Hardware Reviews in general

As time goes on and on the current next-generation console war is heating up, consoles have been release and failed, some have succeeded, will Microsoft get it right with the X-Box? The X-Box will be Microsoft’s first outing into the console market, they are the newcomers, who would blame the computer gamin industry is massive and is growing at an alarming rate. Modern computer games are produced by a massive team of people, gone are the day’s were someone would create a game in their bedroom. Microsoft do have some sort of advantage under their belt to start with. That’s Microsoft, one of the biggest and most profitable companies ...  Read the complete review

Written by me for http://uk.ciao.com To my ( not very large ) knowledge of Nintendo, the N64 was released in 1996 and had a lot of mysteria and hype around it. Was it hot or was it not? Was it worth buying or not? Well, 5 years on, Nintendo have binned the N64 and shifted to their new console, the Gamecube. The Nintendo has 64 bit, double the power of the PlayStation but in my opinion, the difference is not TOO big but definatley noticable. I don't like the fact that cartridges are used because you have to shove them in, and those irrisponsible gamers among us may break a few of the pins off of our games, wrecking the game. I wish that the console ...  Read the complete review

The details on the Xbox release date have finally been confirmed as March 14th 2002. The console will retail at the expected price of $299.99 and will come with a controller and an 8 GB hard drive as standard. Initially there will be eight titles to choose from on the Xbox, with Beat ‘em up fans having the exclusive rights to Dead or Alive 3 and driving fans, Project Gotham. The remaining six titles are: Oddworld: Munch’s Oddysee (another exclusive), Halo, Amped, Fusion Frenzy, Blood Wake and Azurik. With Microsoft estimated to spend in excess of $500 million on promoting this machine alone, they obviously want to make sure the public ...  Read the complete review

This is to all those who know about the games console market..... I have a laptop computer. That is the extent of my computer literacy. However, I have played on games consoles belonging to my friends and found them a lot of fun. So, I thought I would treat myself to one. There was I thinking it would be that easy! There appears to be only one on the market at the moment and that is the PS2. However, as I understand it, there are two more coming out soonish, the Gamecube and the X-Box. My question is simple. Should I wait till these are released and when will that be? Or, should I get a PS2? The games on it do look impressive. I ...  Read the complete review