So the alsoran has spent a couple of days this week posing out characters for an upcoming magazine cover. Once a first-pass render was created the images were sent to the magazine in question for critique, and changes were wholly expected due to text placement requirements etc. What was not anticipated, however, was an outright [...]

The alsoran cautiously picked this up due to the series-damaging sequel, produced by the (apparently inexperienced) Ubisoft Shanghai studio. However, this latest offering comes from an internal team at the original Montreal studio, and despite the controversial defection of some of the key original Splinter Cell creators to EA, this third franchise installment captures all [...]

Have we all seen this advert for “Generic Urban Gang Shooter No. 25″? Just a few years ago, we would have taken it for granted that the player assumes the role of the cops depicted in the image, but owing to the foreground prominence of the gangmember, the viewer rightly gets the impression they will [...]

If, like the alsoran, you spent 100+ hours on the PS1 masterpiece Final Fantasy VII then you may just be able to grasp the storyline in this most dynamic of action CG movies. If not then the endless nods to the game as well as the introduction of unnamed characters that bear no plot relevance [...]