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Portal (PS3)

One thing the current state of the game industry can be criticized for, aside from every violent act committed by a teenager, is ripping each other off to the point where you can pretty much guess the ending of the game from the box art. So when something comes along that has a glimmer of originality it's hard not to heap unconditional praise upon it (Assassins Creed) and unlike some other games (Assassins Creed) when that game is a sheer joy to play from beginning to end then it really is deserving of this praise. From the outset of Portal you'll chuckle away to yourself at the excellent writing and delivery you get from your unbalanced guide, which follows you right through the game and never dulls right up until the finale. And then there are the puzzles - and make no mistake this is a puzzle game, a first person puzzle game, clever eh? Well yes, in the simplicity of the concept at the very least. The core of the puzzle experience is to try to figure out how to get from a...

Ultimate 360 (Conversation)

lee says: have you heard about the ultimate 360, mmmmmmmmhhhhhhhhhhhhhh Jimmy 占 says: I know, sounds a bit silly to me, how many skus to they need Jimmy 占 says: also I don't see what is left to put on the thing Jimmy 占 says: HD drive would be pointless now Jimmy 占 says: wifi they should have done ages ago lee says: tell me this, hd has more memory tha standard dvd, so why didnt they just put games on hd discs Jimmy 占 says: ah well, see if they do that now it would piss off all the publishers who have already put the games on a dvd, would be like the megadrive, mega CD, 32x situation all over again lee says: tossers lee says: bloody microsoft Jimmy 占 says: they will have to wait until the 361 Jimmy 占 says: and use blueray disks, he he lee says: just as long as there are some decent games i dont mind

More off road joy for MotorStorm

Word has come down from ThreeSpeech that coming this Thursday you'll be able to purchase 2 new tracks for MotorStorm priced at £3.49. Thank goodness for Sony and their newly acquired Evolution Studios for showing other game developers how to create an unstoppable torrent downloadable goodness.