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Adventures in influence - The Witcher 2

Posted by Gerard at 13:18 on 18 May 2012
Adventures in influence - The Witcher 2
Yeah yeah swords and dice poker and a nekker contract. Let's get on with it.

Fez, the era of co-operation and the meta-game

Posted by Gerard at 13:25 on 18 Apr 2012
Fez, the era of co-operation and the meta-game
When you play the meta-game, everyone and no one wins, and also everyone and no one loses. Fez, then, a game about a little man with a hat, is more than just data on your hard drive. It's also about co-operation and community. The playground of the digital age or some crap. And a little hat.

Cheap and Used - Darksiders

Posted by Gerard at 18:25 on 10 Apr 2012
Cheap and Used - Darksiders
And so, back into these depths we tumble. Darksiders is a game, it is all the games you have ever played. Let's return to it and talk about it. Get some tea or a hot ribena and come in.

One Moment - Baten Kaitos

Posted by Gerard at 15:35 on 02 Apr 2012
One Moment - Baten Kaitos
And suddenly it's 2005. Everything you have accomplished has vanished and now you are a child or happy or some other terrible thing. On the up/down side, Baten Kaitos just came out and you've been immersed in it for hours. Do you hear me? Immersed. Listen, it's ok for me to talk about this again so soon. Shut up.

Tweethrough - Mass Effect 3 opening

Posted by Gerard at 16:25 on 20 Mar 2012
Tweethrough - Mass Effect 3 opening
Re-live the opening hour of Mass Effect 3 vicariously through 140-character dumps. It's what the internet was made for! Join me on a journey involving moustaches, lips gloss and the hunt for a hat. It's a space opera, everybody!

One Moment - Journey

Posted by Gerard at 17:29 on 15 Mar 2012
One Moment - Journey
A moment that stays with you, a photograph floating on the pool of your brain and other such arty imagery. In our new feature, which will take the internet by storm, we remember a bit or a part of a game that has stayed with us. Just one bit, a short little memento. A momento. It will take the internet by storm, did I say that yet?

Games Planner - Spring

Posted by Gerard at 15:23 on 06 Mar 2012
Games Planner - Spring
This is the bit where I pre-judge games that aren't out yet, directing your attentions with pin-point precision so that we all end up like a homogenous amorphous blob. Together we can work out when and how to play everything in order to avoid/encourage mental breakdown. Then also I fill the article with high ranking images to increase hits. SCIENCE

Goodbye - Skyward Sword

Posted by Gerard at 15:57 on 27 Feb 2012
Goodbye - Skyward Sword
And relax. 31 hours later and Skyward Sword is over. Goblins, hearts, big eyes, clouds, swords and swan dives. Jump off a thing, skewer a fruit, fly a beetle, fall in love with a robot. Zelda.

Valentine's Day: Games, pals and love

Posted by Gerard at 14:10 on 14 Feb 2012
Valentine's Day: Games, pals and love
Hey what sorry I mean here's a load of characters from video games that you can fall in love with and that's like having human feelings? Remember these? Your old friends who you've discarded ... they miss you pal, maybe you could reconnect? Just for a day? No? Oh.

Behind the Scenes: A year in unwritten articles

Posted by Gerard at 19:30 on 10 Feb 2012
Behind the Scenes: A year in unwritten articles
Gather round, gather round, have you all got your VIP passes? Good, you'll need them to get through security. Follow my umbrella and if you get lost just scream at your feet until someone comes running. Welcome to the behind the scenes tour of Playdar towers. First up, the cutting room floor. Now everybody hold hands and pull down your trousers