April2012

  • Review Kinect Star Wars (Xbox 360)

    Your powers are weak, old man

    It isn’t hard to picture the glee that must have filled the offices of Microsoft Studios when the deal to produce Kinect Star Wars was inked. Kinect has always been about removing barriers thrown up by physical controllers and letting players filful their fantasties, and what better advert for the tech than the...

January2011

  • Review Def Jam Rapstar (Xbox 360)

    Rap karaoke ain't nuthing ta #$*! wit

    Between Rock Band and Guitar Hero, music fans looking for a game focused largely on rock, metal, punk and whatever else you can bang out with a guitar, a bass, a drummer and a vocalist have been pretty well covered. There have been a few deviations into other genres, like Activision's rather splendid DJ Hero...