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Batman: Arkham Asylum (Developer - Rocksteady Studios) Rated 15 Platform - Xbox 360 The Dark Knight has returned, and finally to a game worthy of his name. Batman has been linked to a number of sub-par videogames in the past, many of them rushed through development to coincide with the release of the films. However, Batman: Arkham Asylum truly feels like an independent story, a compliment rather than a mere accompaniment to the lore laid down by the graphic novels and movies. The premise of the game is simple, but effective. The Joker has broken loose from his imprisonment in Arkham Asylum, releasing a rogues' gallery of Batman's previous

The Liberty Factory By Stuart 'LizardGenes' Lindsay ~ Preface ~ Man is the measure of his age. His endeavours alone have the power to shape the world and remove it from its own chaotic conception. As scientist, industrialist and philanthropist, he reforms the world to suit the rigours of his moral tastes.  And man am I, across tables and in windowpanes across crowded streets. In parlours, parks and in the busy banks and crowded factory floors. Amongst other men and their ideas, my movements were known for their normality as much as their regularity. Men, who judge and are judged only by the speed of their progress in their chose

Lillian Lavernon ~ A Vampire Epitaph ~ By Stuart 'LizardGenes' Lindsay ~ Preface ~ The dead always exert a powerful influence over the living. The past, as protracted and perverted as it might seem, will always be with us. Whispers of family evils will haunt their sons and daughters through some tenuous lineage, in some half-remembered, half-created tale. It is of considerable significance that I lay out this epitaph on my empty grave, a tale which I hope will explain my vampiric origins. I am well aware of the difficulties which confront me in giving life to my narrative, born in family blood and drowning in shadows of the past. Hopeful

Resident Evil 5 (18) Developer: Capcom Platform: Xbox 360/PS3 This is the one we’ve all been waiting for. Ever since the phenomenally successful reboot of the Resident Evil series with the fourth entry back in 2005, gamers, and indeed scholars interested in how games reproduce the Gothic, have been waiting with baited breath for this game. You can breathe a sigh of relief: Resident Evil 5 builds upon the success of its predecessor. The over-the-shoulder dynamic camera makes shooting enemies an accurate affair: technically precise but also visually pleasing. The camera can still be panned left and right of your character, giving you

Clive Barker’s Undying (Developer – DreamWorks Interactive) Rated 15 Platform – PC-CD ROM As in all preceding eras, the technology of the twenty-first century has been intrinsic to both the spreading and shaping of the Gothic. The Gothic has disseminated its conventions between new media and traditional literature, evolving in the process. This critical concern is nowhere more apparent than in the release of Clive Barker’s Undying in 2001, written by the popular horror author of the same name. Clearly, the game’s title makes a serious statement about its authentic heavyweight horror credentials, claiming to be both

Game: Left 4 Dead: Review Publisher: Valve Corporation Developer: Valve Corporation/Turtle Rock Studios/Certain Affinity Game Genre: Co-op Survival Horror FPS Release Date: 2008-11-18 By Stuart Lindsay Everything Valve touches seems to turn to gold. Or in this case, zombies. Their latest programming smarts have re-animated from the murky grave the most problematic of sub-genres in videogaming: the co-operative survivor action adventure. Previously seen in the malformed shape of the PS2’s Resident Evil: Outbreak: File #2, Left 4 Dead revamps the whole concept of online co-operative play with the effortless perfection that only Valve