Oct 17, 07 An anonymous blogger, posting on a rather spartan blogspt page, has divulged a list of games that 'you never knew existed unless you worked on them'. Now, we're not going to be so stupid as to suggest that they are all bona fide, but from a spectator point of view, it's an interesting list. And if we really rack our brains, we're pretty sure at least a few of those titles ring a few bells for us - especially Joust, Dirty Work and Jonny Bloody Mosely's Bloody Mad Trix ...
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10 Oct 2007

See the human joystick

Wii News | Nintendo Wii

Oct 10, 2007 Not waving, but gaming! The shot below illustrates a 'human joystick' in action at the Cineworld in Shaftesbury Avenue, London. And what, by Christ's soupy beard, is that, you might ask? Well, we're positive it's not a ploy cooked up by rooms of ad men perched on bean bags with the sole aim of making a cinema full of punters act like lobotomised knobs. Well, we're pretty confident. In fact, in the words of organiser Volvo, this is a "groundbreaking in-cinema campaign which will ...
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10 Oct 2007

Nintendo conference news bomb!

Wii News | Nintendo Wii

Oct 10, 2007 While we were all sleeping, tucked up in bed and dreaming of Portal, Team Fortress 2 and Half-Life 2: Episode Two (which have just been unlocked on Steam, didn't you know!?) Nintendo was plotting out its direction for the coming months. Which involves more than a few surprises... First, and most disappointingly, is the news that Super Smash Bros Brawl has been delayed. Japanese gamers will see Mario and co bashing each other about in January next year, but who knows when it'll ...
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9 Oct 2007

Does a perfect score mean a perfect game?

Wii News | Nintendo Wii

Oct 9, 2007 Should a perfect review score be exclusively reserved for perfect games? Can a flawed masterpiece justifiably be given top marks? Is there even any such thing as a perfect game? With BioShock and Halo 3 both recently receiving the highest numerical accolades possible from many critics, we thought we'd head into the treacherous review score mine field to canvas the opinion of some of gaming's most respected magazine editors. So, should a perfect score mean a perfect game? Here's ...
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9 Oct 2007

Government videogame review: have your say!

Wii News | Nintendo Wii

9 Oct, 2007 Last month UK PM Gordon Brown announced plans for a public review into violent and sexual imagery in games. Today the report has been formalised and given a figurehead in Dr Tanya Byron (of Little Angels/House of Tiny Tearaways TV fame). The report will referred to as the Byron Review: children and new technology. A 'call for evidence' has been listed at the official government website which outlines the questions the review will be addressing and gives any interested parties the ...
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3 Oct 2007

GamesRadar investigates semi-naked lady clubs

Wii News | Nintendo Wii

Oct 2, 2007 Let's face it, lady dancing clubs in games are about as erotic as a pair of your granny's skid-marked underbloomers. As hard as developers try, these establishments of the exotic fail to capture any of the, er, sensual artistry that has mesmerised men for hundreds of thousands of probably millions of years. So where are these clubs of virtual mentertainment going wrong? Well, GamesRadar is here to investigate... We've spent, quite literally, a few minutes exploring some of ...
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2 Oct 2007

What a difference 30 years makes...

Wii News | Nintendo Wii

Oct 2, 2007 This month marks the 30th anniversary of Xbox 360's great-grandfather, PS3's distant ancestor and Wii's, er, third cousin once removed. That's right, the Atari 2600! Don't tell us you didn't know... Being the first real videogame console, 2600 was also the home of the first recognisable videogames genres. So, we thought, what better way to celebrate the old boy's big 3-0 by seeing how its brave gaming heroes compare to the audiovisual treats we take for granted today. Join us, for ...
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27 Sep 2007

F**k Halo 3!

Wii News | Nintendo Wii

Sept 27, 2007 If you're a fan of Halo, it must be like Christmas rolled in Easter at the moment. Halo 3's out, smashing sales records and earning review scores that put even Bioshock into the shade. But if you can't stand Master Chief's macho missions, things might feel a little more like being forced to sit through someone's terrifyingly dull holiday snaps collection. So what's your alternative? Since Christmas 2007 is the first bumper holiday period that PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and Wii can ...
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26 Sep 2007

How to be a better fanboy

Wii News | Nintendo Wii

Sept 25, 2007 Fanboys! They're the purest, noblest breed of gamers in existence. The front line grunts in the neverending console war, their purpose is simple: blind, drone-like obedience to their chosen format, and an unwillingness to acknowledge that any other system might be worthwhile. Gaming simply wouldn't be the same without them – whether they're pointing out that 'PS3 ROCKS!11!' on a messageboard or calling you despicable names on Xbox Live, they're the spice in gaming's chunky ...
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24 Sep 2007

TGS: Worst show ever?

Wii News | Nintendo Wii

Sept 24, 2007 Three huge conventions in less than six months. Something had to give. This year's Tokyo Game Show has been utterly forgettable, bar the fact that Sony announced a peripheral that should have shipped with the console last Christmas anyway, and Konami finally let us all get hands-on with Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots. And that's about it. Admittedly, we didn't go. But that's a glaring highlight of the fact that there really wasn't anything to see at TGS that was worth ...
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