I think the major issue for me is when I see the word special, I like to think it'll be something that lives up to such a description. Often this just isn't the case. It's usually an assortment of random stuff bundled in without real care. Sometimes they get it right, of course;- the Borderlands 2 loot chest springs…

I look forward to the day when second-hand sales of cars and houses has the same system as Microsoft are employing. Clothes, books, antiques the same. In fact with Microsoft's aims, games will cease being collectible or of ever reaching antique status as they'll be absolutely worthless. That doesn't do much for the…

Something else that doesn't help with discerning his age is the grizzled look he sports in images like the one for this article. Normally, a male character will have less facial hair to suggest they're young - or if they have a beard, it'll be like in Batman Begins and be used as a sign they've hit a rough patch/been…

It's not as though the British Government is much better. During the local elections, as I looked at the prospective candidates, I couldn't help but be reminded of the last paragraph of Animal Farm. It's becoming increasingly harder to spot the difference between Labour, the Tories, and the Lib-Dems. Throw in UKIP,…

I didn't say they weren't useful, just that Baseball caps are not a common sight in England, and even less so in September when it tends to just rain an awful lot. It feels like something that was added before the release date was pushed back half a year.

I posted on the last article about this looking like a strange way of doing an origin story (well actually, I suggested this game might involve a new Batman - not unlike the MGS 2 bait-and-switch, or involve some book-ended older Batman narrative).

I think you may well be right. I hope that translates to massively slumping sales of them until they're forced to close down, as successive generations refuse to buy into their bilious commentary. Though with the current investigation into phone hacking, bribing and so on, The Sun may well go the same way as its…

I'm looking at this and thinking 'meh'. Far too many games are coming in these Deluxe Collector's Editions, and most often they just don't seem worth it. I get they're for collector's and that's fine, but they could perhaps put in more effort so that said collector's don't think 'well, I got it, but damn if the stuff…

I read it because it was the paper my grandparents had, and for some reason my parents bought. Oddly, they never really seemed to agree much with the articles, so perhaps they only got it to vent their pent up indignation. My sister on the other-hand will pretty much believe all manner of things in this paper, which…

You give comics a bad name! But seriously, when I was young an naive, I remember reading the Sun (fortunately never believing a word it said about -anything- ever, but still), and they had game 'reviews' that were essentially two-page adverts for how incredibly awesome this game will be. The only review I read that…

Most of those read like pre-written announcements, rather than anything from someone with an opinion.

It's an interesting name. I wonder if it's to confuse parents when they go into a shop, and their child goes ''I want that one.'' unknowingly asking for a console by name.

It looks like a concept design for what a scanner might look like in the future more than a console, not helped by that circular back-end looking like a hinge for the top half. The green light doesn't help, as I'm imagining it running the entire front with that mechanical whirring noise printers make.

My main reason for this possibly all being set after the previous games stems form this younger Batman having new gadgets. I know it's commonplace for this to be the case, but usually only in a reboot, or else because the game works more as a game released for the sake of it. Okay, it's a thin reason to believe it's a…

If Kevin Conroy's in it, then a question to ask is: Are we playing as Bruce Wayne, or a new Batman? I know it's an origin story, but is it his? This isn't a truly serious question, but just feels like the kind of thing a writer might do, especially with the voice work hints.

I don't own a Wii U, but if I did, I'd be worried about EA not supporting it. Just as they did with the Dreamcast, I can picture EA not supporting the console as being a very bad thing for Nintendo. Especially if other developers follow suit. Come the end of the year, we'll still see games for the PS3 and 360, and…

Indeed, the engines in GT sound awful, and I agree with you about the sheer number of some cars. I like a lot of them, but sometimes it's just annoying to see a race list involving the same car at different periods of time. Turbo races are probably the worst as they usually get auto-filled with Skylines or EVO's, and…

I remember a fair few years back Honda refused to allow damage to their cars, and so weren't in TOCA World Touring Cars, and I think for a while, Porsche had a similar limitation (I could be wrong on that, but it rings a bell).

As much as I would love to play Forza, my 360 died a few years ago in the great plague of RROD, and Microsoft/the developers can't be bothered to release the series on the PC. bought a second PS3 as I'd literally just gotten a breand new game the same week it died on me, and the newest slim one was on sale. With the…

The way I see it, if someone buys their car, they probably don't care much about what people do with it, provided they enjoy the thing and aren't just going to destroy it. Taking a Nissan and using another manufacturers engine is granting them a sale, and it'll be that car you're driving when people are wowed by its…