Mortals, The Alliance of Awesome rises again! Tap-Repeatedly. Bits ‘n’ Bytes Gaming. Electron Dance. This week, Joel “Harbour Master” Goodwin of Electron Dance wrangles much of the Alliance’s European Contingent outside the Eurogamer Expo. Semi-drunken interviews follow. Clicky the clicky to click another thing in which the podcast lurks. Highlights: thoughts on Guild Wars 2, on Rage, on Zelda: Skyward Sword, on Skyrim, on great-looking indies, and much more. All delivered to you from the …
Lead Guild Wars 2 content designer, Colin Johanson, managed to find a little spare time in his very busy Eurogamer Expo schedule to sit down and chat with me about all things Guild Wars 2. Here is how we got on…
Followers of the official Tap Repeatedly Twitter feed (accept no imitations) may have noticed a brief spat this afternoon regarding a well known mainstream blog perhaps saying more than it should have about the upcoming Batman: Arkham City. To cut a dull story short, it seems the more established gaming press have recently been treated to an extended hands on session with The Dark Knight’s latest outing, and with embargoes clearly lifting at around 3pm …
Review by Matt “Steerpike” Sakey Deus Ex: Human Revolution Developer Eidos Montreal Publisher Square Enix Released August 23, 2011 Available for PC (version reviewed), PS3, 360 Time Played Finished; 20-ish hours Verdict: 4/5 Thumb Up “Human Revolution is a thoughtful shooter, and a great example of that rare but wonderful breed. Other games could learn from this one.“
I have been waiting a long time for Guild Wars 2. Years in fact. To finally get my hands on one of the most anticipated games of recent times was a mix of fear and excitement. I suddenly thought to myself as I approached the booth: “What if I don’t actually like it?”…
Out of boredom, to help a friend, or in the sense of pure exploration, I occasionally play social games on Facebook. Technically, I’m among the correct demographic for them, except for the part where I’m a self-identified gamer. So checking out the trends in these games is a matter of interest to me. Often these social games have some element of crop-growing or gardening in them, which seems to be capitalizing partially off the major …
The idea of playing games to solve problems in real life may seem far-fetched to some. The stereotypes that exist for games (and gamers) aren’t very positive; to add to that problem, the concept of games that inform and educate is often undercut by poor use of semantics or improper context. These problems often occur when talking about so-called “serious games,” two words that should never exist in the same phrase together. Listeners are left …
Review by Mike “Scout” Gust The Beaver Director Jodie Foster Writer Kyle Killen Starring Mel Gibson, Jodie Foster, Anton Yelchin, Jennifer Lawrence Released May 19, 2011 By Summit Entertainment, Participant Media Verdict: 2/5 Rotten Egg “This whole damn thing left me scratching my head. Foster directs and acts with a five foot wide brush. “
Apologies to all visitors who arrived at Casa de Tap only to find the doors barred in the past couple of weeks. Our host is experiencing an intermittent and mysterious problem, but promises to work it out. Downtimes should be transient. In the interim, if you see anything weird about the site, or it’s down for a long time, please don’t hesitate to email steerpike@tap-repeatedly.com. It’s probably his fault anyway.
The annual trade show circuit may be drawing to a close at this time of year, but for those of us in the UK the fun is only just beginning. The Earls Court exhibition centre in London has today opened its doors for this year’s Eurogamer Expo, the largest event of its kind on our shores and a valuable opportunity for the UK-based press and gamers to get their hands on the latest wares from …
If there’s one thing I’m quickly learning about PC gaming, it’s that the sales never stop. Ever. Something is always on sale somewhere, and often services such as Steam will throw up ridiculous sales seemingly for no apparent reason. Take today for example. Here I am with my wallet thinking what a cheap day it’s been, having spent nothing but £1.42 on a sandwich for breakfast. I’m happy, my wallet is happy and my bank …
Attending a large college is somewhat of an interesting experience; students who lived at home are both relieved at the freedom they now experience and yet stranded from everything familiar to them. Fortunately for students, most universities seem to develop groups of every imaginable category (and if it doesn’t exist, chances are that someone out there would be willing to join). While many are shy about making new friends, these groups seem to be the …
Free to play is the new trend in MMORPGs. Just yesterday, plans were announced to make DC Universe Online a free to play MMO this October. Meanwhile, the oldest superhero MMO, City of Heroes is proceeding with free-to-play plans, though no official launch date has been set. Since I still have an active City of Heroes account, I got “VIP” access this week to the preview launch of City of Heroes Freedom, which is the …
Remember how back when I posted that it was hot I said I was busy in real life and that was totally interfering with my usual schedule of being around on the site I should arguably be responsible for maintaining? That was totally true, yo. So true in fact that it’s not even hot any more and I’m still too busy to, you know, pay attention to Tap. I’m really sorry about that.
Luckily I have many fine contributors and the ability to recycle my own content from other sites. Thus do I give you the latest installment of Culture Clash, which is a little incoherent on account of the busy – something about hearts breaking, and I think childhood. Harbour Master is mentioned in there as well. I dunno. It made sense when I wrote it. Enjoy! I’ll be back in like three months.
At the beginning of September, 100% Certified Member of the Alliance of Awesome and Tap-Repeatedly compadre BnB Gaming hosted their first annual Celebration of Games, a weeklong festival that aimed to celebrate everything great about gaming but more specifically this year: what made us dungeon-dwelling dweebs gamers. Rather than hashing together more words of my own I’ll hand it over to Martin Watts, BnB Gaming Editor-in-Chief: Though some may tut or roll their eyes in …