Another high-profile summer blockbuster from Hollywood gets the licensed videogame tie-in treatment as Activision and Z-Axis offer up X-Men: The Official Game for our collective ‘entertainment’. However, Hollywood tie-ins generally exist as little more than sideshow attractions to boost both the...

EA boasts that The Sims 2 is the best-selling PC title of all time, and, as the publishing giant continues in its efforts to conquer next-gen consoles it’s seen fit to release The Sims 2: Pets. As the name suggests, in this new title your Sims can have pets. These come in the form of various cats...

It seems everywhere you look these days, there’s a game being made to coincide with the release of a big budget movie. They are released on as many platforms as possible to maximize sales, and usually follow the plot of the movie pretty closely. The Simpsons Game for PS2, while admittedly being...

We all know who Shrek is by now, or at least we should. The loveable big green ogre with that over the top Scottish accent has become a modern day hero for both adults and children alike and now it’s time for you to play along with some of the characters from the show in a Super Smash Brothers type...

In the world of videogames it’s the Pac-Man franchise’s 25-year anniversary, and in Namco’s Pac-Man World 3 it’s also the little yellow hero’s birthday. Guess how old he is. Yes, he’s 25. At the beginning of the game, we find Pac-Man about to celebrate his birthday and tuck into a scrumptious-looking...

Madagascar is an animated movie which contains perfect humour, perfect animation, excellent voice acting and a great story of course. The movie is suitable for young and old folks and it really has put a smile on my face, even when I think back to it. But as this isn’t a movie review we’re going...

First of all, I’m sure many of you are already familiar with the story of Eragon, especially as it’s now a much-publicized film adaptation of the popular children’s book. In the main, it revolves around a teenage boy (Eragon) who finds a blue stone, which he soon discovers to be an actual dragon’s...

We all understand the gradual evolution of a videogame once it first hits retail. After a game has been released and (if) it emerges as successful, a sequel or some form of expansion pack is almost a guarantee. This happens, in the main, because of consumer desire to expand on established gaming pleasures,...

I’m a chimp.. err.. I mean CHUMP, there, I admit it. For some strange reason I thought Zoo Keeper was a herding game similar to Herdy Gerdy, you’d get all the animals of one type and herd them into the correct fields… but it’s not, Zoo Keeper is in fact a run of the mill puzzle game. In essence...

I love poker but I suck at it generally and never have the confidence to actually play in any casinos I’ve been in… ok so I haven’t been in that many but when I was I didn’t have the guts to play. Imagine my joy then that I can now play at home with friends if I want without the embarrassment...