Will Brierley

Tron: Evolution

Tron: Evolution is the "first port of call" for those who've seen - and loved - Tron: Legacy
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Posted Feb. 2, 2011

Fallout New Vegas

As a final year masters student, I should have kept away from the likes of _Fallout New Vegas_; trying to blast through a game that offers tens of hours of gameplay for review while simultaneously keeping up with course work and generally having a life is an extremely challenging task....
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Posted Nov. 17, 2010

First Impressions: Bulletstorm

Out of all the games previewed here, _Bulletstorm_ is the one you’re least likely to have heard of. Although not a sequel, it does have some pedigree behind it; Epic Games, the studio behind the extremely successful _Gears of War_ franchise, own a majority stake in Bulletstorm’s developers, People Can...
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Posted Nov. 3, 2010

First Impressions: Killzone 3 (in 3D)

3D is what movie execs and TV manufacturers the world over are hoping to be the next big thing but I really can’t see it catching on anytime soon. If you’ve been travelling round the Congo for the last year or so, you might have missed the “entertainment event of...
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Posted Nov. 3, 2010

First Impressions: Gran Turismo 5

Is it just me or does anyone else think that the previous _Gran Turismo_ games were horrendously boring? I love driving games and have always played through the _GT_ titles, mainly for the progression and the incredibly detailed and varied collection of cars, but the races are just so tedious....
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Posted Nov. 3, 2010

First Impressions: Fallout New Vegas

My playthrough of _New Vegas_ started in an isolated area of the game’s locale, an excessively large map of a devastated Vegas, and while it was great to be playing some more _Fallout_, it was immediately clear that this game will be more _Fallout 3.5_ than a fully fleshed out...
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Posted Nov. 3, 2010

Halo: Reach

Offering a fantastic range of competitive and cooperative multiplayer modes, Halo: Reach is an excellent game only let down by a somewhat underwhelming single player campaign.
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Posted Oct. 5, 2010

Joe Danger

Students are usually described as being lazy and, while this stereotype generally annoys me, it’s definitely true at the end of the third term. Exams are finished and I am free to do, and more importantly play, whatever I like; I could continue with _Final Fantasy 13_ or start one...
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Posted Jun. 29, 2010

ModNation Racers

The _Boar_ takes a good, long look at ModNation Racers, the newest in Sony's Play-Create-Share line-up
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Posted Jun. 8, 2010

God of War III

The _God of War_ franchise is held by many as the pinnacle of the third person action-adventure genre, incorporating deep combat mechanics and an epic story based heavily on Greek mythology. _God of War III_ is the most recent addition to the franchise that continues the story of Kratos, a...
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Posted Apr. 27, 2010

Plain Sight

With robots, swords, jumping, dashing, killing and exploding, Plain Sight is the perfect distraction from revision.
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Posted Apr. 17, 2010

Battlefield Bad Company 2

Taking the fight to Modern Warfare 2, does Bad Company 2 overthrow the competition and take the crown as the definitive first person shooter? The Boar’s full review reveals all.
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Posted Mar. 16, 2010