Codemasters and racing games just go together. Whether it’s Micro Machines or the Dirt series their games always work and work well, but could the transition to the iPhone prove as successful? Unfortunately the outlook isn’t good.
F1 2011 offers plenty of modes including Time Trial, Grand Prix and Championship mode. In Grand Prix mode you can just jump straight into a race at any circuit and decide whether to play through a full race weekend, a short one or just get straight to the tarmac. This is a good place to get used to racing with other drivers as well as getting used to the new locations including the new Indian Grand Prix.
In World Championship you get to race as any driver from the 2011 season. There is no career mode here so if you just want to race at Red Bull you can; it’s a shame they decided … Read More.
I have returned! For those just watching on Midlife Gamer there hasn’t been a missed day since the start. For those eager beavers following me on YouTube I’ve been inactive for two days. I really needed the break, all will to play this cocking game was sapped out of my soul. Alas it is Friday night, the missus us out, I have red wine and no work tomorrow, let’s go. I’ve had the most fin today since episode 7, but for completely different reasons. Ep7 was a puzzle-solving masterpiece, however, today you will see something quite different. Stick this one out with me, persistence will always pay off in the end.
Note: Parental advisory, excessive language and talk of 90′s trance groups.
Apologies for the blank segment in yesterday’s episode, you see, Sony Vegas 11 really isn’t as stable as Vegas 10. I record the game footage with trusty Fraps and insert the 4 minute segments into Vegas. From there I sync that up with my local voice recording and then I have to render. Rendering is taking all the various segments and other pieces and crunching it down into a package: the final movie file which I then upload to Youtube. Typically rendering a 30 minute video @480p will take about 30 minutes. Ironically it is faster to render a 720p video than 480p, probably due to Vegas 11 having CUDA support: the ability to let my graphics card do the work instead of my CPU, a much faster process and easily largest advantage over Vegas 10.
But there are bugs. Sometimes Vegas will randomly not see a segment of the video, … Read More.
Fighting games have come a long way since the release of Soul Calibur IV back in 2008. In fact for fighting fans I think this has been a very good generation to be into the genre. Now Soul Calibur V is here. Has it managed to keep up with its rivals who have raised the bar so high in the last few years alone? Or is this just more of the same that we saw four years ago? To be honest it’s a bit of both but to fans of the series I have to say you will not be disappointed with what this game has to offer.
I have always found the Soul Calibur games to be very easy to pick up and play. The combos aren’t overly complicated which is a huge plus as it makes for a nice learning curve. I’ve found with other fighting games – … Read More.
Good episode today. Good for me anyhow as some deductive thinking and problem solving yields results in a game normally satisfied with kicking you in the groin. I believe the F count is well under 200, if I carry on this way I may even get that explicit tag removed!
Note: Parental advisory, explicit language and problem solving on a grand scale.
A-hoy-hoy there and welcome to a new, regular review and general chit-chat article about a recently released demo. In these ‘Demo Dissections’ I will be giving you my views and opinions about the demo and what we might expect from the full game when it is released.
So kids, these demonstrations dissections will be across as many platforms as possible and will be very ‘spoilerific’ of the demo’s content. But don’t worry, when we get to that point, I will give you forewarning. As we all know, game demos have been with us for quite some time and they have delighted and sadden us along the way. I will always remember getting my first floppy demo disks from my Atari ST magazines, which seemed to be attached to the front of the magazine by sellotape or just simply stolen, and loving the playable introduction into a game that might very … Read More.
This game is getting to me. When I was walking the dog yesterday I tried to double-jump up the kerb. Thankfully the controller messed up and I just stepped up it as normal. At work I’ve been feeling better, less moody. I’ve two possible theories why this has occured:
1. Having a relatively quiet space to legitimately vent my excess aggression against the game relieves overall stress levels.
2. No matter how hard it gets at work, I know it could be so much worse in the land of The Guy.
However well I feel at other times though, I feel like a rat bastard while I’m playing this infernal game. I mean, who makes a game like this?!
