SAVAGE PIXELS #26: Game Over Man, Game Over
When games finish, when they should finish, and how brilliantly they do when done properly...»
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SAVAGE PIXELS #25: The Best Video Games Of 2013
Savage Pixels' very best games of 2013: some you know, some you might not. All good...»
SAVAGE PIXELS #24: Stories with Souls, Soccer, and Street Fighter II
Savage Pixels looks at whether a sports title can be just as engaging of story as a game released with exclusively its plotline in mind, taking in Beyond: Two Souls, Pro Evolution Soccer, Puppeteer and Street Fighter II»
SAVAGE PIXELS #23: Seventh Heaven - Farewell to the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and Wii
With new hardware on the horizon in the shapes of the PS4 and Xbox One, Savage Pixels looks back at some of the very best games - or the most affecting ones - of this outgoing console generation.»
SAVAGE PIXELS #22: Closer to the Edge
Savage Pixels speaks to the staff of Edge magazine about the pressures, perks and purest joys of running a print publication specialising in games culture, in an age when the internet is in everyone's pocket...»
SAVAGE PIXELS #21: Infinity Lands – BioShock creator Ken Levine on Rapture, Columbia and more…
Savage Pixels sits down with BioShock's creator Ken Levine to discuss the original game and the newly released BioShock Infinite...»
SAVAGE PIXELS #20: Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger… On Recent Reboots
Tomb Raider and DmC: Devil May Cry reviewed, plus a look at Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance...»
SAVAGE PIXELS #19: Colonial Marines and Gaming’s Hollywood Complex
Movies, into games, do not compute... often. As Aliens: Colonial Marines arrives after a protracted gestation - given its license, you might have thought it'd be bursting to get out there - Savage Pixels looks at tie-in hits and misses, and remembers some awful movies based on (actually pretty decent) games. Oh, and a Fantastic Five from the awesome Chipzel, who soundtracked Super Hexagon. Game on... over... on... over...»
SAVAGE PIXELS #18: A PlayStation 2 Perfect Ten, Netsky’s Fantastic Five…
A perfect ten games for the outgoing PS2, on which Sony has finally called time, plus a favourite five games from Belgian bass producer Netsky...»
SAVAGE PIXELS #17: Guns, karts, cartoons and the best games of 2012
Black Ops II falls under the critical microscope, alongside some cartoon capers with Mickey Mouse and the dog from Family Guy, and Savage Pixels' pick of the year's best games...»
SAVAGE PIXELS #16: Halo 4 and the DNA of the FPS
From 3D Monster Maze, through Wolfenstein 3D and Doom, to the Halo series... the DNA of the first-person shooter, laid out.»
SAVAGE PIXELS #15: Resident Evil 6 and the state of survival horror
Does Resident Evil 6 represent the death of survival horror? Hardly... There are great examples of wet-yourself gaming out there, and this month's Savage Pixels casts its can-barely-open-them eyes over a few.»
SAVAGE PIXELS #14: Get Gaming Again… plus Stay+ and Homeboy Sandman, Sleeping Dogs and Transformers
Reviews of Sleeping Dogs and Transformers: Fall of Cybertron, plus favourite games eva(!!!) from Homeboy Sandman and Stay+... Oh, and a load of current-gen classics that you really, really should play.»
SAVAGE PIXELS #13: THE RPG SPECIAL… with Dragon’s Dogma, Game of Thrones and 10 essential titles
Savage Pixels dons its level nine armour and grabs its magical sword to explore the world of RPGS... »
SAVAGE PIXELS #12: FMV Gaming, Sensi, Lone Wolf, Dirt: Showdown...
Dirt: Showdown reviewed; Night Trap and The 7th Guest remembered; Lone Wolf has Flashback(s) to Jet Set Willy; Sensible World of Soccer is the Best. Game. Ever.; and Dishonored gets a look at because it looks amazing...»
SAVAGE PIXELS #11: A Potted History of Max Payne
Savage Pixels gets under the skin of the latest gaming world blockbuster, exploring its DNA via previous titles, interviewing its soundtrackers HEALTH, and basically discovering whether Rockstar's new baby is any good...»
