Well blow me down it appears that I was utterly and completely wrong. I have been telling everyone not to expect a local price cut as we have already had a large one and are very competitively priced at the moment. However Microsoft seems to want to make it even easier to get into HD gaming and to be honest …

I think this is getting a little out of hand now. First we had Wii Fit which wasn’t really a game but I guess it’s a nice gimmick, then we saw the awesomely terrible Wii Music and I honestly thought that the Wii games couldn’t get any worse. Now we get, Let’s Tap which is a new game from Nintendo …

PlatinumGames, the developers of Mad World, have stated that at the moment there aren’t any plans to release Mad World in any of the censorship heavy countries like Germany, Australia or Japan… I didn’t even know Japan was censorship heavy. Honestly I don’t blame them at all, they have an art style and plan for their game and I see …

I completely missed Part 1 of this documentary series but have managed to track it down and you can find it through this link… My obsessions with LittleBigPlanet is getting out of hand now and this game really needs to be released so I can move on. But how do I know it’s going to break my heart by shipping …

Sony and Insomniac Games are looking for you, yes you, no I’m not joking. Today, Sony put out an open call for gamers to join the Resistance 2 public beta. Sony didn’t reveal specifics for when the test will begin, but it did say that players would be testing the 60-player competitive battles as well as an online co-op campaign …

KOTOR, which is used for short to describe the Star Wars role playing game The Knights of the old Republic, was an incredible franchise with many fans and followers on the original Xbox as well the PC. Many fans have cried out in the past in the hope that another KOTOR title will soon be made, with a few feeling let down when we were given Mass Effect instead. While Mass Effect proved to be a phenomenal game, there is still that burning desire to jump back into a galaxy far, far, away. While EA head honcho John Riccitiello already let slip in the past that Bioware and Lucasarts are working on a new MMO ( Massively Multiplayer Online) title, there has never actually been an official announcement. All of that could change very soon. News of an upcoming announcement has popped up in a UK paper, The Daily Star. CVG now reports that: "A column that appeared last Saturday reports that the rag is soon off to San Francisco to 'file an exclusive report on the game', after stating that BioWare is working on 'a MMO of Knights of the Old Republic'." I sincerely hope that this actually happens because a KOTOR MMO, with Bioware and Lucasarts behind the developement will have potential to blow us clear off of our couches. Please, oh pretty please, be true.

The issue that we all face is that with game prices being what they are, not everyone can afford to splash out on every game that interests them and in many cases, gamers and consumers in general are left to the opinions and impressions of a game reviewer to let them know whether or not a title will be worth their hard earned money.... As a game reviewer, albeit one that is fairly new to the game, I understand that I have a responsibility to our readers to give them a fair and truthful impression of my experience with a game. Even though experiences will change from person to person, we still have the ability to explain the games' positive and negative sides and give the reader a good idea of what he will be getting himself into if he decides to purchase that game. While all the above is required for a game reviewer to do a decent job, there is one thing that reviewers seemed to have forgotten, an important element that makes up the very reason that we play games in the first place: Fun.... Is it because the gaming industry has grown so much, adding more pressure to reviewers as they realise that their words are being read by more and more people everyday?... More importantly, most gamers actually get the time to fully experience the games that they play as opposed to being hammered with a ridiculous deadline that destroys any chance of allowing the reviewer to actually enjoy it to it's fullest. We also need to ask how important any technical aspects of a game are and whether or not they give us sufficient reason to recommend or condemn a game. Now we all know about the age old debate of how important graphics are to a game but I am speaking about something completely different.... While I would never defend a company that has not done a great job of ensuring a flawless experience, one must wonder whether or not a few minor issues are enough to completely shoot down a game, especially if the game is still a whole lot of fun. One has to wonder if some of the seasoned reviewers out there have actually fallen so deep down into the business side of the gaming industry that their views have become jaded. If you take the new Lucasarts effort, The Force Unleashed, you will see that many reviewers have claimed that the gameplay is no fun and that the force powers don't feel as fun as they should. Back in the real world, I have now had the chance to speak to a couple of everyday gamers who have been playing through the game and to tell you the truth, I have yet to meet anyone who hasn't told me that they are having a nothing but a great heap of fun with the game and the force powers.... Reading through many of the review summaries on Metacritic, I have to wonder what reviewers are so scared of lately.... What I am seeing lately is that I will read through two dozen review summaries that all leave me with a positive outlook on the game.... EGM and 1UP have now switched to a letter grading system (A+, C- etc.) because they feel it gives a better indication of the games' worth and also puts it into a grading system that many of us can relate to.

This is just a quickie… er no not that sort, this is just a quick reminder of our TNA iMPACT competition that is currently running. To stand a chance of winning your very own copy of TNA iMPACT for the PS3 all you need to do is send me a picture of one of the stars of TNA iMPACT along …