“Fanboy” has become one of the Internet’s more pejorative terms, referring to a person who identifies excessively with a particular franchise, organisation or product. These fanboys defend that particular aspect with dogged determination and engage or instigate flame wars on comment threads or discussion boards; ignoring opposing arguments that do not sympathise with their point and aggravating other users. Read More »
The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings – Enhanced Edition on Xbox 360 has fast become my favourite RPG of the moment – it’s another incredible effort from Polish developer CD Projekt RED, who hit the ground running with TW2’s predecessor and its first ever game, The Witcher for the PC in 2007. However, the game is far from perfect, with a lot of the previous games’ design flaws making their way to this new, enhanced edition of the sequel. Read More »
Publishers are going through some growing pains in our beloved industry; with the advent of digital distribution being embraced by PC gamers, it is no longer essential for a developer to have a publisher. Steam is the dominant digital distribution platform on PC, for better or worse. But is it a testament of things to come for the rest of us? Read More »
