only so happy, under EA's guidance, to
add and distort what was initially looking like a promising game that
had three years of development time, yet it looks like something
thrown together at the last minute. What gives? However something
slightly suprising is the sound engine.



The sound design, considering the rest of the games' quality is
something; by which I mean that this is your average sound design of a
game that just can't cut it standing next to the likes of the previous
Mercenaries, or Bad Company, and not even close to standing with GTA.
Amoung all the wrong turns and short cuts it a sound sound engine
(forgive the pun) it does, like Ronseal, exactly what it says on the
tin. In other words... its fine. Nothing wrong with it, nor anything
especially interesting.



However what got me was the games story; it centres around the plot of
(which ever one of) the Mercenaries characters getting shot in the ass
by someone who betrayed him/her and is about revenge. I thought it
would have been a funny plot, but the joke just doesn't work, none of
the dialogue is memorable, nor is my bothering to tell you the rest of
the lame plot. I mean, just go buy Bad Company if you want to blow
something up. It is a better alternitive. Or even go and fork over €60
for a second hand PS2 and Mercenaries and have a ball. Why not get GTA
San Andreas while you're at it....



The Verdict- THIS REVIEW SPEAKS FOR ITSELF, I'm totally disgusted with
this game, and I feel ripped off by EA once more.
"EA! theres a ticked off gamer here!"



The number game:

Graphics- 3
Gameplay- 4
Sound Design- 7
Plot/Story- 2
Replayability- 7

Score- 4.6



Final Words- I'm not proud to admit this, but this game contains a fun
co-op online multiplayer in which the entire game can be played
together with another Mercenaries 2 owner, especially fun with a
friend. Possibly the best feature of the game.



Author Note- This review is entirely my opinion and I have been
completely fair in my scoring and have tried to keep a balance to it.
However, even though my review was un-biazed by the corporate media,
and I have been completely honest in my opinion there will ofcourse be
those who do not share my opinions. That is the trait of we humans, to
make our own decisions on things. Thus I urge you to try Mercenaries
2, do not rely justly on my thoughts.

Happy Gaming!!

-Jedireaper

Bad Reapony

Bobfish — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 11:20:29 +0000

'Keeping good Company with a Bad crowd'



Hello endearing fans and welcome to Bad Company... Or is it really good
company if you are a criminal? I'll never know. Anyway; Rainbow Six, a
glorifyed SWAT team- uh sorry; Bad Company a company of only four soldiers
that have commited some crimes, and are instead of being sent to prison
transferred into outfit. And also welcome back to Bobfish and myself
after our very very very (well, my) very log hiatus. Log hiatus? I mean Long
hitus, uh a log hit us, uhm, no! A LONG HIATUS.... Problems with family, and
general low-ness of funds pertain to my lack of reviewing top-line and
new-released games, besides Killzone 2 which I hope to review as soon as I
get my PS3 joypad back to play the singleplayer, instead of slugging away on
online games.



Anyway lets get back to what you came here for; Rainbow Six Vegas. Gah not
again- Battlefield: Bad Company.



This is another excellent entrence, both stylisticly, and humourously, into
the Battlefield series. And the first, as I am aware, to contain an actual
character driven storyline. Anyway, I am going to keep this review short and
as sweet as possible until I get used to writing reviews again. So here is
all the important stuff.



Battlefield Bad Company puts you in the clean smelling (I wonder if he
uses air freshner) boots of Preston Marlow, or is that Marlow Preston,
I've never quite figured it out. Anyway you are embodied within this
character who has commited a crime, though none are mentioned
specifically, which has always left me wondering what Preston did to
get this piss-end of nowhere assignment to B company. Anyway, there
are three other members of Marlows' squad; Sarge, (one bad ass talkin'
mo-fo!) their leader; Sweetwater, the geeky glasses guy (you always
NEED one in squads to make fun of); and lastly Haggard, the demonic
creature that can turn into a dragon and burn everything in sight, and
is the whole idea behind the gold, wait... Demonic creature? Oops I
mean the explosives NUTT JOB who is the one who begins the whole mess
with the gold by finding some on the body of the Mercenaries they had
been fighting in the first mission.



The narrative through-out the extremely solid plot, yet hilariously
out proportioned by the characters themselved; is steady, humourous,
and above all else- straight out crazy; just what you would expect
from a platoon of Murdoch's from the A-team. Besides some of the
animation, especially during the beginning and the end of a mission
are very well animated, with Haggard, and Sweetwater playing Rock
Paper Scissors with ICBM's in the background in one scene. Top class! As
this is from Electronic Arts, I have in recent years lost a hell of a
lot of weight... uh... confidence in the company especially after four
god awful Bond Games, many rushed and underwhelming Soccer games, and
blatant boring titles, I had almost given up. Then this rears its
pretty head along with the excellent Burnout Paradise (expect review
soon) and 'wow!' the brilliance of EA is back, and apart from a half
arsed effort by Pandemic for Mercenaries, is better than ever.



