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Creepiest Box Art of the Week (decade)

The eyes! The horrible, horrible EYES! This will go down as one of the worst game covers in history. Click for full-size horror. Read More ››

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CGI Intro of the Week

I have a 30-day trial of Final Fantasy XIV, and so far the best bit about it was this stunning CGI intro which goes on for nearly 8 minutes. It’s worth watching for the scene above where a huge dragon takes down a massive airship. Click below to see the full thing.

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Movie Review – The Other Guys

The latest action/buddy/comedy/cop movie to explode onto our cinema screens – The Other Guys – was released only a few days ago, and so naturally we went on an expedition to see it right away. It looked bloody well funny in the trailers, but did it actually live up to it’s hilarious initial presentation? And is it really worth going to see? Well, I’m not going to bullshit you, so yes it did, and yes it is! Read our chat-review about it, then go see it!

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Epic Fan-Made Trailer of the Week

Minecraft Trailer

If you didn’t know about Minecraft before, or you didn’t want to play it before, then you bloody well should after this…

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Playstation Move? I’ll stay, thanks.

So, on the way back to work from lunch, we noticed Game had a demo of Playstation Move in-store for people to try out. Naturally, we went in and had a go.

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Tales of Valor, and of repeated defeat…

Company of Heroes isn’t exactly a new game, but it keeps popping up in Steam sales and with the release of the beta version of CoH Online, we decided to revisit it. There’s been a few add-ons and expansions since the original game, and the newest, Tales of Valor, contains a tense co-op mission called Operation Stonewall, or as we dubbed it “defend the bastard buildings or whatever” and for the last two nights, that’s exactly what Paul and I have been playing…

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Hug of the Week

Taken from the new extended teaser trailer for Valve’s upcoming Portal 2, but I refuse to link to it until there’s a nice high-res version out there. Portal 2 will feature a dynamic hug simulator, among other amusing emotes. Click for big version! Read More ››

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Zombie Screenshot of the Week

‘Coz when the zombie apocalypse arrives, everyone knows the best way to survive is to strap multiple guns to your wheelchair and team up with a giant teddy bear. Courtesy of Dead Rising 2, click the image for full-size glory. Read More ››

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Anti-piracy Picture of the Week

Machinarium is awesome – go get it. Click for full-size image. Read More ››

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Awesome Screenshot of the Week

Who doesn’t love suicidal rocket-riding goblins? Click for higher-res version. It’s from Relic’s Space Marine. Read More ››

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Review – Alien Swarm: Two can play that game!

With the free release of Valve’s Alien Swarm over a week ago, and after many hours spent playing online, BcR bring you a joint discussion about our time with the game and a review of just what makes this game so great. Apart from the fact that it’s free, of course!

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