The Bestest Videogames of 2010

I obviously haven't played every videogame that came out in 2010. I mean, who does that? But I definitely played more of the videogames that were released this year than I watched new movies or listened to new music, so this really had to be the unimaginative end-of-year, can't-believe-I've-only-posted-once-in-December blog content de jour. Or err, "blog content cette année" I guess.

I'll get on with it, shall I?

Pretty Graphics

If it's true that the cutscenes of the current generation of videogames give a pretty good idea of what the in-game graphics of the next will look like, then it seems we'll be hitting proper photorealism a little earlier than you might have thought:



Slightly astonishing, no? And if you're sceptical about the theory, here's the once jaw-dropping intro to Resident Evil: Code Veronica (released on Dreamcast and PS2), which could now easily be mistaken for an average-looking 360 or PS3 game.

AI War: Fleet Command

So I reviewed AI War by Arcen Games. It's probably one of my worst reviews, but I hope a fairly breezy piece of writing. One day I'll manage to be good at reviewing and sentence-crafting at the same time, and there'll be much rejoicing.

The fun and games in the comments (where Christopher Park, CEO and lead programmer of Arcen turns up to respond) makes me think that maybe I should try to formalise my thoughts on "how much do you need to play a game before you're qualified to review it". Trouble is, I'm not sure I've yet worked out my answer.

Hmmm.

Hungover and Hung Up on Power

Last weekend, Beefjack began a weekly series on "videogames to play when hungover". I sometimes play videogames when I'm hungover, so I volunteered to do the first article for them. You can read it here.

Pro Evolution Soccer 2011 (PS3) - Review

Games with the year in the title are rubbish. That seemed to be the law. Even PES, Konami’s ever-playable football series, fell apart when they decided to put a “2008” after Pro Evolution Soccer instead of a “7”.

Granny's Garden Retrospective

I've written a few words on the true face of terror over at Beefjack. It's also sort-of the story of how I got into videogames, (which basically means it's not very informative on how the game works).

Vinegar & Uranium Flavoured

So I decided the world needed another thousand words on art and videogames. This is the first of a regular column I'll be doing for GAMES? under the secret codename FF(P)S, which basically lets me be mega opinionated but use a "Get Out of Jail Free" card if I ever take it TOO FAR MAN, YOU'VE GONE TOO FAR.