Mar 25, 2012

The web has been full of Vita reviews. The vast majority arrived before the device’s release so lacked real world testing with full launch titles, PSP backwards compatibility testing and experience of network services. I’ve been living with my PS Vita since launch and it’s become my constant travelling companion, so I have more than adjusted to...

TV ‘supernanny’ Jo Frost returned to UK TV screens in February, with her new show ‘Extreme Parental Guidance’ on Channel 4. The first episode is of interest to us all not because of the young girl who refused to eat nothing but sugary snacks, nor because of the genuinely heartbreaking case of a twelve year old girl who refused to leave...

This article has at its core quotes and statistics from Dr. Richard Wilson, CEO of The Independent Games Developers Association (TIGA), speaking exclusively to Critical Gamer. The industry has much to thank British developers for. Grand Theft Auto (Rockstar North, formerly DMA Design); LittleBigPlanet (Media Molecule); Project Gotham Racing (Bizarre Creations);...

As much as we like Guns ‘n’ Roses here at Critical Gamer (you know, when Slash was doing his bits) we have to disagree with their view on the city when it comes to games. If games are anything to go by, the grass isn’t that green, if you can even find some, and whilst a few of the girls may be pretty, they seem to be lost in a sea of plain Janes and...

Sep 1, 2009

We’re finding it hard to get excited about the PS3 ‘Wand’. The device itself has the appearance of a chunky microphone with a neon coloured top, making it look like a cross between a raver’s glostick and a pervert’s sex toy. That’s not so much a problem for us. We care about how the thing is used, not how it looks; and...

  Virtual reality – or at least fun, affordable, complex virtual reality – is still a long way away. In fact, it is our valuable opinion that – dare we say it – virtual reality will never be casual entertainment for the masses. How very dare we! But what’s the next best thing? Project Natal. No, let us rephrase that: the next...