Playing dress-up with the 360 2008-11-23 — Vincent Leeuw

Playing dress-up with the 360

The Avatar editor for the Xbox 360 comes nowhere near the intricacies of the Mii Channel, but with some effort you can create a ‘North American’ version of …

"Runemages are not overpowered!" 2008-11-24 — Vincent Leeuw

"Runemages are not overpowered!"

And so the balance dance begins!

Spellborn ratings 2009-01-08 — Vincent Leeuw

Spellborn ratings

Our little game The Chronicles of Spellborn seems to be approved by the press in general. The ratings hover between 7s and 8s, and I have yet to hear anyone …

Spellborn fan-made video 2009-01-26 — Vincent Leeuw

Spellborn fan-made video

It seems a YouTube-member and TCOS-player by the name of lumay2u was pretty happy with the looks of The Chronicles of Spellborn and created a video to …

2009-05-25 — Vincent Leeuw

Bashers Podcast: Narrative In Games

Last week I was asked to join in on a podcast concerning narrative structures in games at my old writing home Bashers. I earned my seat on the podcast thanks …

2009-06-28 — Vincent Leeuw

When easy is not easy enough

“Should you be bombarded with one-hit-kills when you are playing a game on Easy?” That, in short, is the main question that got stuck in my head during the …

Spellborn enters the Deadspell Storm 2009-07-02 — Vincent Leeuw

Spellborn enters the Deadspell Storm

If you didn’t catch the news elsewhere already: Spellborn Works went bankrupt. In short this means all of us who worked on the game are now without a job. But …

2009-07-14 — Vincent Leeuw

InFamous urban exploration

While everybody seems to be focused on the differences between Prototype and InFamous, I found myself curiously forgetting about the entire comparison as I was …

2009-07-19 — Vincent Leeuw

Trashy physics

Generally speaking, I don’t like physics in games. So in a way, I don’t like Trash Panic. This downloadable PlayStation Network puzzle game for PS3 has a great …

2009-07-22 — Vincent Leeuw

Misformers

We all carry a little bit of a Bayformer in our hearts; waiting to come out at just the right moment…

2009-07-26 — Vincent Leeuw

Playing Pandemic

What you really need to know: Pandemic is one of the most fun board games I’ve played in quite some time. With that out of the way, let me explain. Players are …

2009-08-03 — Vincent Leeuw

Metroid Prime's alien progression

Last week a friend of mine started playing Metroid Prime for the first time. While he enjoyed the game immensely, to me it was a bit of revelation to watch him …

2009-08-05 — Vincent Leeuw

WipEout AD-HD

I just downright love WipEout HD. Yet, it suffered some serious neglect after other games were released right after its launch last year. Small wonder then, …

2009-08-21 — Vincent Leeuw

Shadow Complex (X360)

“This is not the greatest Metroid in the world. This is just a tribute.”

2009-08-24 — Vincent Leeuw

The Fearsome Floors of Finstere Flüre

If you’ve ever played Chu-Chu Rocket! then you might have a very slight advantage into getting to grips with Finstere Flüre (or Fearsome Floors in …

2009-09-01 — Vincent Leeuw

The spirit of Batman: Arkham Asylum

It’s actually quite hard to pinpoint exactly what makes Batman: Arkham Asylum so good. That’s not to say that there’s nothing to point at, but rather that …

2009-09-05 — Vincent Leeuw

Metroid: Other M (Wii)

Just over 11 hours and another Metroid has been completed 100%. You could say that means I can now start waiting two to three years again to get my next fix, …

2009-09-07 — Vincent Leeuw

Dead November

After sampling Pandemic, there remained a nagging question: are there any other cooperative board games and do they have the same quality? One of the titles …

2009-09-11 — Vincent Leeuw

Daredevil

According to BrainHex.com I’m a class Daredevil gamer. Even better, my sub-class seems to be a Daredevil-Seeker, or in plain English: You like rushing around …

2009-09-28 — Vincent Leeuw

A little less blood

It’s weird. Some time ago it was announced that Ninja Gaiden Σ2 would contain less blood than its Xbox 360 original. I remember applauding that stance back …

2009-10-01 — Vincent Leeuw

Random stones

Over the years I’ve grown fond of boardgames that give the player control over his or her actions in some way. Games like the Game of the Goose and the Game of …

2009-10-09 — Vincent Leeuw

100% Tetris

Tetris and handhelds go hand in hand. After all, it was the original portable brick – the Game Boy – that made it a common household name. So it was quite …

2009-10-11 — Vincent Leeuw

Tobago's treasure deduction

My local board game supplier had something nice to show me a few weeks ago: a treasure hunting game that looked suspiciously like Catan from afar. It turned …

2009-12-04 — Vincent Leeuw

Moederziel online in Demon’s Souls

In februari dit jaar bracht Sony’s Japan Studio in samenwerking met From Software de game Demon’s Souls uit voor de PlayStation 3. De game verwierf vrij snel …