UK’s youngest pilot flies solo with Xbox
2 user commentsJames Coyne-Downhill took to the skies on his 16th birthday, becoming the UK’s joint-youngest pilot to fly solo. His success is largely thanks to the Xbox, he says...Well, that and a couple of years of dedicated training – James, an air cadet from Ringwood, Hampshire, actually took his first flying… Read full entry
Previous posts by Games Editor
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Dedication... or nothing better to do?
0 user commentsThe new Guinness World Records 2009 Gamer's Edition is now on sale. But where is the Street Fighter joystick that costs £150? Probably see it in next year's edition. Here we go, then: Did you know that two members of the Qatari Royal family competed in the 2008 Major League… Read full entry
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Corrie the videogame? By 'eck!
1 user commentsNothing is sacred on Nintendo DS. If it exists in the real world there could be a game made out of it, everything from making sushi to northern Soaps!Veteran videogame publisher Mindscape, once famed for its PC strategy games, has just announced that it will release a Coronation Street game… Read full entry
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Great score great game?
0 user commentsProbably not, based on the sales performance - or lack thereof - for Electronic Arts' "80 or above" titles throughout the Holiday quarter (Christmas) 2008. We need to be careful here because Yahoo! UK Games is also in the business of handing out review scores. But it struck home this… Read full entry
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Game-movie tie-ins, some highs and lows
1 user commentsVideogame adaptations of blockbuster movies are notoriously dire. Here's a handful of the very worst, to be admired for their almost perfect ineptitude.With a brace of summer action-flicks receiving the console-game treatment in 2009, we're doing the time-honoured retrospective here just to keep ourselves occupied. There are dozens more where… Read full entry
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Console fitness fever
83 user commentsAs another Nintendo game seeks to boost our exercise habits, we wonder how many of these a person can physically endure! But first of all, what happened to fitness games on consoles other than Nintendo Wii and DS? Has there been research to suggest that Nintendo fans are more health… Read full entry
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Nintendo: Moving forward or milking the cash-cow dry?
3 user commentsGraphically - and technologically - the Wii is not much of an improvement on its predecessor, the Gamecube. Small wonder that Nintendo is busily converting a number of ‘Cube classics to take advantage of the Wii's motion-sensitive controls.Pikmin and Mario Power Tennis are both imminent, as part of the ‘New… Read full entry
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Videogames: For a better existence
2 user commentsBig corporations will try to nobble you, the cash-rich potential consumer, by any and all means necessary. Indeed, Nintendo has just managed the stunning feat of installing Wii Music on the curriculum of several US schools. If that's not an attempt to get ‘em while they're young we don't know… Read full entry
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No buts Sony - credit crunch gaming
10 user commentsSony is still trying Jedi mind tricks to convince us that spending £300 on a games console - and yes we know that it doubles up as a Blu-ray player - is sound VFM. But pointing out that the console requires fewer add-ons out of the box to achieve such… Read full entry
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DS Top 5 Games of the Year
10 user commentsWhat more needs to be said about the appeal of Nintendo DS? It's the clear first choice for entertainment on the move, not quite as ubiquitous as the mobile phone, but almost as essential while travelling. Only iPhone stands a chance of matching the neutral appeal and supporting a similar… Read full entry
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PS3 Top 5 Games of the Year
2 user commentsPoor Sony has been on the receiving end of some gleeful PS3-bashing throughout 2008, although inviting most of this upon itself to be frank. But looking past all that, and even the stubborn price-point, it didn't require much effort to round up five outstanding games for PlayStation 3. We think,… Read full entry