The Graphics on BC are extremely good and does the job that the game
was designed for. The DICE engine that powers the game is
exceptionally good with creating realism to explosions, especially
their sounds when they are far away. The sound is delayed and arrives
like a thunder clap! Pretty ace. And the character detail is rather
good which leads me to believe that a lot of work went into designing
the protagonists. The fine detail on the soldiers uniforms is pretty
well rendered. And the gameplay, while at first is no Call of Zombies:
Nach der Untoten; it is certainly second nature and pretty easyto
grasp after a few missions.



My favorite weapon was this computer thingy that could call in
artillery strikes on ememy positions. Ha! Bombed by their own people.
The vehical combat, especially when tanks are involved, is totally
worth the game alone, which also boasts semi-destructable
environments.



Verdict: Pick up this game for a huge laugh at the stupid humor and
compelling story and with a very decent online mode too, if you
haven't played the demo yet; you've missed so much already. Only
deterrance is the crack shot enemy NPC's especially on the harder
difficulities. Definately worth getting for all those trophies. And
the one that made me laugh was a trophy for knocking down a load of
trees in a helicopter. I totally didn't know I'd get it, but those
trees.... those horribly evil; helicopter destroying trees. *yawn* All
in all; a damn good ride. And with lovable characters you can't go
wrong. Roll on Bad Company 2. Ho-rah!!



The Score:

Graphics- 7.5 (pretty damn good!)
Gameplay- 8
Sound Design- 8.5 (blam! boooshk!)
Plot/Story- 8 (oh so funny, you capatalist Pigs!)
Replayability- 8 (getting all the gold is fun!)

Final Score- 8 (Bronze Award)

Turned out the review wasn't the 'bare necessities' hahaha!

-Your friendly neighbourhood Jedireaper.

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Another month, another excuse for not posting any reviews

Bobfish — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 12:07:31 +0000

Unfortunately, whilst the Reaper and I were expecting that the post New Year period would bring with it the opportunity to kick back a little and come back to some more important thins (like playing games, writing reviews, watching 80s TV shows and eating cake) we have actually found ourselves more distracted than ever. However, fear not, for we have not been idle. All of those reviews, and more, that werepromised way back when in the middle of December will soon be upon us.

We have also now requistioned a reliable X-Box 360 spokesperson. My fabulous new girlfriend Lissa, who is one of the primary reasons I personally have been so…distracted of late. So, thankfully, the rather weighted bias towards the Wii and Playstation 3 will be gradually offset as we move to a more balanced approach to review publication. Hopefully, we should soon be in a position to get one from each of the current primary platforms each week. That being Playstation 3, Wii, X-Box 360 and PC. As well as a spattering of others here and there such as downloaded games and the odd retro classic.

And, finally, the Reaper, my amazing new girlfriend and I have been working on a seperate internet venture that will see distribution, hopefully, some time before the end of next week. A twelve part Star Wars audio comedy/drama that we believe many of our loyal readers (hoping that we actually have some) will find to be at least moderately entertaining. Also, next week should hopefully see a return to posting as I have both a Wii and PC title to air my views on. The PC game I have choen should prove to be most interesting as it is something which has devided a great many gamers for a number of years now.

Keep your eyes peeled everyone. There are good things to come very soon.

The quiet before the storm

Bobfish — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 15:14:49 +0000

Well, our regular subscribers will have surely noticed that it’s been a little quiet in GR land the past few weeks. But fear not, we have not forgotten you, our loyal minions of return minionness. It5’s gotten back to that time of year when everyone, even we, your review writing lords, have a lot to deal with.

At present, our duties consist of :

1) Shouting at the TV

2) Shouting at each other

3) Shouting at ourselves

4) Eating cake

And E) Sleeping in the garden

However, come the other side of the new year, bot the Reaper and I will return with an impressive line up of both new and old games for you to sink your teeth into. I don’t want to go into too much detail about our little secret project, but I can assure you it is something on a scale not previously considered. Something that has been made possible only now through the keen application of Ebay, an old CRT Television and a lama called Steve.

We will also be briinging you Fallout 3 for both Playstation 3 and PC, Siren Blood Curse, Rainbow Six Vegas and several more titles that you may still be uhming and ahhing about that we can, perchance, inform you correctly about. Both the good and the bad aspects. Watch this space my loyal minions, thine faith shall be rewarded.