On Tuesday the 5th March 2013 I was lucky enough to be invited to the BAFTA Videogame awards.
The experience of attending my first ever award show was simply amazing. We arrived at the swanky Hilton Hotel on Park Lane and collected our passes and were ushered onto the red carpet to watch the game developers and celebrities arrive, a few stopped for a chat and I managed to interview the likes of Jonathan Ross, Ian Livingstone, Rhianna Pratchett, the Walking Dead voice actors and developers, all of which will all …

 
As a few people have pointed out, the gamernights calendar on the front page hasn’t exactly been getting a lot of love of late. To try and put this right I’ll be taking on the task of keeping it updated with all the latest gamernights that are actually happening.
If anyone would like to post an event to the calendar please either send me a pm on the forums, or to my twitter (@tinyian) letting me know what, where and when you’re planning on playing. With all the big games coming …

Day 2 developer sessions from the EuroGamer expo that I recommend you check out.
The first one is Valve talking about how to get a job in the industry.

The second developer session was Assassins Creed 3 and is absolutely amazing.

The third developer session was Need for Speed Most Wanted.

Last but not least was Forza Horizon which looks absolutely awesome. Check it out

So the first day of Eurogamer expo 2012 is over and what a busy day it was.
First and foremost if you hate queuing than you might be a little disappointed. The first experience is the queue to actually get into the venue. I had 10am early bird tickets but didn’t actually get inside the venue until 1100am as the queue was so huge.

Once in though the queues for the bigger games Halo 4, Call of Duty, Tomb Raider, Assassins Creed, Gears of War, Hitman and the Wii U seemed to …

In a few days the UK’s premier gaming event kIicks off at Earls Court SW5 and it promises to be the best year yet. Already numerous games and systems have been announced as playable on the show floor and they shall be developer sessions throughout each each day which will get the fans even closer.
It also promises to be the biggest 360GamerCast community meet up yet! Last year saw several nervous “erms…” and “umms…” as people who had spent an age communicating on party chat came face-to-face for the first …

I compiled this video following our visit to Rezzed, a recent PC & Indie games show in Brighton. Big up to Mistermonday, Greedo75, Jaymogee77 & Max Reboh.

Pre-Show and Microsoft Press Briefing
1:14 PM – Watching the preview show at gametrailers.com.  Every time I see the LA Convention Center, I think of Rush Hour.  Can you blame me?
1:14 PM – 20 min until Microsoft wastes everyone’s time by spending a disproportionate amount of time on Kinect.  Also, what makes Peter Molyneaux so legendary?  I have never understood this.  The guy seems out of touch and his games are meh.
1:14 PM – Little Big Planet Karting looks cool.  Cool enough to get me to turn on my PS3.
1:14 PM …

Wow. I feel humbled with so many of you upping your game with this tournament. Really.
The Ghost Rider table saw some serious tour de force performances – Galford with a “cherry on top” 2.5 odd billion, Clubb8r Lang destroying the competition, XxSTEVIECEExX touting it like a pro and new comers Charlton Valley & Stewbed surprising their own expectations I suspect. Then there’s mrc1501 – hat’s off mate. Best of three on Street Fighter?
With any luck we can make this a go-to tournament for more pro-players that are out there? …

Week 3 is over and the sometimes infuriating X-Men table saw some varying scores. Galford again won supreme with XxSTEVIECEExX re-finding form in second. Pinball Padwan Clubb8r Land made his mark in 3rd perhaps indicating a pinball champion in waiting.
1) GalfordDWeiler – 579,757,328 – (30)
2) XxSTEVIECEExX – 201,744,928 – (29)
3) Clubb8r Lang – 190,932,814 – (28)
4) Charlton Valley – 105,873,949 – (27)
5) mrc1501 – 99,157,767 – (26)
6) dhaunsch – 98,649,779 – (25)
7) Cinema Dan – 89,612,677 – (24)
8 ) Pinballpeebs – 86,641,959 – (23)
9) FunkyM0nk – 85,045,159 – (22)
10) MJ2KILLER …

PAX, AKA Penny Arcade Expo is a now twice yearly get together in Seattle and Boston of key players in the industry to truly pay fan service to the people who fuel the flames of geekery.
Allow us then to welcome to a scrap book of thoughts, photos and edited highlights from the 360GamerCast trip to PAX East!

This was in fact my first trip the the USA. I am in my mid-thirties and for whatever reason had never exited Europe and its bevy of continental breakfasts, proper football and crazy accents. …