Even for those who played through the first game there’s a dizzying amount of things to do in Assassin’s Creed II. With so many baddies to slaughter, locations to visit, people to meet and things to collect you could be left reeling. But fear not brave, elaborately garbed would-be assassins for we have put together a beginner’s guide to help you get through the first section of the game. ...

Machines metamorphosed into marvellous mutations. ...

Most of the time, we’re too busy trying to stay alive to pay much heed to the inscrutable military jargon in Modern Warfare 2. When necessary, we can often fill in the blanks through context, but not always. We’ve never been to boot camp, so it’s like trying to pick up another language. Honestly, we can’t tell our Pave Paws from our Pave Lows. ...

We were OK with the F1 car in Super Runabout. We chuckled at the VW-alike hippy van in San Andreas. But there are some in-game vehicles that we just have to call out as being ridiculous. So sit down, strap in and try not to let anyone see that it's you in the driver's seat. We're taking a road trip to Daftsville ...

If you’ve been playing Assassin’s Creed for a while, you already know that the 100 hidden feathers that litter the game are only the beginning of what the game offers obsessive collector-types. The real prizes are the Glyphs, 20 semi-hidden signs left plastered on certain landmarks, which were hacked into the Animus by the mysterious Subject 16. ...

Buy the ticket, take the ride. Good advice, but after the credits roll what are we left with? Modern Warfare 2’s campaign is certainly a rollicking thrillcoaster, but the convoluted story has left many scratching their heads. ...

THE INFO BOX
Post date: November 20, 2009
T-Dar 78 length: 2:50:51
Intro song by: Anamanaguchi
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There’s something very special about the process of old-fashioned, frame-by-frame, 2D animation. In the old days, the only way to get your animated character to wave his or her arm was to spend hours upon hours painstakingly crafting each frame and constantly readjusting your work to make sure everything flowed correctly. Now you just set a couple of keyframes and let a computer do it all for you. ...

Whoa, hang a second. The DS has been around for five years? Strange as it sounds, it’s true – the DS launched in the US on November 21, 2004 to almost immediate success, and is well on its way to outselling every other major gaming platform in history. Current numbers put the DS (and its various incarnations) at nearly 115 million units sold worldwide, a runaway lead over Sony’s estimated 60 million PSPs ...

Whether you’re looking for electronics, hardware, anime, games, or anything remotely geeky, you’ll find it in Akihabara, a bustling shopping district in Tokyo, Japan. Located just north of Tokyo Station, Akihabara is really three towns in one. It’s a haven for tech hobbyists, a paradise for anime fans and gamers, and a popular tourist destination. ...