Category: Reflection

Heroes of Nostalgia: Crash Bandicoot

6/23/2014

By Stephen David Hyland

Spinning onto our AV channels in 1996, the Crash series made its debut on the PlayStation with the platformer adventure game, simply entitled Crash Bandicoot. This first game of the now well-known and loved series of Crash games gave us an idea of what was to come. Whilst the future of the series has been uncertain since 2008, as Crash has appeared in a number of exclusive mobile game since then - we still have a whole history of this series to look back on.

Five best consoles of the nineties

6/18/2014

By Paul Robert Scott

People have very different views on the 1990’s. Some remember it with the kind of fondness that you can only get from growing up in a more optimistic age, while others cringe at the very thought of Brit-pop and curtained hair. Personally I prefer to think of the nineties as a ten-year, acid-fuelled rave; where everyone got so drunk they were no longer responsible for their own actions. However for all of the things we’d rather forget or chalk up to the intemperance of a ten-year millennium party, you have to admit that it was a fantastic age for gaming.

A Brief History: The Nintendo GameCube (2001 - 2007)

6/17/2014

By Daniel Lamb

“Genesis does what Nintendon’t” was the slogan used to market the Sega Genesis back in the late eighties and early nineties against its fiercest rival, the Super Nintendo. Cute, I think you’ll agree. But as it turned out, what Sega did that Nintendidn’t… was perish. In actual fact, Nintendo did what they continue to do, they adapted and they survived. Indeed, the Nintendo-Sega console war of the eighties and nineties was a real knock-down, drag-out, slobber-knocker of a showdown, but when the dust had cleared and all was said and done, it was Nintendo who were left standing tall.

IWG at E3 - Personal Highlights

6/16/2014

By the IWG Games Team

So the excitement of E3 is over for another year, and we took the opportunity to ask some of our writers what they thought of the recent conferences and if there was a clear winner this year. Despite the differing opinions, everyone seems to be in agreement that EA's conference just blatantly sucked.

Looking Back - Assassin's Creed: Liberation HD

6/13/2014

By Ben Mapp

E3 is reaching its end, but thanks to Ubisoft we have been left with serious hints as to the future of Assassin's Creed. With the series making its next-gen debut this October with Unity, I'm taking the opportunity to take a detailed look back at one of the franchise's most lesser-played titles.

Originally unveiled as Assassin’s Creed III: Liberation and released exclusively to the PS Vita in 2012, this game is arguably one of the obscurer entries into the series. It features a female Assassin named Aveline who – exerting all of her skills in combat, disguise and infiltration – must expose a conspiracy concerning slaves in her hometown of New Orleans.

Overly Sexualised Gaming #2 - The Art of Cosplay

6/12/2014

By Ben Mapp

You didn't really think we were done connecting sex to video games, did you?

This time we're focusing on something which is very close to our hearts over here at IWG. Also, and perhaps more importantly, we needed an excuse to put 'sexy cosplay' into Google Images just one more time...

(Possibly NSFW)

D-Day: The ethics of war games

6/6/2014

By Ben Mapp

We can all agree that war is a terrible, terrible thing. Yet we pour it into our fiction too as a means of escapism, alongside other popular genres such as adventure, fighting and puzzle games. How do we distract ourselves from the horrors of war?

...Well, by playing war-themed video games of course!

The readership - Your favourite games of all-time

6/2/2014

The IWG Games Team

Last week we asked you, the readers, to tell us about your most favourite game of all-time. We received such an overwhelming response via our social networking channels afterwards and have narrowed down to just a select few we found to be the most compelling.

So did your favourite make the cut? Find out here!

Last-gen gems

5/31/2014

By IWG Games Team

Last generation saw a welcome rise in unique storytelling, enriching gameplay and ultimately some of the most engaging and unforgettable gaming experiences to date. If, like most of us, you still can't afford a next-gen console then why not take a gander at some of last gen's most compelling contributions? We've visited a wide range of genres during our search, and here are our eight final choices.

The Legend of Zelda - The Wii U Waker

5/29/2014

By Luke Kirby

It’s been almost three years since Nintendo fans were teased with a tech-demo of The Legend of Zelda on Wii U. We were shown a Twilight Princess graphical-style, in glorious HD. It showed an immense battle between Ghoma and Link ensue within a vast and ancient hall. Nintendo went on to highlight some of the capabilities the 'new' gamepad had to offer in at E3 such as changing the time of day to demonstrate new lighting effects, as well as switching camera angles. But there hasn’t been much information at all since. However Eiji Anouma promised he would say more about the new Zelda Wii U title to IGN at E3 in 2014, and my body is ready.

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