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Well do I remember the first time I met Ben. I’d written an article semi-attacking Roger Ebert for, you know, being Roger Ebert. And Ben, who’d apparently been a fan of my column, forwarded it to the great man, who in turn wrote me directly, politely agreed to disagree, and CC’d Ben on the missive. …

For Rock Paper Shotgun god Kieron Gillen, being one of the most highly respected games journalists in the world isn’t enough. OH NO, he has to write his own comics, and also write for Marvel. And now he writes video games. God dammit, Kieron, some of us are lazy. Would it kill you to be lazy? …

Evil Avatar reports that Blizzard’s just-released Starcraft 2 is getting some heat from consumers, who’ve criticized the game for being “unfinished” – in the sense that this first installment, Wings of Liberty, only represents the human campaign. The Protoss and Zerg campaigns will ship as their own games, at $60 apiece, like this one.

“Sounds like something you need to check out,” wrote my friend Ben Hoyt of 47Games. “Would love to hear your thoughts.” He was speaking of this. Ben’s a good guy; a far better writer, and a much crueler – though undoubtedly more genuine – critic than I. Being a game-maker himself, he’s very hard on them. …

Review by Mat C Limbo Developer PlayDead Studios Publisher Microsoft Game Studios Released 21 July 2010 Available for Xbox 360 Live Arcade Time Played Finished Verdict: 5/5 Gold Star “Limbo is, however, more than the sum of its parts. To wrap it up and put it in a neat and cliched package entitled “puzzle platformer” …

Oh wow. The bomb has just dropped, folks. With this year’s Comic-Con in full swing in San Diego, lead producers on two of the industry’s most revered fighting franchises have just announced what must surely go down as one of the most exciting collaborations of well, ever really. Tekken? Street Fighter? There’s only way to …

Review by Mat C Alan Wake Developer Remedy Entertainment Publisher Microsoft Game Studios Released 14 May 2010 (EU), 18 May 2010 (US) Available for Xbox 360 Time Played Finished Verdict: 5/5 Gold Star “That said however, Alan Wake is still an incredibly well put together package. From a technical stand point the game is perhaps …

I went to see the mind bending Inception the other night and came away with the same feeling I had after seeing The Matrix back in 1999. Inception is bold and exciting, and has an intensity only exasperated by Hans Zimmer’s unremitting score which seemed to be going full tilt for the entire duration of …

It has been a lifetime since I contributed to Tap, but Steerpike’s/Matt’s latest IGDA article called “The Facts of Life” got my blood boiling.  It had little to do with what Steerpike said, but a whole lot to do with the philosophy so current in our marketplace.  The article pointed out a series of glitches …

Microsoft have gone announcement mad, ladies and gentlemen. Having officially unveiled and named Kinect as a live and working (well, sort of) consumer product at this years E3 conference in June, the company have finally made their intentions clear with regards to pricing. I’m sure Microsoft’s PR department would like you to be surprised by the …