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Windows Phone 7: The Battle for Hoth

0 comments By Steven Wilson-Beales Filed in microsoft Tagged with , , December 2nd, 2010 @ 9:14 PM

I knew as soon as I loaded the THQ Star Wars game on my Windows Phone that I was going to get addicted to it. With so much snow falling in the UK at the moment it’s pretty apt. I’ve not seen any AT-ATs in Sevenoaks yet but I’ll know exactly what to do after completing this game.

I couldn’t find a clip in English – but you’ll get the idea. I might even ask for The Empire Strikes Back DVD to be on my Xmas list this year. ‘Luke, I am your father..’ WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT?!! And when you first saw that opening battle scene on Hoth, amazing.

I am a true child of the 70s.

MSN launches new MSN Games channel

0 comments By Steven Wilson-Beales Filed in msn Tagged with , , , , , , , , October 22nd, 2010 @ 2:34 PM

MSN today launches a new MSN Games channel www.msn.co.uk/games that will provide a real focus on a wide a range of gaming content, encompassing lifestyle and family titles, as well as releases for the more hardcore gamers. Gaming editorial on MSN is currently supported by the Tech & Gadgets channel but as part of the refresh, all existing content will be taken out of MSN Tech & Gadgets and merged into the new channel.

While continuing to cover hardcore gaming titles like “Grand Theft Auto”, “Forza” and “Halo”, MSN Games will also focus on casual gamers and more family-orientated games, such as Guitar Hero, Mario Kart, Animal Crossing and Sims, as well as the best in free online games, including Bejewelled and Mah Jong Tiles.

Celebrity gamer and comedian, Iain Lee, will continue to provide his expert opinion in his hugely successful, monthly podcast, GameCast. MSN Games will also include weekly updates of the UK games chart, the latest gaming news, reviews, previews of forthcoming releases, as well as regular polls, user challenges and exciting ‘best of’ features.

Steven Wilson-Beales, MSN Games Content Manager, said: “MSN is delighted to be able to offer users a channel that is dedicated to the gaming industry. The gaming industry has evolved. It was once a place only for hardcore gaming, but now it’s for them and all the family. Research shows there are a huge number of gamers who own consoles and regularly play games, but do not consider themselves hardcore gamers. We wanted to create a channel that reflects the needs and interests of both these categories and have paid particular attention to the console market, to provide current content that is engaging, relevant and most importantly, enjoyable for the user.”

MSN Games has been created with casual and hardcore gamers in mind, following the success of the Gamer hub, which attracted 975,000 unique users monthly in the UK(1). For view the new channel, go to www.msn.co.uk/games.

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Games Advertising IAB 2010

0 comments By Steven Wilson-Beales Filed in entertainment, strategy Tagged with , , , September 16th, 2010 @ 10:27 AM

Useful overview of why advertisers should start looking at Games to reach their audience. Not really rocket science but some interesting stats quoted.

OMG! Attack of the Mutant Camels!

0 comments By Steven Wilson-Beales Filed in random, video Tagged with , , May 14th, 2010 @ 5:32 PM

Bloody hell, I spent hours playing this game once. What a complete sad-o!

Computer games rule ok, go to 10, run

0 comments By Steven Wilson-Beales Filed in media Tagged with , , , , , , January 30th, 2010 @ 10:42 PM

So, every Christmas I dust off the Xbox 360, connect to the plasma screen and start playing the latest BIG game of the moment. Right from beginning  I get completely hooked, reminding me of happier times when all I had to care about was getting the next pizza in and who was going to pay for the beer. That’s right. Student life was tough.

This time round the game was Assassin’s Creed 2. After about two weeks I completed it and basked in the glory of tremendous self satisfaction. Well, sort of. Although I’d reached the end of the game and seen the final credits, I had in fact only completed 90%  – as the game insisted on reminding me. I now have to ‘waste’ another two weeks of my life because there’s still people to meet and puzzles to crack. I’ve calculated that to achieve ultimate nirvana with my extra 10% I need to spend another two weeks pursuing these pixels. It’s sad, I know, but I just might end up doing it.

You see, for me, it’s not the game at all that gets me hooked. I only need some vague rumour of a plot, some rough pixelated outline of a character or dull plod of a soundtrack and I’m in there raving with the best of them.

Why? Because I remember the days of Commodore 64 cassette tapes. I remember struggling for thirty minutes trying to get the bloody thing to load. I remember staring at the cassette cover wishing that the artwork displayed would match the pathetic pixels I eventually saw on the screen. What you saw was always something different, but the games never really disappointed. You still played for two, four or six hours a day. Because, gaming was new and exciting. And it’s still new and exciting.

I love it. Computer/console games rule ok.

gauntlet ingame 300x227 Computer games rule ok, go to 10, run

Gauntlet: I used to spend hours playing this game.

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Assassin’s Creed 2: I used to spend hours playing this game. I may spend more.

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