Category: PC
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Top Ten FPS Games of All Time
The first-person shooter genre is massively popular and has a huge and loyal fan base committed to spending hours in virtual environments blowing each other to smithereens. There’s nothing quite like the adrenaline soaked chaos of a good FPS session. If it goes well it can be better than a course of anger management, if […]
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Handling the Press, Board and Players in Football Manager 2012
You’ve got a lot to juggle as a football manager and there are times when FM 2012 can be unforgiving. You need to think about your approach and style for each aspect of the game to make sure your club runs smoothly and you achieve your goals. Handling the Press The press can be a […]
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Football Manager 2012 Tips: Managing a Match and Substitutions
You’ve put together a strong team, you’ve trained them up, set a formation and tactics and told them what you expect to see; now all that remains is for them to go out onto the pitch and bring home the victory. If everything has gone according to plan then match day should be an enjoyable […]
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Football Manager 2012 Guide: Match Preparation and Team Talks
There are a few significant tweaks and additions in Football Manager 2012 and the team talk system is one of the biggest. You’ll find that the match screen is much the same as previous releases and you have a wealth of options to track your team’s performance and try to influence them. If you set […]
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Football Manager 2012: Best Young Players
Looking for the best wonderkids in FM2012? Hunting for those awesome young players who are destined to be the superstars of tomorrow? Well my list of the best young players in Football Manager 2012 is finally done, at least the first draft anyway. These players all appeared when I set up a game with the […]
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Football Manager 2012 Tips: Buying and Selling Players
Buying Players Buying players in FM 2012 can actually be frustratingly tough. The addition of agents certainly makes the process tougher than it was before. The first thing to do is identify the roles you need. Don’t be swayed by your own desire to sign a top name striker if you don’t really need one. […]
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Football Manager 2012 Guide: Pick Your Team, Formation and Tactics
Another year goes by and there’s another version of Football Manager to get your teeth into. Football Manager 2012 is the best yet, offering slight tweaks and improvements over last season’s release. It is the most accessible FM game ever because they’ve added some tutorials for newcomers on top of the handy hint system. The […]
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Disappointed with Stronghold 3? Play the Original Instead
I made the mistake of pre-ordering Stronghold 3. The early previews looked good and I was really hoping for a return to form for the series. Sadly the game is a bug-ridden mess. Here’s my Stronghold 3 review if you want to know more. The only saving grace of having pre-ordered through Steam is that […]
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Where Are the Good Games Based on Horror Movies?
With Halloween approaching I’ve been sifting through my horror movies deciding what to watch and it got me thinking about the lack of decent video games based on horror films. Surely the horror genre should be fertile ground for some great games? Well sadly it hasn’t been. There have been some decent horror video games […]
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Mount & Blade: With Fire and Sword Disappoints
There’s no real denying it, I’m disappointed. With Fire and Sword is more like a mod for the original game than a whole new title. Here’s a link to my Mount & Blade: With Fire and Sword review. So what’s wrong? In short — they’ve cut the character set up, the guns are like slow […]