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This Tech Demo Is The Greatest Thing You’ll See All Week
January 9, 2014 | ShaxsterRemember that feeling when you played Portal for the first time? The fascination, the awe? This new ‘Forced Perspective” tech demo from Pillow Castle Games, a Pittsburgh-based developer, will take you back to that moment, blowing your mind whilst it … Read More
Is Titanfall’s 6v6 Multiplayer a Deal Breaker?
January 8, 2014 | Shaxster 4Today, Respawn announced/confirmed that Titanfall would only have 12 player multiplayer matches. For some, this is a big deal. For others, it doesn’t matter at all.
What is presented below is a discussion from the Talkingship Facebook page about this … Read More
No, Sony Have Not Won the Console Wars
January 7, 2014 | Shaxster 86Today, Sony announced they sold 4.2 million PlayStation 4s worldwide in 2013. This is, inevitably, compared to the Xbox One, 3 million of which were sold in the same period (give or take a few days, based on release dates). … Read More
The Talkingship Show: Trailer
January 3, 2014 | ShaxsterYes, that’s right: Talkingship’s been brought kicking and screaming into the 21st century with all-new video content. Jake and Shakeel, hosts of the HMS Game Attack podcast, are back with a brand new show. Live every Saturday, the two Brits … Read More
REVIEW: American Hustle
January 1, 2014 | Shaxster‘Tis the season for big American stories with flashy criminal leads, it seems. There’s Martin Scorcese’s Wolf of Wall Street; and then there’s this, American Hustle. David O. Russell’s tale of con artists, government corruption and romance has an exceptional cast, but is by no means an exceptional film. Read More
A Letter From the Editor
December 24, 2013 | Shaxster 22013 has been a fantastic year for Talkingship. We’ve undergone a big redesign, posted more reviews than ever, and have had some great podcast episodes. We’ve had hilarious roundtables, tons of E3 coverage and we’ve had a fitting end to … Read More
GOTY 2013: Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons
December 24, 2013 | ShaxsterDespite some subtle differences, most games control the same way. Left stick to move, right stick to look around. We’ve grown accustomed to it, to the point where we don’t think twice about picking up a controller to play a … Read More
GOTY 2013: The Last of Us
December 24, 2013 | Shaxster 1Naughty Dog have a track record of success with the Uncharted series, and thus it should come as no surprise that The Last of Us was great. What was surprising, however, was just how great it was.
On top of … Read More
GOTY 2013: Device 6
December 23, 2013 | ShaxsterDevice 6 was the second Simogo game to come out this year, hot on the heels of the brilliant Year Walk. It took Year Walk’s ideas of story-based puzzles a step further, and in doing so pushed the boundaries of … Read More
GOTY 2013: BioShock Infinite
December 22, 2013 | Shaxster 1A city above the clouds, where all is not quite as it seems. That was the premise of BioShock Infinite. It promised to take us on a whirlwind tour of Columbia, full of exciting plot twists and thrilling action-packed gameplay. … Read More
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