Regarding the furore sorrounding the GTA minigame unlocked by Dutch modder Patrick Wildenborg. the alsoran decided to track down a clip of the actual sex-scenes. Have you seen it? HAVE YOU SEEN IT? Talk about a case of overblown media hype. The recent, excellent God Of War has a sex minigame that makes this look [...]

Thinking back to a question raised by Ed Hooks in his recent workshop: “Are videogames art?”, at the time the alsoran answered him “games can be art, but most are crap”, immediately following up with reference to Ico. For example, film is considered an art-form, yet still the vast majority of the medium is, like [...]

Imagine a racing game where the cars grip the road with almost glue-like quality, that can accelerate to maximum speed in the blink of an eye, where races are dull affairs essentially comprising the movement of a weightless metal block from A to B in the most efficient manner possible. Doesn’t sound like much fun [...]