Viva Piñata wasn’t just about growing flowers and attracting strange candy animals. For a lot of people, the music did a lot of the heavy lifting. In my house, that was definitely the case — my wife played it as much for the soundtrack as for the oddly soothing garden-building.Read More →
The 2010 Xbox 360 GoldenEye 007 remaster (XBLA) is a fascinating part of the franchise’s history. But can you play it on a modern Windows PC? The short answer is: yes, but with caveats. This means that it is now possible to play the Nintendo 64 classic GoldenEye on PCRead More →
John Bowe demonstrates how he managed to avoid the online gaming trend, and how you might, too… The Atari STe was the first home computer to arrive at my family home, via a brother who had chosen the machine over the all-popular Amiga. I think he chose it because itRead More →
It’s the game that will not die: GoldenEye 007. It’s available to play once again on Nintendo Switch and Xbox Game Pass – but what if you don’t have those platforms? First released back in 1997 on the Nintendo 64, the game – featuring the likeness of Pierce Brosnan’s franchise-savingRead More →
There are more ways to kill an Xbox 360 than waiting for the red rings of death… Did anyone particularly want Microsoft to join the console market back in 2001? Does anyone particularly still want them around today? For all the deep involvement they have had in the industry forRead More →
Just as Nintendo has closed the Wii U and 3DS eShops, so the Xbox 360 marketplace must fall into Microsoft’s data shredders. The date for the Xbox 360 Marketplace closure is July 29, 2024. Released 18 years ago (this November), the Xbox 360 is a genuine retro gaming platform, withRead More →
What happens when a man asks his wife to play Dead or Alive 4? Who wins, who loses, and who will unlock the bonuses? As a round off from a recent trundle through two lists of my most loved fighting games, I have attempted to, and indeed made good onRead More →
The nature of multiplayer or co-op gaming underwent a shift in its first principals (thanks to the internet) about the time that I was distracted away from gaming by Life Itself. In the time since, the playability of life may have varied but the graphics and sound were always great.Read More →
A huge selection of Xbox 360 delisted games has been announced by Microsoft. These titles and their DLC will no longer be available form the Xbox 360 Marketplace. Microsoft’s announcement states that the content will be removed from February 7th: “A number of game titles and associated add-ons will beRead More →
