Sega’s latest exuberant action title seems to have divide critics in a very particular way; in the same breath commentators have hyperbolically praised the game’s achievements and decried it as an embarrassing shambles. Only sex could complicate something as nerdy-dry as video game reviewing like this.

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You might recall a competition a few months back requesting weird and wonderful weapon designs for Ratchet and Clank’s arsenal.

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It’s roughly that time again, to hesitantly cast a squinting eye to the shining future and stab randomly at what might by chance be worth looking forward to.

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I thought I would buck the trend and wait for the year to actually finish before putting together my ’09 retrospective.

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Rumblings in the distant future aside, New Super Mario Bros. Wii was about the only first-party Nintendo title on display at this year’s E3 event that had much of the traditional audience interested. For that stalwart gaggle known as the hardcore it had been a dry season on the Nintendo front, and the bright 2D side-scroller just oozed their particular old-school musk. To the casual onlooker, however, the title looked pretty darn similar to the games coming out a few decades ago.

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Just before the game dropped I provided a brief overview of the myriad controversies that dogged the launch of Activision’s Modern Warfare 2.

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Activision’s highly anticipated Modern Warefare 2 ships tomorrow, which should make for some very happy gamers, the original is held as one of the finest examples of the FPS genre.

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Promoting the launch of Ratchet & Clank: A Crack in Time for the PlayStation 3, Sony Computer Entertainment New Zealand and WETA are offering one l

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If you’ve set your mind on making games and endured the necessary training then your next step in the pursuit of game development fortune and glory will be, with luck, work at a game studio.

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There’s nothing quite like a charity event that panders to the yobbo instinct of making yourself vaguely horrible-looking.

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