Monthly Archives: March 2011

Lego Star Wars III: The Clone Wars Review (PS3)

On PS3 and 360, Lego Star Wars III is a great looking game. Combining gorgeous environments with sharp detail and an unbelievable amount of geometry and enemies on screen at once, its a real visual treat. Continue reading

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Mount and Blade Warband Giveaway

You know that here at CalmDownTom we’re big fans of the Mount & Blade series, right? Well to get you ready for the upcoming Mount & Blade: With Fire and Sword we have 5 copies of it precursor, Mount and Blade Warband to give away. Continue reading

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Links of the day 30th March 2011

Battlefiled 3, Eden, turn based stretegy and dirty, dirty 3DS stories. Continue reading

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Tiny Wings Review (iPhone)

Tiny Wings is one of those games that’s almost impossible to fault. It achieves every goal it sets itself. Bright, cheery, compulsive, cheap (59p/79c) and immediate, it’s the product of a brilliantly talented single games designer. Continue reading

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Hilariously bad videogame box art

Many great games have been cruelly overlooked because of terrible box art while many others have been successful in spite of it. Here’s my selection of some of the very worst. Continue reading

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Links of the day 28th March 2011

Crossover combat, Dust, natural disasters and fatalities Continue reading

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Top 5 games more gay than Dragon Age 2

You may have seen the utterly ridiculous complaints made by fans of Dragon’s Age 2 that the game is “too gay”. Accusing games of failing to satisfy the straight male market is a bit like those idiots who say the most discriminated-against group in western society are middle-aged white men. Continue reading

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Links of the day 25th March 2011

Duke Nukem delayed, untrustworthy robots and Snakes on a plane. Continue reading

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Top 10 Embarrassingly bad moments in Videogame Marketing

Whether its obvious (but plausibly deniable) rascist billboards, fake viral videos or tasteless PR stunts that offend very carefully chosen minorities, there’s no lengths to which modern games marketing won’t go to avoid actually showing some gameply footage. Continue reading

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Rift Review (PC)

Can Rift cause a rift beween rival MMORPG’s and their players?….sorry… Continue reading

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