http://www.makethisgame.com Encouraging new game ideas that take advantage of todays technologies Sun, 07 Jun 2009 13:05:46 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I have always been a big fan of Valve, since the early train rides into Black Mesa.....to the recent Zombie Killing madness of L4D. When L4D was released, I was blown away. The games only major complaint, was the lack of content.....I guess I shuld have got worried when Valve dragged ... http://www.makethisgame.com/left-4-dead-2-valve-you-ea-money-grabbing-swines/ Left 4 Dead launched in November 2008. Since then I have been playing it religiously. I can honestly say its the first game that has held my attention this long, without growing tired of the content or game play. Like most players I did not invest much time in the single ... http://www.makethisgame.com/l4d-the-greatest-fps-in-many-many-years/ While chatting to a few friends of mine some very interesting observations where made regarding PC Gaming in general. This blog is born out of an email sent by a friend having played the recent BETA of Dawn of War 2. The review given by my friend was mostly negative. Most ... http://www.makethisgame.com/the-console-effect-a-frontal-lobotomy-for-pc-gaming/ Far Cry was a great game, right up to the point when them stupid indestructible mutants showed up. With Ubisoft taking the rights to the name "Far Cry", and Crytek taking the technology, I was sure that Crytek would make the better game. I am biased of course, but I ... http://www.makethisgame.com/far-cry-2-pc-review-set-fire-to-zebras/ How long was World War 2! Seriously, if you were to play every WW2 FPS out there it would probably take you twice as long as the bloody war. In saying that though the Brothers in Arms series has been alittle different in its approach to the WW2 FPS. This ... http://www.makethisgame.com/brothers-in-arms-hells-highway-pc-review/ Brief preview of Fallout 3 on the Xbox 360 (First 10 Levels) The christmas rush is here again. Developers around the globe are working round the clock to have games on store shelves for the holidays.And as always with this time of year we're spoiled for choice with dozens of games battling for ... http://www.makethisgame.com/fallout-preview/ S.T.A.L.K.E.R Shadow of Chernobyl was an excellent idea for a game. The setting was perfect gaming material, however the implementation was flawed. The game had far far too many bugs out of the box, but became an absolute GEM with the application of a few well chosen patches! I was delighted ... http://www.makethisgame.com/stalker-clearsky-a-step-back-from-the-core-almost-a-flight-out-of-the-zone/ It’s been a while since my last Blog, and I knew it would take something really big for me to get the finger out and put pen to epaper. I was a huge fan of the Thief series. The first game created the genre "First Person Sneaker". The main character was ... http://www.makethisgame.com/thief-to-return-new-thief-gamethief-4/ I’ve been playing or better say grinding away at WoW in my spare time for last year or so. I had played it for months then lost interest (surprised?) but have since taken it up again. Due to the siesta in gaming with it I’m not an uber high level ... http://www.makethisgame.com/world-of-warcraft-crafting-made-redundant/ Having "battled" through a Travian sever I am well aware of just how competitive it can get as the game draws to a close (The End Game). I saw cheating on a grand scale. Players with multiple accounts. The GF Meta alliance even went as far as to hack into ... http://www.makethisgame.com/travian-plus-have-you-any-gold-buying-the-end-game/