Archive for March, 2008

Embracing the Wii pt 2

March 31, 2008

This weekend allowed me to rub shoulders with the Wii once more as just before watching a largely forgettable movie, American Gangster I had the chance to play Wii Sports for the first time.
As I said recently I have tried out some Wii games but am still waiting for my own Wii system to turn [...]

Game Journalism 101 parts I-IV

March 31, 2008

part 1 - How do game journalists work with game companies?
part 2 - How do magazines and journalists become blacklisted by big game companies and publishers?
part 2 cont.
part 3 - the details on how to nail down exclusive coverage and how the deals are made.
part 4 - some of the back room dealings in the [...]

Gaming pages update 3

March 30, 2008

The PS3 page is now up…
IGN have a great 11 page article on GTA IV…you can find the link on Sweet Flags new PS3 under the Interesting views elsewhere header & it looks at the story, the creation of Niko, and the monumental task of creating the most realistic city ever seen in a video-game.
The [...]

A closer look at Spore

March 30, 2008

A short 2 minute behind the scenes look at Maxis & Spore.

With July being the proposed date for the Creature Editor Demo I really hope Maxis does a little more towards embracing the gaming playing public & allowing them some access to the game before then. We have been waiting such a long time [...]

Turning off the TV & can jogging get you a better dragon?

March 28, 2008

So TV is worse for your health than gaming?
It certainly seems that way but in its defence(like it needs one!) I am still have a love for TV. Maybe the fires are not as bright as the use to be but in recent years the depth of good TV shows has increased so I’m not [...]

Gaming pages update 2

March 28, 2008

Big grin time for me as both a PS3 & Wii making there way over. Both should arrive in April so you will notice that I’ll be covering games that are specific to those platforms very soon. I will still be covering PC games do not fear!
I’m splitting the gaming pages into 3: PC, Wii [...]

Wii Fit at the Play Away the Calories event, Dana Centre Thurs. 26th March 2008

March 27, 2008

A wet Wednesday night in London it may have been but it was worth the travel into the city to experience the first public showing of the Nintendo Wii game, Wii Fit. Some very well presented science was also on show at the Dana Centre with the event discussing on 3 levels, if gaming is [...]