TEN OF THE BEST... CHAT-UP LINES If you’ve
ever found
that quoting
videogames in
conversations
with girls makes
them cringe
then hurriedly
look around for
someone better
looking to talk to,
then you’ve just
been using the
wrong lines. Try
these out next
time you’re on
the pull, and the
chicks will be
all over you… Click here to read more on this feature
TEN OF THE WORST... STAR WARS GAMES When a developer has access to an intellectual property as vast, rich and adored as Star Wars, the temptation to make a lazy cash-in is usually too strong to resist. Here are the ten worst PlayStation Star Wars games… Click here to read more on this feature
TEN OF THE BEST... ARSES Comprising
anywhere up to
93 per cent (Alan
Carr is almost
90 per cent arse,
for example) of
the human body,
we deign arses
to be important
enough to
warrant a ‘Ten
of the best…’
Either that or
we just want to
ramble on about
bums for a bit.
You decide. Click here to read more on this feature
TEN OF THE WORST... PlayStation COVERS Peter Beardsley,
an Oxford
professor in
Bermuda shorts
and a mutilated
Val Kilmer: even
that trifecta
of terror is
prettier than
this selection
of monstrous
cover art. Click here to read more on this feature
TEN OF THE BEST... INSANE CHARACTERS Insanity is a
terrible thing, but
in videogames
it’s a source
of endless
amusement and
frivolity. Here is
Play’s ten best
berserk, bonkers
and downright
barmy game
characters
out there. Click here to read more on this feature
TEN OF THE BEST... BEARDS
The Dali,
Toothbrush,
Fu Manchu,
Handlebar,
Walrus and
Chops… just a
few examples
of the kind of
facial rugs that
define you as
a man. Here’s
ten more… Click here to read more on this feature
TEN OF THE BEST... DEATHS Death is usually
a sad and tragic
moment in
real life, but in
videogames
it is a just an
excuse to throw
ridiculous
amounts of gore
and sadism at
the player, which
is exactly what
we want to see… Click here to read more on this feature
TEN OF THE WORST... COSTUMES The turtleneck,
white gloves
and Bermuda
shorts... fashion
disasters come
with every
generation, but
observe here the
most distressing
clothing that
have graced
our consoles in
recent times Click here to read more on this feature
TEN OF THE BEST... SET PIECES There were a
hell of a lot to
choose from,
but somehow
we’ve managed
to narrow it
down to ten.
Play presents
the best of an
awfully long list Click here to read more on this feature
TEN OF THE WORST... SIDE QUESTS Those things that
are supposed
to be a nice
distraction to
the main game,
sometimes
they’re useful
and entertaining,
not these ones
though! They’re
the worst Click here to read more on this feature
TEN OF THE BEST... TEAM-UPS Or cross-overs,
or collaborations,
or cameo
appearances.
Anyway you get
the point – when
franchises
collide and the
results are good,
hence ‘the best’.
Onwards! Click here to read more on this feature
TEN OF THE WORST... GAMES BASED ON COMICS All the Lycra in the DuPont factory couldn’t help this lot be in any way entertaining. Play presents the heroes and anti-heroes that don’t quite cut the mustard Click here to read more on this feature
TEN OF THE BEST... BAPS This has been
one of the most
frustrating
TOTBs we’ve
ever done,
but here they
are: bazongas,
boobs, breasts,
love pillows,
granny’s
punching bags,
chest voles,
limpet warmers
or whatever
you want to
call them Click here to read more on this feature
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