Browsing all articles from April, 2010.
Review: Zombie Apocalypse (360/PS3).
Zombie Apocalypse is a twin stock shooter similar in play to the classic arcade game Smash TV; except instead of a game show you are stuck in the middle of gaming’s latest love affair: a zombie outbreak.
Crash Course suffers Crash Landing.
Left 4 Dead’s latest update Crash Course arrived yesterday, but despite Valve’s best efforts it seems to have plagued the game with numerous issues.
Servers went missing, many users were reporting pings in excess of 500 and the achievements don’t seem to be working very well either, with many either not activating or disappearing after they [...]
Sex, Women and Video Games: what does it all say about us?
I’ve just driven recklessly through the city streets with the Police hot on my tail, but finally it seems I’ve lost them. I can no longer hear the wail of their sirens and in the top of my screen I can see the stars flashing as my wanted level disappears.
My health is low but I’ve [...]
Review: Halo 3 ODST (360).
A quality FPS experience that’s marred by a high price.
What happens when games characters come to life?
The latest movie from Seakitten Collective (who also made the superb LittleBigRevenge) explores what would happen if video games characters come to life in Cloverfield style.
Featuring some stunning video editing and a roster of characters from games such as Left 4 Dead and Smash Brawl, this really is a must watch movie for all gaming [...]
Left 4 Dead scary? It is now!
This latest Left 4 Dead mod is almost too brilliant for words. Thanks to modder flameknight7, the Teletubbies have invaded Left 4 Dead and believe me; no zombie will make you jump as much as one of these rabid monsters!
You can grab the mod over at l4dmaps.com; just make sure you avoid CBeebies afterwards!
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Health risks in adults linked to Gaming.
The October 2009 edition of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine has published an article which claims tests have shown that there are “measurable correlations” between playing video games and increased health risks.
Participants from the Seattle–Tacoma area (claimed to be the 13th biggest media market in the USA and the nation’s largest user of the [...]
Konami’s Zombie Apocalypse lands on XBLA and PSN next week.
If there are two things we like here at Paradox; its shooters and Zombies! So the news that Konami’s twin stick shooter Zombie Apocalypse hits both PSN and XBLA next week (September 23rd) has left us scurrying for our wallets in anticipation of yet more undead extermination.
Developed by Nihilistic, the overhead twin stick shooter (yes, [...]
Left 4 Dead: Counter Strike favourite Dust 2 arrives in some style.
Counter Strike map favourite Dust 2 has now been ported over to Left for Dead by talented community mapper Sin. Other mapper’s have already tried to port Dust 2 over to Left 4 Dead, but none have been as successful as this stunning effort.
The map is currently at beta 4.1 but it’s fully playable and [...]
PS3’s new motion controller will make Wii ports possible.
According to Capcom producer Jun Takeuchi, developers in Japan are extremely impressed with Sony’s new motion controller; so much so that they feel it will be quite easy to port over existing titles from Nintendo’s Wii.
This could mean that come the launch of the new controller, we will see an influx of Wii ports to [...]
