You’ve just engaged Ghandi in an all-out nuclear war and your frail empire is in tatters, you decide that the only way to win the game is to funnel all your resources into sending man […]
Don’t call me a “Girl Gamer”
You may be aware of Gamergate – that social booby trap currently disguising itself as a serious debate – or you may not be. The important thing you need to know about it is this; […]
Video Games | Super Smash Bros. is handheld mayhem
Pikachu just electrocuted Zelda. She’s sent flying into the path of Pac-Man’s punch, which cannonballs her through the Mushroom Kingdom, into the villager from Animal Crossing which knocks your score up two points. If you’ve […]
Video Games | ISIS are playing the West at their own game
There are three constants in life; death, taxes and the constant claims that video games are corrupting our children. Now a recent video released to the internet that appears to be a trailer for an […]
Video Games | Player representation – an archaic affair
Ask your anyone on the street to describe your typical video-gamer and you’ll see a picture begin to emerge. Socially awkward, Vitamin D deprived, neck-beard. White. Male. The only problem with that picture is that […]
Video Games | Best of E3
This year the great and the good of the video games industry gathered once more to bring us all the news, updates and previews we could possibly want and Leeds Student stayed up well past […]
Video Games | Star Citizen – The beauty of crowd funding
Crowd-funding has revolutionised the way that new products make it to market. Rather than relying solely on huge corporate backing, product developers have now got an effective way of securing funding straight from the customers […]
Video Games | Titanfall – Totally Enormous Addictive Mechs
Titanfall is undoubtedly one of the most anticipated games of the year. Created by a team of former Call of Duty developers at Respawn Entertainment, Titanfall puts single-player gameplay on the back burner in favour […]
Video Games | Jazzpunk – One of the weirdest and most surreal games ever made
Jazzpunk is undoubtedly one of the weirdest and most surreal games ever made, but it’s a fantastic experience. The game, the latest offering from Necrophone Games and the brains behind [Adult Swim], has a quirky […]
Videogames | Elder Scrolls Online – Preview
LSi was given access to the Elder Scrolls Online (ESO) Beta last weekend and as far as first impressions go, Bethesda made a pretty good one. Quick loading times, beautiful landscapes, and it will even […]
Video Games | The Mighty Quest for Epic Loot – Not epic but adequate
The Mighty Quest for Epic Loot sends you on a mighty quest on two levels. On one level you will be running around as either a knight or an archer collecting piles of glittering golden […]
Videogames | Wasteland 2 Beta – The end of the world, as we'll know it
It’s been 25 long years since the first Wasteland was released, and in that time it’s inspired a plethora of post-apocalyptic games. But it’s taken until 2013 for InXile Entertainment to develop a sequel, and […]