CoD: Black Ops

Posted on Tue 04 January 2011 in geek • Tagged with call of duty, cod, cod:bo, games, ps3, review

As is becoming traditional I got the latest instalment of the Call of Duty franchise, Black ops, as one of my Christmas presents. What follows is some brief comments having finished the single player campaign last night. I don't think I've been overly hammering it but I reckon it took …


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Review: The Ballad of Gay Tony

Posted on Thu 27 May 2010 in geek • Tagged with games, gta, ps3, review

We finally reached the limit on the PS3's hard disk a few weeks ago. Although I had the option of reformatting the hard drive to reclaim the 10gb after Sony disabled OtherOS* it seemed a lot easier to get a newer more spacious disk. A quick trip to Amazon later …


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Sniper Fi

Posted on Thu 28 January 2010 in geek • Tagged with codmw2, games, ps3

I actually has an opportunity to play with the Special Ops mode of CoD4:MW2 last night with a friend. Despite a terribly laggy connection we had a blast working our way through the Alpha and early Bravo missions. I suspect the AC-130 mission was the most fun although the …


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Half-Life 2 and the Orange Box

Posted on Wed 05 August 2009 in geek • Tagged with games, hl2, ps3

The Orange Box certainly represents the best value for money for gaming in a long time. I think we picked it up for the PS3 for about £12 which in an era of £55 for a new release is welcome in the credit crunch.

People make much of …


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On the Subject of GTA

Posted on Tue 01 July 2008 in geek • Tagged with games, gta, ps3

So despite my obvious desire for the game I haven't mentioned much about it since I got it. Some times it makes sense to comment on things with a little perspective that time can provide.

Well the first thing to note is I'm a fan of the GTA series and …


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