I mentioned yesterday in the comments section that I wasn’t overly impressed with the PSN store update which is why I posted nothing about it. Apparently that makes me a 360 fanboy so I thought I might as well rectify my oversight. The video above is a GameTrailers.com video review of the new features in the PlayStation store. What really …

I have loved Thursday’s ever since Zero Punctuation came onto the scene…. This week he reviews Condemned 2: Bloodshot and in my opinion it is possibly his second best review ever. Nothing beats his console review. If you are not a fan of bad plot spoilers then don’t watch this one, else if you have played the game already or …

The first ever direct-feed screenshot of Gears of War 2 has made it's way onto the net. The full shot as well as some concept work can be found here . Also check out the preview for Gears of War 2 that they put together to see some of the new characters as well as an interesting piece of concept art for what looks to be the style for the redesign of the popular multiplayer map, Gridlock.

Gaming news site videogaming247 had an article today about how the Irish GTA IV television ad makes no mention of the PS3. Hmmm, interesting you might think, what could this mean. It means nothing, thats what. Let me explain, at the end of the advert, we are given the pricing of the game, we are then given the separate price of a console, brought home with an xbox 360 live logo. Now, it is obvious that this is in fact, an ad that has been put out there my Microsoft and not by 2K games or the local distributors in Ireland. So it's pretty simple then, Microsoft wouldn't mention their competitor in an advert that they paid for themselves. How did nobody notice this?

Recently, whattheyplay.com , a site designed to help parents decide what their children should and shouldn't play, held a poll asking what type of content in games parents find most offensive. As you can see, the poll results were very interesting. Two men kissing and a man and a woman having sex are apparently more offensive than a graphically severed human head? Apparently swearing doesn't really matter, so f*** it, I won't even go into that one. Thank goodness, Martha, little Timmy is a convicted murder, but at least he didn't turn out to be a young father or a homosexual...... I know it's an exaggeration, but seriously? Now, excuse for maybe looking a little too deeply into this, but I think I may be onto something. We all know that the world is becoming desensitized to violence, heck, we see it in the news every day.... This brings me to sexual content, do parents find it more offensive or dangerous to their children's future? Or is it that they realise that it may lead to their children enquiring about it, ultimately lending up in a discussion about "the birds and the bees".... My point is that I sincerely hope that parents aren't subconsciously voting and focusing on the content that involves them actually having to take responsibility and exert a bit of effort. A lot of parents treat videogames like a new age babysitter, just plonk the kid in front of the TV with a controller in his hand and the afternoon is sorted. I ask you now though, with that in mind, would you prefer your child to walk in on the baby sitter doing the bedroom boogie with their partner, or have him walk in on him/her holding a severed head thats dripping blood onto a lifeless, headless, body? I know which one would mess me up for life, that's for sure. Comments from any readers who are parents will be appreciated.

GameTrailers.com has posted an overview of Gran Turismo 5 which gives the people who haven’t yet played this game a nice look at exactly what it entails. It isn’t a review as such as they don’t discuss anything in detail, but rather just gives you a very good overview of what GT5 Prologue includes and where it is going. That …

We should have sympathy for the developer out there. It’s not an easy gig and comes with a lot of pressure – specifically from the publisher who signed you. But we should also give a nod to the publishers that throw lots of money at potential big-hit games – and lose quite a lot when a game wobbles or folds. …

So the price cut is in full swing now and I have to admit I am hugely suprised at the complete and total lack of movement on the Xbox 360 side. It has become so noticeable now that I can only feel that Microsoft are preparing something big… Any price cut instantly sparks a spike in sales that lasts for …