Posts made in June, 2009

FUEL

A long time ago, I determined that a great game would be one that allowed you to get into any number of cars and just drive. Not too anywhere, not from anyone, just getting into a virtual car and drive. Where the road networks would also be based on countries around the world. I want a game that makes me feel like I have gotten into a Lamborghini Gallardo Superleggera and am driving on the roads...

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Facebook friends

Facebook, as useful as it is for catching up with people, playing games and doing funny quizzes, is also fantastically annoying when it comes to popping up with friends you claim to know. The people on my friends list totals 42 and I’m quite content with that. It means that the people on the list are those who deserve to be there as they are people I actually to talk on a semi-regular...

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The up and comers

Since the start of the new year, much of my gaming time has been spent in the throws of WoW. The cause has been driven partly by the fact that I am in a solid 25man progression guild for the first time since I first started playing the game i.e we are actually getting through content:encoded before the next major patch is released, but mostly because there simply hasn’t been anything else...

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Prototype

When I first saw Prototype, my first thought was that it was a game I simply had to have. Now having finished the main storyline my opinion of the game has been shrunk for one I must have to one that is adequate. Prototype follows the story of Alex Mercer, a man with no memories who finds himself with powers of speed, strength and able to change his body into numerous forms as well as being...

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Fallout 3

There seems to be a growing trend for me. Games that I don’t find particularly worthwhile the first time I play them somehow magically transform into elements of pure gold. The best example I can give was Forza 2; a game that could have be fed to a pig as far as I was concerned somehow turned in a game of intense addiction in and fun after stewing in my game collection. This leads me on to...

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