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CONTROLED CHAOS

You Can't Go Past The Classics...

Wed, 9 May 2007
by: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it | vaguely related link: The Billboard Hot 100 | thanks: classics that never die

Regular readers of PC PowerPlay will know what time of year it is. Yep, next issue contains our Top 100 list, the place where we at PCPP HQ tip our hats to the cream of the gaming crop. But while the list allows us to swoon over the greats, it's also useful for you, too.

PIXEL DUST

Play it the right way, dammit!

Mon, 30 Apr 2007
by: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it | vaguely related link: Culture snob | thanks: the reload screen

I've noticed something: I'm a gameplay snob. It's come from watched a bunch of people play games recently. My girlfriend for one. She likes to methodically go around collecting things, getting maximum health for every encounter and using the weapons that let her hide as much as possible. Me, I think that games should fly close to the wind. Save those potions, go into the battle a little hurt if it keeps your momentum up, get up and in the face of the guy you're fighting, score style points – live it up with a swashbuckling abandon. These things are meant to be fun and adventurous, for the love of Job.

CONTROLLED CHAOS

Darren's Mailbag

Fri, 27 April 2007
by: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it | vaguely related link: STM Bags | thanks: comments and letters

Now this is more like it. Contrary to last week's tumbleweed-filled, cricket-chirping mailbag, this week presents a number of people who heeded the call and sent in whatever was racing through their minds at the time. Let's take a peek.

STATE OF THE UNION

Just a Quick Hit

Tue, 24th April 2007
by: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it | vaguely related link: DICE WARS! | no thanks: Whoever is holding up the Australian release of the PSP edition of Puzzle Quest.

Accessibility. Generally when we use the word in the context of gaming we are talking about how easy a game is to get into, are the controls intuitive, is there a gentle learning curve to pave the way for greater depth of play when the basics are mastered and so on. One aspect of accessibility we rarely seem to talk about is how accessible a game is in terms of its fit with our life-style. Sure every person's different so I'm not suggesting a new review philosophy for gaming media. I'm really only raising the issue because I've realised there is a massive hole in my PC games collection that, if filled, would be the perfect fit for a lifestyle that so often seems out of my control; a lifestyle where I often find myself with only an hour or so to amuse myself before I have to race off to do something else. Where are my quick fix games?

VISUALLY COMMA

I Was a Teenage Starcon 2 Champ

Tue, 24 April 2007
by: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it | vaguely related link: Same game, different name | thanks: Keyboard lock-ou

Some gamers are masters of Quake, Starcraft, Warcraft 3, or some other game that allows them to move to South Korea and make $100,000 in sponsorships. Me, I was good at Star Control 2.