Dolby 3D vs RealD The variety of 3D technology used in cinemas and their respective glasses can be confusing. With names thrown around like RealD, Stereoscopy, Anaglyph, Liquid Crystal Shutter, Polarized lenses and Dolby 3D, it’s easy to be left…
Read moreOne fatty at a time? Not content with giving your brain a jolly good work out on the DS with Dr Kawishima’s Brain Training Nintendo have waged war on the global obesity epidemic with Wii Fit, a full alternative to…
Read moreFull review: The Difficult Fourth Album Few years ago the original Guitar Hero was launched on a somewhat unsuspecting US public, with a European release following around 5 months later. Until that point, most rhythm action games (with the exception…
Read moreFeel the bullet Because us gamers want a lot more realism in our games, inventors out there are doing all they can to give us what we want. Virtual reality may be the future of video games, but now we…
Read moreBrits with American accents meet a bunch of silly looking aliens In the Mission Control Room of your base, once you have set-up all your teams to research and engineer to their hearts content, you must scan for alien activity…
Read moreBuild a brighter tomorrow…on Facebook I’m an armchair fan of SimCity, the flagship title of Maxis, an EA subsidiary. I’ve played it a fair bit, and would by no means call myself an expert, so it was with trepidation that…
Read moreTime to solve those mysteries Pros Charming visuals and fantastic use of 3D Full of varied puzzles Cons Limited soundtrack Little change in gameplay It’s that time of year again. The time where mysteries need solving and criminals need catching….
Read moreThe Top Tips When you decide to buy your next phone, you have the ideal opportunity to reassess the way in which you tend to use your phone. What is it that you use it for the most? What are…
Read moreI’m Spartacus! No, I’m Spartacus! As you may or may not be aware, Augmented Reality is the biggest thing to hit communication technology since they made mobile phones small enough to fit in our pockets. Using your phone’s camera and…
Read moreIt’s Ebenezer good Everyone loves Jim Carrey. Even from early appearances in Earth Girls Are Easy and The Dead Pool he always put a smile on our faces, whether he was pretending to be a randy, furry alien or miming…
Read moreBy now, anyone interested in The Beatles: Rock Band will probably know the story of the game’s development like the back of their hand. If not, read our preview, as it’ll give you more of a detailed insight into the…
Read moreNintendo Land Roll up, roll up and take a stroll through Nintendo Land – a fun-filled theme park that’s great for all ages. There are 12 lively attractions, each inspired by a popular Nintendo franchise, so come along and join…
Read moreWhat’s The Story? With every entry in the Professor Layton series, we’ve been treated to a whole host of puzzles and riddles that have teased and tested our mystery-solving skills. However, each of the games has also featured a storyline…
Read moreThe Lara Croft game It seems absolutely insane to me that it is coming up to the sixteenth anniversary of the first Tomb Raider game. Sixteen years. Where did that go? Vague memories of this pixely young lady running around,…
Read moreThe oldest swinger in town With its real-life mechanics, Golf is a sport perfectly suited to the Wii, and let’s face it, anyone who bought the console new should own a Golf game (in the form of Wii Sports). However,…
Read moreAttack of the Clones Michael Bay was already known for bombastic action movies like Armageddon and Pearl Harbor with uber-producer Jerry Bruckheimer, but The Island was something of a departure from Bay’s successful formula. This time Bruckheimer was out and…
Read moreA game with Tennis balls SEGA and Nintendo may have teamed up for such cross-pollination titles as Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games, but that doesn’t stop either side from having their cake and eating it. Case in point:…
Read moreMore precisely, you’re in and out of the trailers You have to pity anyone who paid full price for the Xbox Live Vision camera. The device was released almost two years ago, and so far only two games have been…
Read moreYour wallet shouldn’t be the only thing losing pounds The success of Wii Fit has spawned numerous copy-cat exercise games for the Wii, and now even Electronic Arts are getting in on the act. Usually EA Sports games allow you…
