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Jul 23, 2008

E3 Close Standing

360 Feature | Xbox 360

E3 is hard. The grip of monotonous press conferences, overlapping appointments, games to play, people to talk to, and drinks to drink quickly transformed us from skeptical but eager journos into bags of dehydrated flesh and tangled wires.After considerably little thought, our response to the whole thing was, "To hell with it, why should we try to think of interesting things to say about avatars, REM, and make-believe saxophones when ... » Read More

Jul 23, 2008

SHIT games that scraped a seven out of ten

360 Feature | Xbox 360

Let’s be honest. You don’t need a certified games “journalist” to explain why Grand Theft Auto IV is awesome or that the Dirty Dancing videogame is shit. You’re intelligent. You know what kinds of games you love and which ones you despise. ... » Read More

Jul 22, 2008

The 100 lamest game-industry clichés

360 Feature | Xbox 360

1. All in all - A code phrase signifying the start of the final paragraph of a review, wherein the writer will sum up the meat of his opinion in a few brief sentences. If you see this at the end of a review, it's a clear sign that the last paragraph is the only one you actually needed to read. 2. Immersive - So fascinating and realistic, it almost makes you forget that you're actually sitting on a couch, twitching your thumbs ... » Read More

Jul 22, 2008

30 Reasons Leipzig Might Kill Off E3 This Year

360 Feature | Xbox 360

E3 2008 was on the whole a rather lame affair. But there is a great big hope on the horizon, and that hope is the Leipzig Games Convention, which happens next month in Germany ... » Read More

Jul 21, 2008

The Top 7... Lazy Character Clichés

360 Feature | Xbox 360

Game design must be super, super hard. What else can explain the number of shortcuts being taken in almost every one? Genres are repeated, environments are recycled and storylines all begin to sound the same. Most copied, however, are the characters. Dreaming up an entirely new personality with entirely new traits is a daunting task, so the majority of folks you meet in games end up feeling identical to the folks you met in previous games. ... » Read More

Jul 21, 2008

What is Seven out of 10 Week?

360 Feature | Xbox 360

Now that the dust has settled from the most aggressively mediocre E3 yet, we've entered that yearly lull in which the game industry kicks off its shoes and takes a pre-autumn nap. With crumminess behind and boredom ahead, we can't think of a better time to dedicate this week to a celebratory prodding of all that is banal, boring and mediocre in the game industry. In the coming days, we'll drag the laziest aspects of our industry - kicking ... » Read More

Jul 21, 2008

The dating game

360 Feature | Xbox 360

Find cow? Fund cave? Food core? We all sat round trying to work out what was written next to my name on the office whiteboard, my task for the week. Wait, I remember: ‘Find love’. That’s it. I have to find love in a videogame. This actually makes sense. ... » Read More

Jul 21, 2008

Edge Online: E3 Must Change Or Die

360 Feature | Xbox 360

What function does E3 actually serve? Edge Online lists the dubious benefits of E3, and how they might be generated in different, better ways. ... » Read More

Jul 18, 2008

E3 08: Lost at E3

360 Feature | Xbox 360

E3 is not so different from being trapped on a supernatural island wondering what the hell is going on. Our video response should clarify things for you. Enjoy!Jul 18, ... » Read More

Jul 18, 2008

E3 08: Best (and worst) trailers

360 Feature | Xbox 360

While there’s plenty of griping around the internets about a piss-poor E3’s boring press conferences and lack of big announcements, we saw plenty of great trailers for great games that we can’t wait to play. ... » Read More

Jul 18, 2008

E3 08: An 11-step Recipe For A (Mostly) Crap E3

360 Feature | Xbox 360

The key ingredients which dictated the flavour of this year's show ... » Read More

Jul 17, 2008

E3 08: The Most Excruciating Moments

360 Feature | Xbox 360

E3 may be getting smaller and smaller, holding fewer and fewer surprises, but you can still count on the show for one thing - horrible, horrible press conferences. When a bunch of corporate suits and publicity flaks try to relate to gamers, while still hitting all their boardroom selling points, the results are never pretty. 2008 is certainly no different. After only two days, we've already suffered through an agonizing gauntlet of ... » Read More

Jul 17, 2008

E3 08: Top 10 Toilets of E3

360 Feature | Xbox 360

With all the meetings taking place in the hustle-bustle of E3, we feel the manner with which our colleagues have overlooked a very crucial "appointment" is absolutely disgraceful. Year after year, these longstanding convention attendees greet the press with warmth and unbiased affection and it’s about damned time someone sung their praises. You’re welcome.We’ve peppered the poopy jokes with clichéd gaming ... » Read More

Jul 17, 2008

E3 08: E3 in numbers!

360 Feature | Xbox 360

So there’s this book knocking around E3. It’s produced by the (yawn) Entertainment Software Association. It’s green. It’s full of, and I quote, “Essential facts about the computer and video game industry. It’s quite dull and probably only of use to marketing types who like pleated trousers, wear ear-piece phones (ACKKKK!) and talk in serious tones about “fiscal years.” Either way, we ... » Read More

Jul 16, 2008

E3 08: 7 tips for picking up chicks at E3

360 Feature | Xbox 360

Nick Savoy, inventor of Love Systems, is something of a real-life Frank Mackey (Tom Cruise in Magnolia, if you don’t get the reference.) This week, all Nick’s energy is focused on E3. He’ll be the guy going home with the hotties the rest of us barely have the courage to ogle from afar. Want to know how he does it? Nick was kind enough to share a few tips with us.1. Appearance mattersDitch the ratty old game ... » Read More

Jul 16, 2008

E3 08: E3 Then and Now

360 Feature | Xbox 360

If you've been following the games industry for any length of time you're keenly aware of E3. It was once the biggest show we had, a time of year when the entire world focused on the LA Convention Center and put on the loudest, craziest, busiest trade show video games could muster. Some loved it, others couldn't stand the shoulder-to-shoulder, body-odor addled conditions. Doesn't matter now, as the once proud and mighty E3 has shrunk like a ... » Read More

Jul 14, 2008

E3 08: The Secret GamesRadar Diary

360 Feature | Xbox 360

Four intrepid GamesRadar editors are in LA all week for E3 2008, writing and posting about everything they see and hear. Some of it's relevant, some not so much, but it all relates back to the dizzying clustershart that is E3. ... » Read More

Jul 14, 2008

E3 08: Microsoft Press Conference

360 Feature | Xbox 360

The weeklong deluge of gaming press conferences began this morning with Microsoft's third-party-heavy chat hour. First up was a demo of Fallout 3 that didn't expose anything new other than black and white propaganda commercials. It's super gory, looks freakin' amazing and was said to come loaded with future DLC ... » Read More

Jul 14, 2008

E3 08: Hub

360 Feature | Xbox 360

E3 is the only place in the world that matters this week. Literally hundreds of games are going to be shown in glitzy press conferences and one sweaty Los Angeles Convention CenterTherefore, we've hammered together this one-stop shop to bring you all the sights, sounds and sensory overloads from the week-long center of the videogaming universe.You'll find features here on this page, and more ... » Read More

Jul 11, 2008

The roots of open-world games

360 Feature | Xbox 360

Todd Howard, game director at Bethesda reckons gamers love freedom. “They feel more like the character they’re playing.” he explains. “They’re doing what they want to do and not what you, the designer, wants them to do. The more open, the more reactive you can make it, the better the player experience.” ... » Read More