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  • Call of Duty 2017 “Going Back To Its Roots”

    It seems we’re getting all out games intel from financial reports this year, in this case a hint that CoD 2017 might take us back to the “good old days” (they were not really good old days). According to a slide from Activisions fourth quarter 2016 earnings report, “traditional...
  • South Park: The Fractured But Whole – Delayed… Again…

    South Park: The Fractured But Whole, pause for laughter, has yet again been delayed. It was only last September when publisher Ubisoft moved the game from its scheduled December 2016 release window to early 2017. However the company’s recently released third-quarter sales results, suggest the game has been moved...
  • Out Of Joe’s Mind – A Unity Developers Diary

    After getting a lot of feedback that my previous character was scary (girl on the left), I spent a lot of time doing tutorials and reading my books and talking to people about efficient 3d design. Once I felt my ability in 3d had improved to the point that I...
  • Will The Playstation Store Sales Ever End?

    It seems 2017 is the year of the deals, at least as far as Sony is concerned. We’ve had the New Year’s sale, running from the 1st to the 20th of January. Another sale following immediately, Jan 20th to February 8th (yesterday at time of writing). And as I...
  • The Lego Batman Movie Review

    The Lego Movie charmed audiences back in 2014 with its mix of humor, heartwarming story and expert use of licensing from the companies decades-long history. It was choc-a-bloc full of blink and you miss it cameos, but front and center was Will Arnett’s Batman. His bad boy attitude, was...
  • Out of Lives Podcast Episode 68 – Yontoo, Yontee, Yondoo?

    Following on from that little known sports event, the Superbowl, that interrupts the dropping of many a trailer for everything from Cars to Mobile games; The team give you the run down on all the best ones. Plus there is some time to discuss Ace Combat 7’s new trailer,...
  • A Ghost in the Wildlands

    Back in the late 90’s, as a young teenager in the west of Scotland, your recreational time was either drinking on the streets or attending the local under 18’s disco and asking multiple girls throughout the evening to “Nip yer pal”(kiss your friend in English). Although both these activities I...
  • 5 Games That Don’t Need Gritty Film Adaptations

    Originally posted by Joe McCarthy Back in September last year, news broke that Firewatch was receiving a film adaptation. For those of you that haven’t played Firewatch, and you really should, it is probably best described as story driven-mystery-first person-adventure game. The game focuses on Henry, a middle-aged man...
  • Tanked Up 64 – A Newcomer from the Bristopia

    A Will Smith shorty this week with Ben and Aadil. We talk ‘Fire Emblem: Heroes’, an annoyance in ‘2048’, and a little more of ‘The Division’. And Aadil shows off how much he knows about the miracle of conception… and ‘willies’. Beer-wise we welcome “Lost and Grounded” a new...