Cash Effect - Why Mass Effect 3's Collector's Edition is a slap in the face

Once upon a time, not too long ago to those of us over 25, when you paid full price for a game you got to take home a full game. But the advent of the internet has, as with all aspects of life, taken its toll. Now there's no such thing as a "finished game". Everything needs patching, or expanding, or tinkering with post-release. It's like buying a brand new car and not getting the breaks fitted until a few weeks later.

Jedi Beats Tank's Five Favourite... Heroic Sacrifices

What would an action story be without heroics? What would victory be without sacrifice? The worlds created in videogames are rarely button-bright affairs; often they’re dark and war-torn, shattered by conflict or terror. Yet into these dark realms, heroes must stride, whether to rid the world of evil or save it from some horrendous end. The stars themselves are tyrannous, Fate is cruel and callous and, sometimes, not everyone makes it out alive.

Today we pay tribute to the fallen, without whose bravery Humanity would be far worse off. 

Alice: Madness Returns Trailer

The awesome trailer for Alice: Madness Returns, the follow-up to the gloriously twisted, woefully underrated American McGee's Alice.