Some of you may recall Killzone 2 Craziness - Ben Dutka Goes eXtreme on Edge Magazine, my blog post about PSXExtreme Ben Dutka's rant against Edge's 7/10 Killzone 2 review. Well, another Sony flagship title, Gran Turismo 5, also received the 7/10 treatment from Edge. Of course, it goes with out saying that Edge was hardly alone in their criticisms of the game, with areas such as the interface and lack of consistency in car models coming under fire various publications.

Recently, I...

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Please see my previous blog post: My Game Studio - Farmsoft.

OK, I'm still hooked on Game Dev Story. This time I decided to take on the challenge of a strictly PC-only developer. Also, I wanted to follow in the footsteps of the many fine Japanese PC developers by focusing mainly on dating simulations. It wasn't as difficult as I thought it would be but the growth of my company was definitely a bit slower. Somewhat unintentionally, I ended up producing a million-seller Fantasy RPG...

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Like much of the internet, I've been enjoying Game Dev Story. As a simulation it has a lot of flaws but I still found it a lot of fun to visualise the type of studio I was creating. I might have started out planning to make the next Halo-killer but, and this is one thing the game gets right, I quickly realised that I had a lot of limitations on what I could do. I was never a fan of the Gameboy back in the day but, somewhat unintentionally, the Gameboy ended up being the foundation of Farmsoft's...

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Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker!


I had a Mountain Dew craving the other day and was surprised when the vending machine spat these out. I actually tried for a 3rd character but just got a standard can. Oh well!

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For the second time I've tried to get into this series, this time with Fable 2. I can definitely see a lot of improvement over the first one. The British accents aren't quite so thick, it's a genuinely pretty game, and a lot more of the promise of a sandbox to play in seems to have been realized. In fact, the most fun I've had with Fable 2 was with working some of the part time jobs, buying up real estate, doing the side quests, and interacting with the villagers. Not everything is right with the...

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