Science-fiction works beautifully in video games. Robots, spaceships, futuristic weaponry, imaginative new worlds, weird new species – the genre allows developers to really cut loose and have fun. Sci-fi also allows for big-picture storytelling: we can explore our place in…
When Metal Gear Solid first hit the PS1 almost 20 years ago, it was a breath of fresh air. Sure, there had already been two games starring the brilliantly-named Solid Snake years earlier, but this was a whole new type…
Throughout the 1990s, EA released five games in their Strike series. Beginning with ‘92’s Desert Strike and ending with ‘97’s Nuclear Strike, the franchise took players all over the world, let us pilot various high-powered vehicles, and mixed shooting with…
When Prey hit the market in 2006, it was a critical and commercial success. Okay, so it might not have been perfect, but its performance made a sequel inevitable. To start with, at least. As it happened, a change of…
Pro wrestling is one of the biggest forms of mainstream entertainment out there right now. The storylines, heavy trash-talk, and gleaming buff bodies of men and women alike are big business, with millions of fans all over the world lapping…
The end of civilisation as we know it may be a terrifying prospect, but it sure makes for awesome entertainment. While it’s probably been overdone, movies, books, comics, and video games set in post-apocalyptic worlds have a real morbid appeal….
Mass Effect: Andromeda is all about change. Commander Shepard, Ashley, Tali, Garrus, Joker, the Normandy, and everything else we’d become attached to across three massive games has been left behind, and a bold new galaxy lies ahead. Starting afresh in…
Judge Dredd is one of the most iconic comic-book characters ever created. Like Batman, Superman, the X-Men, and many others, he’s starred in countless stories across comics, novels, movies, and more. However, unlike those aforementioned characters, Judge Dredd has enjoyed…
GoldenEye, Rare’s iconic N64 first-person shooter, will turn 20 years old later this year. Since its release in August 1997, GoldenEye has been a favourite of countless gamers, influenced many, many other projects, and even been remade with the Daniel…
It’s hard to believe just how far Deadpool’s come since his 1991 debut. For a long time, the very idea that he’d someday star in a movie of his own, complete with fourth-wall-breaking shenanigans, a spot-on costume, and his own…