Ingredients For A Great Game by Daniel Westerstal
There are millions of computer games out there on the market, how do you make your game best selling? What features have to be included? I have taken a look on previously best sellers trying to determine what makes a great game. Set the player in focus The player wants to be in focus in the... A simple story or shorter story should work fine as long as the story is good. ... Story Never ever underestimate a game story. ... However don't do the mistake of writing the story too complicated. ... This concept is seen in virtually all best sellers, Doom, Civilization, The Sims, Sim City,...

Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas by Tony Camara
The Story Drawing close to the conclusion of 2004 brought upon the release of the highly anticipated Grand Theft Auto San Andreas, the final episode of the GTA series. It shows the experiences and encounters that Carl “CJ” Johnson goes through whilst trying to take back his home city of San... This new instalment has greatly improved from the last two series (Liberty City, Vice City). ... After many gang wars and losses Carl is forced to leave the City of Los Santos and heads to San Fierro. ... Carl Jumps on the next flight from Liberty city to San Andreas.

City of Heroes-This Game is Freakin' Awesome by Ed Love
For me, what makes this game so great, is its versatility. I'm not talking about how fully customizable the heroes you create are, from height, build, skin tone, hair style, hair color, costume, powers, etc. What I mean is you can play solo, doing missions given to you by contacts (police... NCSoft's developers also work hard to bring seasonal events to Paragon City. ... The different zones of the game are easily navigable and offer their own unique look, back story, and resident villains. ... About a year ago, they introduced City of Villains for those who would rather cause the mayhem.

Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories Review by Carl S. Richardson
Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories was hailed as the "killer PSP game". The popular GTA series had to make its way onto the PSP sooner or later, and it's PSP debut is great. The game takes place, as the title suggests, in Liberty City, which is the city that Grand Theft Auto III (the series'... Once you've completed enough missions, you'll move on to the second island of Liberty City. ... Liberty City Stories has the same radio themed soundtrack. ... You can also have motorbikes, which have never been seen around Liberty City before Motorbikes are generally faster and have better...

Final Fantasy VII Review by Matthew Boyd
Since its release in 1997 this game has set the benchmark for all other RPG games, since its release there have been up to FF XIII so far in the series but as the number in the series gets higher there seems to have been some loss that has been making FF games less popular. ... Most Playstation games usually have one disc but this game had three and since its release there has been what is known as a ‘Compilation of FFVII’ and in this compilation there is a fully animated movie (Not Cartoon looks more like real life) that was a huge success and also games that tell the story of the past...

The Story Behind OpenSimcity by Brett Hull
I've always liked to play SimCity since I was little. I used to play the version for Super Nintendo for hours then and then. That version was really cool. It had 4 seasons (winter, spring, summer and autumn) and many landscapes, scenarios to choose between. ... It was not Hey I've managed to get 1m inhabitants but more like Hey, look what a nice city I built. ... This was however not intended to be a strategy-based city planning game, but more to be like a fun modeling program (like 3DMax or Maya) and creating wow effects.

iPod Pinpointed As Criminal Tool by Giovanni Woods
Well, it looks like it has already happened when one high school student which has yet to be named was charged with felony. The investigators of the mentioned case said that this former student of Clay High School had hacked into the files of the school’s personnel as well as hacked the student... This is as per the statement given by John Hall, the superintendent of Oregon City. ... That’s the good part of this story." All the mess started for the student when he had gotten into an argument with another teenager in his school.

PC Games - Wizardry by Michael Russell
Unless you've been around for a while, you've most likely forgotten this PC game series. And what a series it was. Spanning an entire eight editions, this was one of the most ground breaking games ever made. Sir-Tech software came up with a real winner when they created the first Wizardry... Without the staff the city is defenseless. ... The story itself was interesting enough to have been made into a movie, even if the graphics of this early PC game were crude by today's standards. ... The story of this edition is way too complex to get into detail here.

Two New PS3 Games From Sega by Carver Tate
After all that hullabaloo about the pricing schemes for Sony's PS3 games, Sega announced that it will release two PS3 titles come November. Scott Steinberg, marketing executive for Sony, made the announcement earlier this week. According to him, the two PS3 games will be "Full Auto 2:... Using explosive weapons, high-speed vehicles, and skillful technologically-groundbreaking demolition tactics, players must defeat their opponents and claim the city as their own. ... With their own choice of weapons and battle-ready cars, players can enjoy hours of fresh gameplay in this story-based career...

Top PSP Download Sites, PSP Download Software Review - PSP Homebrew Guide by Troy Harbour
With technology advancing so quick everyone is crazy about video games. It is now possible to download games and put them on your PSP. The days of spending $50.00 a game are over. Now all you need is a few pieces of software, a memory stick, a download subscription, and you can have a PSP ready... get Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories get the loader format memory card download homebrew apps install apps run them. ... The steps to get homebrew applications are fairly simple. ... I have seen Super Mario Brothers on one of the sites I subscribe to.