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Archives for February, 2009

scavenger

The company i work for is about to move office, and as part of the process of clearing out we’re throwing out some old P2 to P3 era hardware. So I’ve taken for myself a hard disk and a few other bits – I now have more or less everything I need to resurrect my […]

To protect and serve

Tonight we have a double whammy, completing our coverage of Sierra’s Police Quest series. Well, apart from the EGA original. And the SWAT spin-offs. Still, this is our greatest show of dedication yet to the Sierra adventures! So Rik has reviewed the final installment in the adventures of Sonny Bonds: Police Quest 3: The Kindred. […]

denied

Sega Mega Drive Ultimate Collection For PS3, Xbox and not PC. Dammit! Oh well maybe i’ll get a Wii one day, then I could legally get such classics via the Virtual Console. Er except I’d need a TV first.

Ace graphix lol

Sometimes I buy the gaming magazine Edge. It’s supposedly the magazine for ‘serious’ gamers, which I like to think I am – perhaps that’s why I buy it – but almost every time I do, I come across something that makes me think it isn’t aimed at people like me at all. Such as this […]

And that’s how my story ended…

So, just finished Fahrenheit. It was good stuff, actually – flawed, yes – but still very, very good. I didn’t even mind the sub-Nickelback “rawk” that played over the end credits. I’m tempted to say that it’s unlike any game I’ve played, although a couple of things tell me stop short of making such a […]

Flight Sim Museum

Migman’s Flight Sim Museum Given our own near-total lack of flight sim coverage, I thought it might be worth linking this site, which has entries for sims going all the way back to the beginning. Not a great detail of information on each game, but there are still some interesting bits and pieces looking back […]