Video Game Reviews, Articles
Hour 3 of Paco’s grand retelling of the PS2 game story picks up where we left off last time: with the introduction of the members of Dead Cell. As we push past the veneer of military thriller normality that Kojima’s…
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MOOD TIME Of the three missions available, Operation Purple Misery (no, really) seems to be the best fit, offering funds in exchange for completing an easy mission. This might seem like a cowardly approach (and it completely is) but, this…
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Our resident Destiny experts, Paco and Alan, discuss their time with Bungie’s limited beta version of the yet to be released MMORPG. The two talk our resident Destiny hater, Lee, through the campaign content and PvP sections, elaborating on gameplay,…
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LIKE WHAT I’VE DONE WITH THE PLACE? After the mission debrief, I’m deposited back at the base management screen, a 3D model cross-section of my HQ with its various departments (including a bar and memorial for my soldiers) available for…
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Paco continues to flesh out the story of the second game in the MGS series, revealing more of the behind-the-scenes decisions and influences that shaped it in the process. Picking up after the events of the PS2 game’s tanker prologue,…
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OVERWATCH. NO, NOT THAT ONE. My grenade-toting rookie lets fly and the olive coloured death orb drops into the midst of the Advent guards just so, killing the two troopers and injuring the officer with a satisfying explosion. That’s the…
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FILTHY CONSOLE JOCKEY As mentioned before, I’m playing X-Com 2 on my Xbone with the season pass add-on (I know, I should be waiting for the War of the Chosen expansion to launch in August but this itch demands scratching…
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Resuming our journey through the video game representations of Hideo Kojima’s psychoses, we invite die-hard Metal Gear fan Paco to talk us through the story of the sequel to 1998’s Metal Gear Solid. The lovable Spaniard gives us behind-the-scenes nuggets…
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A man far more eloquent and intelligent than myself famously once said, “War: war never changes.” Had I beaten the aforementioned gentleman to the quotable punch, I probably would have espoused a similar sentiment in far more clumsy prose, “War:…
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The second in our rundown of the games revealed in this year’s E3. This episode we talk about the Bethesda, Nintendo, Ubisoft, and EA conferences, intermixed with lessons on Tingle, adventures in Paco’s nudity and our games of the show.
Every year, E3 is THE place for publishers and developers alike to unveil their latest wares and this year was no exception. In the first part of our E3 dissection, we focus on the console heavy hitters, Microsoft and Sony….
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*SPOILERS* A beleaguered trio of Mass Effect fans bare their souls about Bioware’s troubled successor to the Mass Effect trilogy as Paco, Alan and Lee talk over the ups and downs of a game on the wrong side of internet…
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Mass Effect Andromeda has finally arrived and the only opinions on it that matter are available to put in your ears! Okay, maybe not the ONLY opinions but Bioware’s sci-fi RPG successor is out in the world and enduring a…
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*SPOILERS INCLUDED* Break out the kevlar armour, buckle up your trusty utility belt and set the Batmobile to ‘intimidate’ as Paco, Lee and guest Tommy Vass from Raptors in the Kitchen take to the crime-ridden streets of Gotham City and…
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*Some audio issues* FINALLY! The podcast episode 3 weeks in the making! We brave recording difficulties, sound issues and posting problems to give you the finest Mass Effect appreciation podcast made in Scotland containing three men called Alan, Paco &…
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