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Mass Effect 2 Review (Xbox 360)

4:51pm Friday 1st October 2010

Bioware has had a long run of making intense and interactive role playing games, and they won multiple game of the year awards with their Xbox 360 exclusive Mass Effect in 2007. After I played through the game, although I could feel the scope of their created world and recognised the acuity and foresight that went into every line of dialogue, I didn't feel that it had the expansive and immersive game play to back it up. My doubts over the quality of the franchise have been blown out of the water by its impressive sequel though.

A familiar face in gaming

4:41pm Friday 1st October 2010

Flying through the voids of space comes another Mario platform, this time storming to the Wii with twice the marketing force of the first.

Your mission at ilovesbees is...

10:27am Tuesday 22nd June 2010

I LOVEBEES.COM. Lonelygirl15 (YouTube member).

Wii need originality

4:34pm Monday 16th March 2009

The Wii is full of great games; all modern consoles are. But unfortunately, people who are new to gaming are short changed into buying titles that are sub-standard, but sell by the truckload. These titles are professionally known as “shovelware”, which means a game that is developed quickly and without any effort for a mass audience. As a game journalist I am charged with the responsibility of being fair to all titles, and there obviously is an appeal to these games if they sell so well, but often this is just because of a lack of knowledge from the buyer, someone who doesn’t know whether a title will be enjoyable or not. This is perfectly fine and natural of course, the point of the Wii is to bring everyone into gaming, but if quality has to be sacrificed to sell then it’s a rather shallow mission Truth is, is that often there are decent fun alternatives to the slop that is offered at the top of a counter in a gaming shop. The game “Big Beach Sports” is a compilation of sports mini games with tacked on controls and limited play value. It is shovelware at its most generic. The game itself has received a combined review score of 44%, which is a very low score in the gaming world (Generally anything below 70% is a chore.) However, its alternative, Wii sports, follows the exact same concept except its solid design and fun factor obtained the game a score of 76%. The funny thing is, is that the better game, Wii sports, comes free with the console.

Why game?

12:13pm Tuesday 20th January 2009

Running down the reasons why last decades most niche hobby, is this decades favourite past time!

Fallout 3 review

Fallout 3 review

11:05am Tuesday 13th January 2009

Oblivion the Elder Scrolls was Bethesda studios major breakthrough on the Xbox 360 and the PC.

Latest releases

Latest releases

2:38pm Wednesday 24th September 2008

HERE are the latest releases in the gaming world.



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Still, at least the elves have small hands and are good at the fiddly stuff. That’s why electronic toys usually come perfectly assembled, but if an ordinary person tries to take them apart all the bits spring out and vanish behind the sofa, in the pile of the carpet or among the seed in the budgie’s cage.  − Santa

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Is it too early to say we are now play-off contenders? I’m not 100 per cent sure either way just yet because we all know an injury to any key players could cost us, but it is looking more and more positive as the weeks go on. − Dan The Fan

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