“We find ourselves in a bewildering world. We want to make sense of what we see around us and to ask: What is the nature of the universe? What is our place in it and where did it and we come from? Why is it the way it is? When will we get to the cowboy level?” – Professor Stephen Hawking, A Brief History of Time Time travel and videogames are a perfect fit. ... » Read More

19 Feb 2009

Death by the Decade: The evolution of dying in...

PS3 Feature | Clive Barker's Jericho

There are several ways to gauge how far videogames have come since their bleep-blorp beginnings. You can look at graphics, gameplay complexity, or as we’re about to illustrate, how your character actually dies in the game. As technology improved, so did the deaths suffered by the myriad protagonists, eventually progressing to the point where, today, you live through that death in the first person, forced to watch your hero’s grisly final moments ... » Read More

24 Nov 2008

The Top 7… Native American stereotypes

PS3 Feature | Clive Barker's Jericho

People get pissy when stuff they consider holy is depicted profanely in videogames. Take Manchester Cathedral’s depiction in Resistance or lyrics cribbed from the Quran in LittleBigPlanet. Gamers react with their usual jaded cynicism, belittling others for daring to hold something sacred in this fast-forward age of materialistic gluttony. ... » Read More

3 Jul 2008

The Most Gratuitous Headshots Video Ever

PS3 Feature | Clive Barker's Jericho

Two minutes. One video. Fifty-five perforated skulls. ... » Read More

14 Mar 2007

Clive Barker's Jericho

PS3 Feature | Clive Barker's Jericho

Are you sitting down? Good. Oh, and its best that youre not eating anything prior, during and directly after reading our coverage of Clive Barkers Jericho, a squad-based shooter that is as creepy and disgusting as it is intriguing. Mr. Barker has already made waves with his fantastical and horrific writings and surely if youve played his previous game, Undying, then you know that the man can offer up quite a virtual scare. That all said, check out our in-depth preview of Jericho and our ... » Read More

14 Mar 2007

Prince of Darkness

PS3 Feature | Clive Barker's Jericho

Sadomasochistic cenobites, cannibalism, hooks in flesh, skin-stealing…“Weve got sights to show you,” grinned Pinhead in seminal horror flick Hellraiser - and didnt he just? However, Clive Barker himself has shown us so much more - in his books, his films, his soft toy range and in his games. Well, in Clive Barkers Undying anyway - the others havent been very good. But now hes back with Clive Barkers Jericho, a project hes steering all the way from conception - rather than ... » Read More

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