Vorld of Panzers (Tanks)
Okay, so I went out of my way to make one – ONE – video where I actually play a game and talk while playing. The game was World of Tanks, which is a tank driving … MMO … I guess? Basically, you buy tanks, drive them around and kill each other for more money to improve your tanks to kill more tanks to make more money etc. It’s a fun war game, if games about war can be considered fun in a lighthearted way. So, enough rambling. On vit da video! Yeah, that’s me, talking with the horrible German accent while driving a teeny tiny German panzer. And...
Read MorePoker Night 2
Firstly, a disclosure of interests: I love poker. That’s not to say I’m very good at it, because I’m not. But I frequently check out new casino sites as well as hosting live sessions at home at least once a month, so in terms of interest levels, a game like Poker Night 2 is always going to get a slight bias from me. That said, I’ve played my fair share of dreadful poker games too and after enjoying the first Telltale title I was really worried that the sequal wouldn’t live up to – or improve upon – the original Poker Night at the Inventory gameplay...
Read MoreBig Rigs: Over The Road Racing
I did it. Fourteen hours spent playing – perhaps ‘playing’ is too strong a world, let’s go for ‘enduring’ instead – Big Rigs: Over The Road Racing, the unanimously-decreed Worst Game of All Time. Why? Why would I do such a thing? Because ever since I read about Iron Man Mode gaming, I’ve felt a queasy desire to apply the ‘no saves, death is game over’ rule to a game that offers neither saving nor dying. Join me as I struggle to enjoy, then desperately try to break, a game that drove accredited game reviewer Alex Navarro to declare the...
Read MoreGrabbin’ Some Land
Do you like land? Do you sit up at night just thinking about the land you’re on and how lovely it makes you feel? Do you love land so much you try to avoid ever living close to, or in, the ocean? If you’re anything like me, and I know I sure am, you’ll love LandGrab: A couple of weeks ago the benevolent and impossible-to-dominate admin team over at LandGrab.net gave our charity fundraiser a shout-out, and many of the old hands in the forums rose to the challenge and selflessly donated a large chunk of cash. Whoever said that a bunch of land-obsessed, global marauders...
Read MoreFree Steam Key Giveaway – A Valley Without Wind (1 AND 2!)
*UPDATE 09/03/13: According to the Steam forums, there’s a dodgy keygen for Valley Without Wind doing the rounds. Some people have diligently pointed out that in light of this, the post below looks suspect – just wanted to acknowledge that the Steam keys referred to below were given to us directly from Arcen Games and are 100% legit. We’ve been giving away keys to their games in the last few weeks to anyone that donates a dollar or more to our charity fundraiser; nobody profits from the giveaway except Child’s Play. Free Steam Key Giveaway for Feb. 19 Do you like free...
Read MoreAn Update About The Charity Fundraiser
ChipIn Service to be Discontinued If you’re a regular reader, you’re probably already aware (because I go on about it often enough) that Iron Man Mode is a charity driven effort and over the past year we’ve been raising funds for Child’s Play. So far, all donations have been handled via our ChipIn widget on the donation page. It’s served us well exceptionally well and took a lot of the hassle out of the donation process for both readers and us lot, except for all the times it wasn’t working very well and caused a lot of hassle. But yeah, ignore those...
Read MoreWhy Kerry Katona and Cashlady.co.uk are Dangerous (and Outright) Liars
It’s not often I use this site to grind personal axes – it’s a comedy gaming site which we run for charity. But when it comes to Kerry Katona and her deeply upsetting endorsement of loan sharks Cashlady.co.uk, I felt compelled to roll up the sleeves of my rather fetching cashmere sweater and do a little digging. I’m so stunned with what I’ve just found out about this legalised mafia lending ring that I had to spend five minutes coaxing my eyebrows down from the ceiling. Turns out that Kerry Katona has skyrocketed from bankruptcy of a financial variety to one of a...
Read MoreWE DID IT. Merry Christmas!
It’s not a lot of money by any stretch of the imagination. And our imaginations are pretty stretchy. It’s also taken us a whole year to get there. But you know what? You outrageously generous people have totally made our Christmas. And here’s why: $1,000 dollars is not a great deal in the grand scheme of things, but consider that this money has gone directly to Child’s Play, a charity which brings books and games to terminally ill children around the globe. To put it into perspective, $1k can get you an overwhelming amount of games, and one single game can bring an...
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