Read moreReleased late last year for the Xbox 360, and more recently for PS3, PS2 and Wii following the end of the exclusivity period, Rock Band 2 builds on the first fruits of the EA and Harmonix partnership to provide another…
Read moreWith 3D cinema fast coming back into vogue, and 3D TV not quite in the mainstream, a compromise is required for current home media. Sure, you could just release a film in 2D and say “tough luck” to those who…
Read moreMore like ‘My Bloody 3-D Glasses Don’t Work’ This remake of a 1981 video nasty about a homicidal miner was one of the first films to jump on the 3-D bandwagon by shooting with Real D cameras, but don’t go…
Read moreWithout the bitter, the sweet ain’t as sweet Following the rock music opus of Almost Famous, director Cameron Crowe next turned his attention to remaking something that pal Tom Cruise had recently acquired the rights to: Spanish thriller ‘Abre los…
Read moreCalling it a cartoon may lead to your death Released on DVD in 2003 just as The Matrix Reloaded hit cinemas, The Animatrix served as a prologue to the events of The Matrix and also gave creators Andy and Larry…
Read morePod people produce potential problems Before director David Cronenberg turned to boring thrillers starring Viggo Mortensen, he was known for his dark and disturbing horror films. The title, eXistenZ, comes from the name of the virtual reality computer game at…
Read moreBurbank sails onto Blu-ray Here’s a great pub question to pose to your film fan friends: Is Jim Carrey better as a serious actor in The Truman Show or Man on The Moon? Both were highly successful come award season,…
Read moreDon’t take candy from Oracles How do you make a sequel to one of the most popular films of all time? Answer: You make it bigger, longer and part of a larger story that nobody knew about when the first…
Read moreThe Highway to Hell Before Kinect was released you may (or may not) have looked at Joy Ride and thought how fun it would be to control a car with a pretend steering wheel. Perhaps thoughts of Mario Kart Wii…
Read moreVirtual aliens strike back For over 30 years millions of aliens are slaughtered daily in video games. Until now they could not strike back. Until now they could not attack us in the real world…” Since the dawn of video…
Read moreZeus thunders onto the 3D screen Rating: PG-13 Dir: Louis Leterrier Starring: Sam Worthington, Liam Neeson, Ralph Fiennes, Jason Flemyng, Gemma Arterton, Alexa Davalos, Pete Postlethwaite, Mads Mikkelsen Who doesn’t love a good old Harryhausen film? Pioneering some of the…
Read moreTaking another tumble down the rabbit hole Rating: PG Dir: Tim Burton Starring: Mia Wasikowska, Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Anne Hathaway, Stephen Fry, Crispin Glover, Michael Sheen Lewis Carroll’s story of Alice and her misshapen journey down the rabbit…
Read moreClear The Area ! Not many examples of Augmented Reality could be pointed out before the iPhone came along but with the device and the technology now mainstream stuff, it’s benefits have been thrust into the spotlight. As well as…
Read moreYou are the sports star Unless Kinect Adventure screamed “play me” when you first opened your sparkling new Kinect sensor, chances are Kinect Sports will be the first game you ever play to see if Microsoft’s new peripheral is a…
Read moreFiery, 3D and very cute Rating: PG Dir: Chris Sanders, Dean DeBlois Starring: Jay Baruchel, Gerard Butler, Craig Ferguson, America Ferrera, Jonah Hill, Christopher Mintz-Plasse How to Train Your Dragon 3D is a DreamWorks Animation film following the adventures…
Read moreAim, Shoot and Demolish Angry Birds is undoubtedly one of the biggest games to ever grace the mobile platforms. Starting on iOS devices, it soon moved to Android, tablets, consoles and PC’s. With over 500 million downloads, the series has…
Read moreNo friends required Man, woman, child or animal, we’ve all at some point put little puppies through their paces in Nintendogs, even if we choose not to share that information with anyone but ourselves. It’ll hardly be a surprise then…
Read moreThe Nightmares of Hardware Failure Gaming is far from a low maintenance entertainment, it costs its fair share of our pennies and it requires a sizable quantity of high-tech equipment. Whether it’s a handheld, a fragile console or a high…
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