Video Games Are Good?

14 05 2008

 

Recently Grand Theft Auto 4 has hit the streets, and it has made me question the whole media of video games. This game is immoral and this comes from someone who has been to art college and done those art college/student things we all do when we’re young. I do defend peoples right to free speech and to express themselves and to wear whatever they like. In the past I would have been a bit easier on GTA, but as we all know times are changing and society is becoming even more violent. Read the rest of this entry »





Edge Magazine

14 05 2008

 

edge magazine masthead

For those not in the know, this is a video game magazine that covers all formats (Nintendo, Microsoft, Playstation, PC…). This is also one of the only magazines that prides itself on being impartial in its reviews and occasionally gets itself into hot water with some of the more hard core gamers (read young hot heads of about 14) because in their opinion it under scores their favourite games and doesn’t go with the popular vote. Read the rest of this entry »





what hi-fi? sound and vision magazine

13 05 2008

what hi-fi? sound and vision magazine

The beginning of last year I decided to invest in some entertainment equipment (that’s waste money and boys toys to any female readers). So I thought I should find out a little bit about what I was buying, and subsequently brought a copy of What Hi-Fi? Sound And Vision as I was after a new flat screen TV and surround sound system. Read the rest of this entry »





Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter 2

12 05 2008

image of Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2

Don’t usually like first person shooters, don’t usually like war games or strategy or tactical games or games with lots of confusing controls. So I don’t know why I decided to try this one, saw it in the shop read the back looked at those alluring screen shoots and suddenly I’d made up my mind. And what a jolly good decision it turned out to be, Read the rest of this entry »





hitman

12 05 2008

image from the Hitman film showing the two leading characters

This film is based on the video games of the same name, not usually a good recommendation for a film but in this case not a complete disaster. Read the rest of this entry »