Note: Parental advisory, explicit language, graphic themes and talk of the neighbours.
I used to think counting to five was easy. Well it is easy, until you bang your bastard head against a solid wall for 30 minutes. I used to do all sorts of things, laugh, smile and occasionally whistle. The only sound coming from me now is the hissing between my teeth. You know the story, same old same old.
Note: Parental advisory, filthy language and themes not suitable for the mentally challenged.
Don’t get me wrong I like a challenge. I like to be frustrated to a certain extent with videogames. Who doesn’t? Obviously being a ‘Midlife Gamer’ I will always remember Saturday evenings, sitting crossed legged in front of the TV, shouting at the frog in Frogger; “Come on!” I would scream “Stop messing about and jump!” but there would always be a horrific case of road kill, or mistiming a jump in Sonic and landing on a crab’s claw only to see your rings spill out in every direction. Ah, those where the days.
Jump N Roll is, when you take away the smooth graphics and quite impressive music, an old school game at heart. Like Frogger it feeds that repetitive, ‘get to the end of the level’ urge. Yet with its coin and diamond collecting, it reminded me of a stressful Sonic game as well. What it also incorporates … Read More.
We present DVD Screensavers, music genre confusion and a miracle… in Comic Sans.
What have we been playing?
Matt completes Saints Row: The Third, and joins Daren in sharing their thoughts on The Darkness II Demo.
Daren discovers his new toilet iOS game, Temple Run, talks up the sensual iPad game Fingle and reviews the JAMBOX speaker by Jawbone.
In the news
No confirmed Diablo 3 release date but the console version is mostly confirmed, Resident Evil 6 and Mario Party 9 announced, Max Payne and X-Com shooter delays, Fallout: New Vegas ultimate edition details, Alienware PC / console love-child, Age of Booty coming to mobile and Mass Effect 3 to launch with Origin requirement.
Soundtrack of our gaming lives
In this episode,Daren selects the self-titled track from the upcoming Syndicate.
In addition you get the usual suspects; Retail Roundup, New Releases, DLC and the Sexy Quiz.
Subscribe to the show on iTunes & leave us a … Read More.
Welcome to Spoiler Alert, a new monthly podcast where Greg Giddens and two guests talk about a recently released game in-between pointing fun at each other.
This month is all about Saints Row The Third.
In this show the trio, Greg Giddens, Neale Jarrett (Baron Von Pleb) and Mike Hirst share their experience with this crazy sandbox city title. Prepare yourselves for an hour of anecdotes and crazy stories which may entice you back to this great, utterly bonkers, game.
Of course it’s called Spoiler Alert for a reason, so expect stories about certain quests, and occurrences which you may not have experienced yourself.
So enjoy the podcast and continue to share your own adventures in the forums and the posts below.
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A bunch of the stellar voice cast from Mass Effect 3 have been gathered together for the latest trailer.
Martin Sheen, Seth Green, Tricia Helfer, Ali Hillis, Keith David and Jennifer Hale talk briefly about their return to the series, meanwhile new to the cast, Freddie Prinze Jr. talks abouts voicing new squadmate James Vega and Jessica Chobot introduces us to the character she’s lending her voice to, Diana Allers.
Antman Rages: Episode 9
February 4th, 2012 by Anthony Bate
I have returned! For those just watching on Midlife Gamer there hasn’t been a missed day since the start. For those eager beavers following me on YouTube I’ve been inactive for two days. I really needed the break, all will to play this cocking game was sapped out of my soul. Alas it is Friday night, the missus us out, I have red wine and no work tomorrow, let’s go. I’ve had the most fin today since episode 7, but for completely different reasons. Ep7 was a puzzle-solving masterpiece, however, today you will see something quite different. Stick this one out with me, persistence will always pay off in the end.
Note: Parental advisory, excessive language and talk of 90′s trance groups.
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