Hands on with the LittleBigPlanet Beta

by the hammer of Jim Squires!

Most people, when asked what they’d do if their opportunities were limitless, would have some pretty noble goals. Some would want to end world hunger. Some would want to be astronauts. Me? I’d want to be in the LittleBigPlanet beta. Now I am. My impressions after the jump.

Continue Reading »



X08 Hands On: Spiderman Web of Shadows

by the hammer of Jim Squires!

When I saw the trailer that debuted online last month — the one where Wolverine turned into a symbiote — I needed a mop for the puddle of drool around my desk. Once I gathered my senses, I had to ask myself one very basic question: the last few Spiderman games published by Activision have featured heavily recycled gameplay with a new coat of “most recent film” painted on. How could this one really be any different? At X08 I got to find out.

Continue Reading »