Q: What do you get when you pit the world’s greatest literary detective against the world’s most infamous serial killer? A: Johnny Depp in From Hell? Well… yeah. No. What you actually get is Frogwares Studio’s newest game Sherlock Holmes vs Jack the Ripper. Set against the backdrop of 1888 London during the height of …
Read more »If you’ve spent any time hanging out with the FFC regulars, you’ll have noticed that several of us are deeply attracted to weird (Chulip), obscure (The Fifth Disciple) and niche (Chibi-Robi) games; for us, the stranger the better. So, it should come as no surprise to hear that I’m all atwitter for Lux-Pain, Killaware’s debut …
Read more »Review by Steerpike Developer DICE Publisher EA Released November 12, 2008 (Console); Jan 14, 2009 (Windows) Available for Windows XP/Vista, Xbox 360 (version reviewed), PS3 Verdict: 3/5 Middlin’ “While it is innovative, and very courageous, it doesn’t hold that much needed glass up to the rest of videogaming and say ‘see? This is what you …
Read more »Square-Enix has a new trailer for the it-seems-like-they’ve-been-working-on-it-forever Final Fantasy XIII on their Japanese website. There’ll be a demo for this RPG with the undoubtedly horrible upcoming CGI fest Final Fantasy Advent Children Blu-Ray disc, but the game itself is not expected outside Japan until 2010 at the earliest, when it should launch for PS3 …
Read more »Four Fat Chicks Forums got hacked again. Whoopee! In other news Bethesda released the eagerly awaited first expansion for their hit Fallout 3, Operation Anchorage. Link to the download here for the PC version. This means I will finally have to break down and download Microsoft’s Games for Windows Live which you can find at …
Read more »As those of you who frequent our forums know, we’ve been having problems with security recently. Last night, after a few weeks of silence, the hackers attacked again. This attack was more severe, with several administrator passwords compromised. We have shut down the forums as a precaution, and they will remain so until further notice. …
Read more »Movie review by Scout Cold Prey Directed by Roar Uthaug From SR Norge AS Released October 13, 2006 Available on DVD Verdict: 4/5 Thumbs Up “Five teenagers wend their way to the top of a mountain to snow board down the back slope. There is the very hot teen couple, the not-quite-as-hot teen couple having …
Read more »Having spent countless hours days months caught up in the addiction that is Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords, I can honestly say I was shaking with an addict’s anticipation of their next fix when I heard about the imminent release of Infinite Interactive’s new game drug, Puzzle Quest: Galactrix. I’d have posted the news …
Read more »I had never heard of the Nurburgring Nordschleife (North loop) until I started driving computer sims. That’s not unusual for a racetrack in Germany but this is a pretty notorious racetrack. At most tracks there are a handful of corners to learn and the job of finding the braking and turn in points, the maximum …
Read more »Review by Steerpike Prince of Persia Developer Ubisoft Montreal Publisher Ubisoft Montreal Released December 2, 2008 Available for Windows XP/Vista, Xbox 360 (version reviewed), PS3 Verdict: 2/5 Rotten Egg “…Prince of Persia is a lazy, careless game, both stubborn and annoying due to clumsy mechanics and constant repetition. It is neither innovative nor particularly fun …
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