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Remember all those terrible full-motion-video games we were subjected to in the mid 1990s? Uncharted 3 has more in common with them than you might think. Read on to find out why (spoilers included).

Batman: Arkham City is an excellent game, and a worthy follow up to its 2009 predecessor. Until the final couple of hours, where everything kind of collapses. Find out why- join the spoilerfest!

Empowerment can make us complacent, and so developers occasionally deem it fit to cripple the player. Is that the right thing to do?

... the videogame, that is. I take a look at a little known PS1 title that has garnered somewhat of a cult following, and influences modern titles Child of Eden and Journey more than you may think.

3DS is not even six months old, and Vita isn't hitting shelves until the end of the year. Could it be that the handheld console race has already been won by Apple, however?

Bumpy Road and L.A. Noire share a passion for vintage cars and a period setting. The most interesting of their many differences, however, is how they handle failure.

Games require a significant investment in time to enjoy. When and why, then, should we be told to stop playing? Nintendo and Capybara have different answers with Pilotwings Resort and Superbrothers: Sword and Sworcery EP.

A dead PS3 leads to me sifting through the app store rough. Here are some diamonds.

A teacher living in Japan shares his reactions to the recent natural disasters and questions the general lack of docu-games.

A Bitmob community member's hands-on account of the first five days with Nintendo's 3DS.

This month, the Japanese art world gave some space for videogames to show off. Echochrome 2 and a neat Kinect mod garnered positive nods, while tech designed for disabled artists to pursue their passions may point to an interesting future for gamers as well.

A community member explores the new frontier of gaming without graphics and virtual worlds created purely with sound.

How Need For Speed Hot Pursuit is taking us back to the arcade spirit, and why Autolog is a bigger threat to narrative driven gaming than traditional online multiplayer

A trip to an art gallery makes me realise why Professor Layton's latest is better than Gears of War 3 probably will be, and leads me to reflect on how emotional investment in a game story can be protected.

Inspired by soldiers talking about shooting and football players talking about, erm, footballing, a wrestler talks about wrestling in games. Faking a fake sport should be easy right? Wrong.

I visit Tokyo Game Show. What does the consumer experience that the press doesn't? Lots of waiting, probably.

Sports games have long been deemed casual experiences, but UFC Undisputed proves this to be wrong.

The 2008 remake of Goichi Suda's Flower Sun and Rain was a critical and commercial failure, as was the 2001 original, but walks the challenging line between genius and stupidity. A closer look.

A list feature? Alright then. What titles aren't afraid to look their medium in the mirror and say what they think? Here are five games that parody or comment on gaming itself.

The online gaming 'community' is millions strong and has had over ten years to develop in living rooms on console. So why is it still so insular, and what can be done about it?