We review Square-enix's Mindjack

As a games reviewer, you’re often afforded the opportunity to play games you’d otherwise never pay attention to. More often than not, the reason you’ve never given them a second glance is that they’re downright awful; cheap, nasty cash-ins by third rate studios that shouldn’t have gone further than being an idea knocking about in the developers’ heads. Sometimes though, …

One of my picks from E3 was Ubisoft’s fitness title, Your Shape: Fitness Evolved, and I was very interested to see the full title in a non controlled location. Lets get this straight right from the beginning though, this is a fitness title. This isn’t a game and if you were hoping for a game that made you fit then …

When I stood up to review Fighters Uncaged I knew what I was getting into, I had heard the rumours about how the game is a bit repetitive, had a huge training routine and was also not very good at capturing your movement. Generally I don’t like knowing this sort of thing about a game before a review but in …

Donkey Kong Country is a franchise that unfortunately isn’t particularly well known in this country. It found its genesis on the Super Nintendo, developed by now Microsoft-owned Rare. It quickly catapulted its way in to gamers’ hearts, becoming one of the console’s hallmark titles; thanks to its venerated game play and – for the time – revolutionary visuals. And though …

Microsoft is treating the Kinect not as an extra peripheral you can add onto your Xbox 360 but as an entirely new console launch and way to play gaming; something they anticipate will keep the 360 moving for at least another couple of years. Do they have a winner on their hands or is the Kinect going to be the …

Gran Turismo 5 wasn’t the only racing title release recently with NFS: Hot Pursuit and the slightly less technical, Joyride, also seeing the light of day. GT5 and NFS: Hot Pursuit both received glowing reviews so how does the cartoony Joyride compare, I stuck the disk in the drive, waved at the TV and took it for a spin. Last …

Hey Hey it’s Friday… what? What do you mean it’s not Friday? Seriously doesn’t it feel like this week has gone on more than long enough already and it’s now time for the weekend? Well if you don’t work for Lazygamer then I hereby give you the rest of the week off, for the Lazygamer guys this is my notice …