Previous posts by Games Editor

• Apple iPad dazzles, but what about the games?

  Thu Jan 28 03:36PM by Yahoo! UK Games Editor

  Apple’s new iPad, as revealed by Steve Jobs yesterday evening, is an impressive device, although the jury’s still out about whether it’ll be a successful gaming tool...The new iPad sits somewhere between an iPhone/iPod Touch and a fully-fledged PC notebook. It isn’t exactly pocket-sized either, featuring a 9.7 inch multi-touch,… Read full entry

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• Games blamed for loss of childhood innocence

  Mon Jan 25 01:18PM by Yahoo! UK Games Editor

  The innocence of childhood is being destroyed by violent video games, says former Conservative Party leader Iain Duncan Smith. Oh dear...“We are driving children to lose their childhood," the quiet man of Tory politics told The Times newspaper this weekend, also noting with alarm that "Some videogames are incredibly violent,… Read full entry

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• REVIEW: Grand Theft Auto Chinatown Wars, iPhone

  Fri Jan 22 06:59PM by Yahoo! UK Games Editor

  Costing just under six quid for one of our Games of 2009, and on the ubiquitous iPhone and iPod touch no less, surely this means the big time for hero Huang Lee.This could now be some serious shizzle for Nintendo and Sony to contend with. Aside from Grand Theft Auto:… Read full entry

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• Project Natal Near Miss

  Fri Jan 22 04:39PM by Yahoo! UK Games Editor

  Honestly, just what was this lot thinking when they came up with the idea for ‘2-Finger Heroes’?We came across this little gem of, erm, parallel thinking last night while scrolling through one of our favourite gaming websites, UK Resistance.The potent link, which you may access with great caution here, was listed… Read full entry

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• Rock Band gets (too) serious about music

  Wed Jan 20 05:56PM by Yahoo! UK Games Editor

  The Rock Band franchise has now become an online recruiting ground for upcoming bands, and a testing bed for established acts to reach out to new audiences. Can the Rock Band Network revive interest in this flagging sector of the games market? MTV and Harmonix seem pretty confident that it… Read full entry

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• Money for Nothing?

  Mon Jan 18 02:29PM by Yahoo! UK Games Editor

  Is paying for downloadable games content a waste of money? Are we, in fact, buying things that don’t exist?  This is how The Sun newspaper sees it anyway. What do you think?The Sun is poking fun at British gamers today, pointing out that £millions are exchanged every year for “online… Read full entry

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• The Beatles Rock Band, as not played by The Beatles

  Fri Jan 15 12:41PM by Yahoo! UK Games Editor

  You’ve got to love Ringo Starr’s honesty this week. The erstwhile Fab Four drummer admitted to a US TV Talk Show Host that he found playing The Beatles Rock Band too tricky. As for Sir Paul McCartney, he reportedly was in no rush to try mastering it in the first… Read full entry

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• Gran Turismo 5 where are you?

  Wed Jan 13 12:27PM by Yahoo! UK Games Editor

  Sony has delayed the launch of its PlayStation 3 racing game, Gran Turismo 5, the release date once again left to conjecture. It's agonising for fans of the series, but you may be surprised to learn that this is the first time the game has been officially held back.Despite Gran… Read full entry

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• Games worse influence on kids than porn, says porn star

  Mon Jan 11 01:23PM by Yahoo! UK Games Editor

  Moustachioed elder statesman of adult amusement, Ron Jeremy, says that pornography is not as bad an influence on children as violent video games. Speaking during “The Great Porn Debate” at the AVN Adult Entertainment Expo in Las Vegas (which runs alongside the Consumer Electronics Show, in case you were wondering)… Read full entry

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