I’ll start this article with a disclaimer – to truly examine the relationship between gaming and mainstream media, it’d probably take a University thesis, around 756 cigarettes, twelveteen source books and an ungodly amount of coffee. Instead, this article hopes to look at how gaming has been portrayed in the media recently and hopes to draw a few...

Dec 16, 2009

The post apocalyptic shooter, Rage, developed by id Software has just had its publishing rights nabbed by Bethesda, leaving its former publisher EA out in the cold. ZeniMax Media Inc is the parent company of both id Software and Bethesda, so it looks like every aspect of this game is going to be kept under the same corporate umbrella. We have been assured though...

Dec 15, 2009

Sega has released another gameplay trailer, this one focussing on enemy weapons for the quite frankly mental looking Bayonetta. It looks like you’ll be able to use the big, heavy and rather pointy looking tools that the baddies wield when you can pluck them from their cold, dead and horrifically mutilated fingers. In case you missed it a demo for the game was...

Dec 15, 2009

Format:Wii Unleashed: Out Now Publisher: EA Developer: Visceral Games Players: 1-2 Site: http://deadspace.ea.com/ The original Dead Space was essentially a refinement of Resident Evil 4. In that sense, Dead Space Extraction is a more ambitious title, opting to tackle an entire genre. In almost every way it succeeds, offering up the finest light-gun...

There’s no denying recent Apple products are all design classics. From the stunning iMac to the svelte iPod Touch, their products are things of beauty, but they also have great functionality and simplicity to go with their good looks. After some lean times, Apple really made a name for themselves with the release of the all-in-one iMac G3 computer. Its...