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Jamie Ewbank
05 June 2009 12:11
It’s another pair of polar opposites on our movies channel this week, with Frank Miller’s embarrassingly poor adaptation Will Eisner’s The Spirit picking up a single star for just about managing to look and sound vaguely interesting, while Slumdog Millionaire
Filed under: Blu-ray, DTS-HD MA, Blu-ray Disc, Dolby True HD, DVD, The Leisure Lab, movies, reviews, Playstation, Xbox, The Spirit, Slumdog Millionaire
Jamie Ewbank
10 March 2009 10:52
We’ve finished our first run through the gorgeous Resident Evil 5 and while we’ve loved every action-packed second it has to be said there’s something missing: the chills. Even when the last instalment, Resi 4, opted for more action and less horror it
Filed under: The Leisure Lab, games, reviews, Playstation, Xbox, Resident Evil 5
Jamie Ewbank
09 February 2009 12:11
Set twenty years before the original Halo trilogy and with Master Chief nowhere in sight, Microsoft’s new Xbox title, Halo Wars , is already risking fanboy disapproval, but it’s not the absence of everybody’s favourite Spartan that makes things dicey,
Filed under: The Leisure Lab, Samsung, games, reviews, Xbox, Halo Wars, Hal, Preview
Jamie Ewbank
16 January 2009 11:45
It’s been a pleasantly surprising week on the Leisure Lab, where our expectations have been exceeded by both Somers Town on Blu-ray and Gears of War II . Expecting the first to be unable to live up to the excellent This Is England and the second to simply
Filed under: Blu-ray, Blu-ray Disc, The Leisure Lab, movies, Samsung, film reviews, games, reviews, Xbox, Gears of War, Somers Town
Jamie Ewbank
22 December 2008 12:22
It’s been a cracking year for gamers, with titles like Grand Theft Auto and Metal Gear Solid making it to their fourth instalments, new titles like LittleBigPlanet and Dead Space bringing new characters and stories into play, and a sprint finish to the
Filed under: The Leisure Lab, games, reviews, Playstation, Xbox, Nintendo, wii, LittleBigPlanet, Dead Space, FPS, Call of Duty: World at War, Top 5
Jamie Ewbank
10 December 2008 16:35
Given that we’re one of the few sites that refrained from making early predictions that Call of Duty: World at War would stink, it would be very easy to pretend that the thought had never crossed our minds and consequently look an awful lot more composed
Filed under: The Leisure Lab, games, reviews, Playstation, Xbox, Nintendo, wii, FPS, Kiefer Sutherland, Gary Oldman, Call of Duty: World at War
Jamie Ewbank
27 November 2008 12:35
It’s long been the dream of game developers to create a game that feels like a playable movie, and in Dead Space , EA has succeeded. Albeit, it’s the sort of movie that involves an awful lot of trudging backwards and forwards doing menial labour whilst
Filed under: CD, The Leisure Lab, MP3, Samsung, music reviews, games, reviews, music, Playstation, Xbox, album reviews, Snow Patrol, Dead Space
Jamie Ewbank
04 November 2008 11:35
Quantum of Solace is the latest Bond tie-in game to try and step out of the shadow of the N64 classic Goldeneye, and the first that has a chance of succeeding. Using the superb Call of Duty 4 engine, Quantum of Solace has a solid foundation upon which
Filed under: The Leisure Lab, Samsung, games, reviews, Playstation, Xbox, Nintendo, wii, Quantum of Solace, Daniel Craig, James Bond, Goldeneye
Jamie Ewbank
24 October 2008 16:08
Pro Evolution Soccer 2009 maintains its status as the football sim for the hardened gamer, having finally found the right balance between complexity and playability. PES 2009 challenges you with a clever AI that quickly counters the repetitive efforts
Filed under: The Leisure Lab, Samsung, games, reviews, Playstation, Xbox, Pro Evo, Pro Evolution Soccer 2009, PES 2009
Jamie Ewbank
22 October 2008 11:59
The Brothers In Arms series is best known for taking the tired old WWII first-person shooter and reinvigorating it by adding squad tactics. Sure, it slowed the games down to a glacial pace, but having to sneak, suppress and flank your opponents added
Filed under: The Leisure Lab, games, reviews, Playstation, Xbox, Brothers In Arms: Hell's Highway
Jamie Ewbank
16 September 2008 12:01
Star Wars: Force Unleashed is the most action-packed Star Wars game ever to hit a home console, and it lets you get in touch with your dark side. Jedis might get all the attention, but the real stars of the Star Wars universe have to be the Sith. Think
Filed under: The Leisure Lab, games, reviews, Playstation, Xbox, wii, Star Wars, Jedi, Star Wars: Force Unleashed
Jamie Ewbank
08 September 2008 11:44
Too Human ’s mix of action and RPG elements should make it the best of both worlds, instead it doesn’t have quite enough of either To be a great RPG, a game must have a deep, interactive story, full of interesting characters and an original setting. Although
Filed under: The Leisure Lab, games, reviews, Xbox, Too Human
Jamie Ewbank
05 September 2008 11:19
At first, Hellboy seems like it’s going to be a lot of fun. Ron Perlman reprises his role as the grumpy, red demon, the snippets of dialogue are fairly amusing, and the combat gives plenty of opportunity to beat-up little bad guys in humorous ways. Unfortunately,
Filed under: The Leisure Lab, games, reviews, Playstation, Xbox, Hellboy
Jamie Ewbank
29 August 2008 14:05
Ferrari Challenge isn’t the sort of driving game that helps the backmarkers catch up or steps in with a bit of sympathetic ABS when you overcook a corner. It’s the sort of technical racer that sticks you in a Ferrari and ruthlessly punishes you for mistimed
Filed under: The Leisure Lab, Playstation, Xbox, Ferrari Challenge