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This is tough one to review. Coming after it's massive success on the console market, Mass Effect is something that as a gamer either you're completely done with or still only mildly curious - if you haven't got it by now, well, what's stopping you? The only thing - you don't have a console and have waited for it to come on to the PC.
If that's the case, the wait was worth it! All the hype is true.
In the next two weeks, for 179 clams, the latest ingenious toy from the Lego corporation can belong to your child.
Won't it feel good to be able to see their faces next birthday, or come Christmastime, as they pull out the motorized Lego AT-AT from its box, complete with its very own little Lego Luke?
Won't it be great to seem them stare into your eyes with unbridled gratitude - only to see those eyes dim with horror and shock as you snatch it away form them and say ' not your turn now! - you have to wait! wait till you're older! much older!'
Gamers (and Sci Fi buffs) who live in Brisvegas, make sure you've got your diaries out - GenCon is coming early next month, and is not to be missed.
What is GenCon, oh Newbie? Glad you asked.
It's a very specific kind of convention, aimed primarily at gamers, and has been doing the rounds in the US for quite a few years now (around 40!) It has now evolved into the premier event for anyone playing console and PC games, as well as fans of anime, board games, dice games, collectible card games, miniatures, live action roleplaying and more. Along with a vast supply of every type of gaming, there are guests - and for the inaugural Oz Gen Con, a great double act - Jamie Bamber (Apollo) and James Callis (Baltar) from Battlestar Galactica.
In what looks to be the most epic computer game ever, Spore takes you from single celled organism to space faring culture - one of the titles bandied about for it was 'Sim Everything' - so you get some idea of the massive scope of this 'massively single-player online game'
We've got our hands on some pics of the 'Cell Stage', the first in the Spore universe. Cell Stage is your introduction to the fundamentals of Spore. You play a simple organism which is dropped onto your planet by way of meteor. As you do.
Fans of 80's supernatural comedies know the answer to that - Ghostbusters!
With the strains of Ray Parker Jr's epic song running through your brain, get ready to welcome the digital rebirth of a legend. Apparently the Ghostbusters couldn't quite salvage the cash for yet another feature film after selling the ECTO-1 on eBay, and so decided to make their return to popular culture via the ever -popular 'game' genre, don't you know.
Apparently it's what all the young people are playing.
Out now. In Shops and Downloadable For PC.
Available from stardock.com
Stardock.com is THE home of Windows wysiwig modding on the net.
If you don't know what that means, best not to worry too much. It's just that when PC geeks get bored with their Vista or XP or 98 interfaces, they like to change the look, and you can get programs that change boring old windows into something that looks (literally) like the interior of a spaceship. It's the spiritual geek home for PC geeks.
So when they make a game, it's 'geek take notice!' time.
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Okay okay. You've heard of Kratos, the rather angry Spartan who's been kicking ancient ass for a while now for the Playstation people, both in terms of on-screen action and real world sales. His move to the PSP gives you a chance to slaughter fearsome enemies on the bus, on the train or, really creepily, waiting at the vet's. The chains in the title refers to both to Kratos' sexy flaming killing implements, and the fact that he's been sent by the Gods to wreak havoc on earth (and in the underworld) by removing all manner of ornery beastie. Hilarity ensues.
Finally, the PS3 gets to show its chops with the Gran Turismo platform. The clamouring of GT fans has been so loud that the game is actually being released in 'prologue' form, a 'bare bones' form of the full game which will be released in a year's time. If you've never played a GT game, then you'd be forgiven for not knowing that it's generally considered the premiere driving game available on consoles, with an emphasis on the driving 'feel' of each specific car and gorgeous graphics. So what do you get in GT 5 Prologue? Let's have a quick squizz.
It certainly is the year of Indy with Kingdom of the Crystal Skull coming out on May 22, and the re-release of all the films on standalone DVD, as well as all The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones in three volumes.
But probably (almost) the best news out of all this Indymania is the release of 'The Man in the Hat' on Lego.
If you've played Lego Star Wars, you'll know why excitement levels are high. Somehow the maths of action+adventure+animated building blocks = enormously amusing.
Available on PS3, XBOX 360, and (in March) PC
If you haven't seen the pics or video footage you could be forgiven for not quite believing the hype that has surrounded Assassin's Creed. However, now with the upcoming release on PC (with extra side missions), there's very little excuse for the casual gamer not to pick this up.
Why is it so good? In a word - atmosphere.
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