It’s been something of a running joke now that the Vita has had a horrible launch and it never really picked up. The biggest running gag is the fact that the PlayStation Vita lacks any good games, to which, I can honestly disagree with. What is seems to have lacked though is a true system [...]
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Critical Hits: Caring about the female protagonist
We’ve heard it time and time again about female video game characters being sexualised. Unfortunately, no matter what medium of entertainment you look at, women are used as sex objects to sell things. Women at car shows, nude scenes in movies and in all honesty this list could get quite long. That isn’t what I’m [...]
WIN! A copy of Far Cry 3
In what will be the last major release of the year, Game-Smack Ireland has teamed up with Ubisoft to give away not one, but TWO copies of Far Cry 3. One copy will be for Xbox 360 and the other for PlayStation 3. How to enter? Simple. First you must like the Game-Smack Ireland page. [...]
COMPETITION: Win Assassin’s Creed III
Do you like games? Do you like assassin’s? Would you like the chance to win a game that features assassins? It’s you’re lucky day! Thanks to Ubisoft, I have a copy of Assassin’s Creed III to give away to one lucky fan. Set against the backdrop of the American Revolution in the late 18th century, [...]
Interview: Raul Rubio Munnarriz talks Deadlight
For those that don’t know, what is Deadlight? Tequila Works was founded in November 2009, when a group of old friends and talented veterans from Blizzard, MercurySteam, Weta, Triumph, SCEE and Pyro decided to focus on tasteful little creations. Something we could feel proud of. Most of us had worked together before, and our highlights include, among others, Diablo III, [...]
Demo Impressions: Resident Evil 6
So following on with the tiniest of relevance to the previous piece, along with Dragon’s Dogma you got a special code for a little demo for a game called Resident Evil 6. A much anticipated next step in the Resident Evil franchise. Usually when a game or a movie series gets to a sixth iteration, [...]
The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly: Dragon’s Dogma
So what happens when you get drunk with your good friend who runs a games website and you end up having a huge in-depth conversation about a particular game? Turns out you agree to write a piece for said website about that game on their website. Who knew? I’d like to begin by clarifying a [...]
Review: Bradygames Max Payne 3 Guide
If you play single-player games that offer any sort of challenge, chances are you’ve went online to aid you through a difficult spot or to find hidden collectibles to make the experience more smooth or to do everything there is to do in a game. So you may ask yourself the question: why are there [...]
Interview: Dear Esther’s Dan Pinchbeck
Where did the idea to create Dear Esther come from? It was part of a research project looking at different things you could do with narrative and gameplay in first-person games. We’d make a couple of mod, and Dear Esther was aimed at just looking at a really simple question – could you rip all [...]
Ghost Recon: Future Soldier beta impressions
It’s been almost five years since the last time we walked a mile in Ghost Recon’s shoes and after numerous delays, the next game in the franchise titled: “Ghost Recon: Future Soldier” is almost here. Ubisoft launched a multiplayer beta for people on Xbox 360 who bought Splinter Cell: Conviction two years ago or for [...]
