Previous posts by Games Editor

• The Spore the merrier?

  Mon Sep 15 11:55AM by Yahoo! UK Games Editor

  What ought to have been the paragon of a mass-market launch for PC gaming has turned out to be a nightmare for consumers. We've put a man on the moon, and we still can't make it easy for normal people to play the games they want to play on a… Read full entry

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• Spore, what is it good for? 8 out of 10?

  Tue Sep 02 04:10PM by Yahoo! UK Games Editor

  The Spore reviews are rolling in now across Europe, averaging 8ish out of 10. Although we are in the business of handing out review scores here on Yahoo! UK Games, in the case of a project as grandiose as Spore, a mark out of 5, 10 or 100 seems rather… Read full entry

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• Saved by the till

  Mon Aug 11 11:23AM by Yahoo! UK Games Editor

  Oldies are now goodies like never before, and new stuff need not be so expensive to buy ever again. All thanks to the growing trend in download games, cutting out the middle man - retail - and potentially leading to a single gaming hardware platform.Ah, if only.I almost wrote today's… Read full entry

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• I am not a gamer! I am a free man!

  Wed Jul 30 03:53PM by Yahoo! UK Games Editor

  Call yourself a Gamer? Like, do you call yourself a TV Watcher or tell your friends ‘I'm a bit of a Cinema Goer myself'? Of course you don't. That's because it's daft.Other people might refer to you as a Gamer, of course, or a Cinema Goer. Kids call cows ‘moo… Read full entry

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• Which Me are You?

  Mon Jul 21 03:01PM by Yahoo! UK Games Editor

  What's wrong with just loading up my game and playing it?The headline news from E3 wasn't any game in particular. We knew about most of the big names already, and the best still aren't due until Christmas... at the earliest. No, the biggest thing to come out of this annual… Read full entry

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• Hard up musicians

  Wed Jul 02 12:19PM by Yahoo! UK Games Editor

  Congrats everyone who just threw £140 at Rock Band for Xbox 360, you've just about made it as support act. The main attraction, hits the stage in September; three short months away. Rock Band 2 promises new instruments alongside better guitars, better drums, more music and, well, more, more, more...Would… Read full entry

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• EA: pro-creation, but no sex please

  Mon Jun 23 10:19AM by Yahoo! UK Games Editor

  The launch of EA's Spore Creature Creator attracted over 250,000 downloads in the first day. Whereupon we humans, the crown of God's creation, wasted no time being naughty as can be. Titter. Spore Creature Creator lets you "Build, Paint, Play and Share" your own being as a prelude to ‘God-game'… Read full entry

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• 5 Reasons to Own: Wii

  Tue Jun 10 11:41AM by Yahoo! UK Games Editor

  It's cheap. It's cheerful. It can help you get fit. And once you've police-escorted your Nintendo Wii home the reasons for owning it extend beyond the hysteria.After Wii Sports, and most probably Wii Fit, what are you planning next for that little white whirring gizmo? It may seem like a… Read full entry

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• 5 Reasons to own: Xbox 360

  Thu Jun 05 11:18AM by Yahoo! UK Games Editor

  If we were just talking about the biggest games there are countless reasons, or seems like it sometimes, to own Xbox 360. But the Microsoft console keeps us entertained in unusual ways too. Well, we think they're pretty unusual... This is only our opinion, but if Xbox 360 weren't so… Read full entry

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• Far Cry 2 is Ubidays highlight

  Wed Jun 04 12:20PM by Yahoo! Games Editor

  Vernon Kay, Paris – Ubidays was a big event for publisher Ubisoft. A stack of new games were shown with Far Cry 2 being the highlight.  Set in Africa Far Cry 2 looked gorgeous. Think dusty browns, swaying trees and lots of action. I played the console versions – both seemed identical – but the… Read full entry

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