Weekly Gaming: It’s Quiz Time (Xbox One)
It’s been a while since I last played a quiz game, especially one that I can play with family and friends. In fact, it’s thanks to my friends that It’s Quiz Time even come on my radar at all. After a great catch up around their house they proceeded to ask me if I enjoy quiz games and whether I’d be interested in playing one on the xbox, with my iPhone as the controller. Intrigued I jumped at the idea, and proceeded to have a great time answering questions and losing terribly, all in the name of catching up with old friends and having a good time. Fast forward a few weeks and another set of friends were wondering what we could do at a meet up. Thinking back, I recalled it’s quiz time, and how it’d be really useful at this encounter due to it’s control scheme of using…
Weekly Gaming: Q.U.B.E Directors Cut (Xbox One)
It’s been a while since I last played a puzzle game for the hell of it. I ended up playing 1010! just for the competition of beating my friends, but otherwise, I haven’t exactly gone out of my way to challenge my mind. After having a productive week in regards to games development and work relating things, I decided to dedicate my entire Saturday night to playing and completing a game. So, sitting in front of my Xbox One, I decided to look back through the many games I’ve purchased and never played, and happened across Q.U.B.E, by Toxic games. I’ve seen the game multiple times in the last few years, but always dismissed it as “just another portal ripoff” before going about my day. It wasn’t until the Develop conference in Brighton that I finally started paying attention to the game when I met Dan Da Rocha. Having spoken…
Weekly Gaming: Gears of War: Ultimate Edition (Xbox One) Review
Hi all! So this week I managed to get a review copy of Gears of War: Ultimate Edition, and proceeded to play the hell out of it! As you can see from my review, it was OK, but was fairly dated and with no context with the graphics, I just couldn’t help but feel I was playing the same game again. http://www.vgchartz.com/article/260682/gears-of-war-ultimate-edition-xbox-one/ As always, thank you for your support! -Dan
Media Week 2: Halo Book: The fall of Reach
This week I decided to read the prequel to the Halo series: Halo The Fall of Reach. Being a massive Halo fan, I’ve always been interested in the extended halo universe, and I wanted to start from scratch with the books. There’s something about the immense detail and realism that goes into making all the fiction of Halo seem so real, like it really is our future as a species. Anyway, enough of my Geekery, I feel this book is a fantastic way for anyone to expand their knowledge of the Halo Universe, teaching you about how the Spartan II project was conceived and acted out, as well as going into graphic detail as to how space battles played out. A must read for any fan of halo, but maybe not too great for others. 3/5
Torchlight XBLA Review
Torchlight fills a void that I’ve wanted to close lately: an urge to play Diablo 3 without having to pay the £44.99 my store is asking for. I bought it a while back when it was 400 MSP (Now retailing at 1200MSP or £9.99 without being in sale), and I must say it’s worth every penny. I’m 14 hours in and one of the last achievements I need to get is to get my fame at the highest I can (from what I’m aware, level 33 is the highest), and yet I feel I still could play this game plenty more, which is saying a lot for such a cheap title. I’ve played games a lot less and paid up to 4 times as much, which makes me truly value how much of a step in the right direction Torchlight was for XBLA games. The game starts off with a…