SAVAGE PIXELS #10: A RETRO SPECIAL... with Gold Panda, Iain Lee and some ZX Spectrum games
This month's Savage Pixels takes a turn for all things retro, with contributions from Iain Lee and Gold Panda, a look back at some Spectrum favourites as Sir Clive's machine turns 30, and checks out some (fairly) current retro compilations.»
SAVAGE PIXELS #9: Mass Effect 3, Teeth of the Sea’s Fantastic Five, Street Fighter and some other gubbins…
This month's Savage Pixels, with an in-depth review of Mass Effect 3, contributions from Sky Larkin and Teeth of the Sea, coverage of Street Fighter x Tekken and Asura's Wrath, plus previews of Sleeping Dogs and Borderlands 2. »
SAVAGE PIXELS #8: Vita, Catherine, The Darkness II, Final Fantasy XII-2, JoFo’s Fantastic Five
Here be words on video games: the bright moving lights on your tellybox when you’re not watching Take Me Out or Time Team. Reviewed: PlayStation Vita, Final Fantasy XIII-2, Catherine and The Darkness II. Also: JoFo pick their favourite games of pretty much all time. Ace.»
SAVAGE PIXELS #7: Sequels Preview, Slimes’ Fantastic Five, Half-Life…
Savage Pixels' first of 2012, with a look at Mass Effect 3 and words in praise of Half-Life, as well as a Fantastic Five from Slimes and The Darkness' Awesome Ending.»
Savage Pixels: The Top 10 Multi-Format Video Games of 2011
The top multi-platform games of 2011, featuring Batman: Arkham City, Crysis 2, Skyrim and Portal 2.»
SAVAGE PIXELS #5: Skyrim, Arkham City, Streets of Rage 2, Polinski’s Fantastic Five…
DiS' regular games column is back! And this month, aside from the usual malarky we're opening up to you and your superior games knowledge to help us compile the first ever Savage Pixels Best Games of 2011 poll...»
SAVAGE PIXELS #4: Gears of War 3, The Bumper Preview Special, Best. Game. Ever…
After a barren summer for gamers – you can tell, they’re all looking rather more tanned than they do most years – it’s all guns blazing on the high street as publishers from across the gaming spectrum release the titles that they hope will not only shift significant units between now and Christmas, but quite possibly achieve the holy grail of a Game of the Year position at magazines and websites alike. We’ll be running a best of 2011 ourselves, in December, which YOU can influence (and please, do) – but before then, The Bumper Preview Special, of said stuff that developers are hoping you’ll cough up your hard-earned for…»
SAVAGE PIXELS #3: Deus Ex, Dead Island, Bodycount, The Darkness...
Apologies for the no-show in August. I was in the Lake District. Not a great deal of gaming up in those hills. Besides, August was a quiet month indeed, even for the hardcore gamer – until the release of Deus Ex: Human Revolution, anyway. But more on that title, later.»
Jay-Z, Kanye West - Watch the Throne
Watch the Throne frequently surprises with its potency.»
SAVAGE PIXELS #2 (July 2011)
(A month in gaming, in a few minutes.) »
SAVAGE PIXELS #1 (June 2011)
(A games column for the curious, not the hardcore) »
Gang Gang Dance at XOYO, London, Mon 16 May
One of the most captivatingly original bands touring today. »
Tyler, the Creator - Goblin
Cast its most unsavoury numbers aside, and Goblin’s a very listenable, very well realised album from an artist whose career is only getting started.»
Live Review: ...Trail of Dead @ Electric Ballroom
Tao of the Dead has been received, almost across the entirety of the critical spectrum, as the Texan band’s finest work since their 2002 major label debut – and on the evidence presented here tonight, where ‘Summer of All Dead Souls’ cracks and sparks with every mercury-bubbling Kelvin felt when they’re ploughing through ‘Relative Ways’, ‘Will You Smile Again?’ and ‘Caterwaul’, it’s hard to argue against the blanket opinion. »