The Return of Lara
British Explorer Lara Croft has fallen on hard times in the game industry, but Eidos has a comeback plan. And our own beloved Brit wishes her well.
Category Archives: Editorials
Can you hear me?
A contract dispute threatens to sideline voice acting in video games, but if things work out, we have some really exciting top Hollywood talent cast in game roles.
The Show Won’t Go On
England is going bust fast. ECTS just announced it was dead, and Chella predicts that without something fun like GameZone Live, that ELSPA is next.
PSP Perfect!
Todd takes a look at the PSP’s movie capabilities, four popular launch titles and the general plusses and minuses of this amazing new system.
MMORPG’s New Priestess
Chella wonders why she keeps getting hit on in her online superhero game, when most of the female characters are actually men.
Small Screen Competition
To ensure he would get one without causing a riot, Todd actually pre-ordered a new PSP. Will it be a GameBoy/DS killer? Todd thinks so.
Violence Grows Up
A new book called Savage Pastimes makes the argument that violence is part of our history and computer games won’t kill the world. Finally!
Revealing the Xbox
Some sketchy details are now known about the second Generation Xbox. Chella translates the gobbledegook from GDC this week.
Exclusive Ex-smoosive
Todd laments how an exclusive licensing deal will kill the MVP series, but such is the way of sports games these days.
Wartime Politics?
Rumours of a November Xbox 2 launch are fuelling the fire of speculation that the next generation console war will begin sooner than expected.