Opinion

Embargoes have lifted on Move impressions and reviews. So here’s what I think, if you care. Which you probably don’t.

It seems more and more that sex is the last great taboo in videogames, but developers still feel a long way away from portraying it in an adult fashion.

Final Fantasy XIV will limit the amount of time players can earn XP. This is a bad decision, and should not go through to the finished product. It just shouldn’t. Here’s why.

What lessons can Medal Of Honor take from other games if it wants to maintain ‘respect for the soldier’?

We choose the titles that most impressed us at this year’s Gamescom convention in Cologne

Close inspection of PLAY’s traffic data reveals a somewhat embarrassing trend.

Now, I’m not claiming to be some kind of impotent ascetic or anything. Far from it – in real-life I get turned on by stupid things like bus rides, doner kebabs and clouds that look like boobs. But in games I don’t get horny that easily at all. I’ve passed up on many a reputedly sexy game simply because I wasn’t turned on. But in my entire gaming lifetime, five games have made me feel kinda funny, like when we used to climb the rope in gym class. Here they are…

N4G: newsy nirvana or game-based godawfulness? I don’t actually agree with either of those. I do think it’s not the best source for gaming news, however.

Play is at Gamescom and brings the first of four daily round-up blogs of what it’s seen and been up to.

Now, I’m not claiming to be some kind of tough guy or anything. Far from it – in real-life I get scared by stupid things like cows, dwarves and The Games Workshop. But in games I don’t scare that easily at all. I’ve passed up on many a reputedly scary title, simply because I just wasn’t scared. But in my entire gaming lifetime, five games have put the willies right up me. Here they are…

5 minutes with Platinum Games’ Vanquish was all it took to convince us it’s one of the games of 2010.

Remember when you were rewarded with tangible, in-game items, characters and STUFF for finishing games? Not just a plinky-plonky shiny thing? I do. I wish those times would return.

I have just read a blog lamenting the death of western RPGs. It was posted on Kotaku, so you may have read it too. Here is my counter-argument, as I generally disagree with Joel Haddock’s points.

When game music is exceptionally good and/or used especially well, I love it. So I’ve made a very personal top ten…