Kieron Gillen
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Kieron is one of the founders of the lovely Rock, Paper, Shotgun and nowadays writes comics for Marvel starring characters that even his mum has heard of.
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FeatureGames of 2012: Risk Legacy
What's in the box?
FeatureGames of 2011: Saints Row: The Third
It Saint where you're from, it's where you're at.
FeatureGames of 2010: Robot Unicorn Attack
There will be no shame.
We can't be friends, we can't be enemies.
Anno: Create A New World
Prosperous.
FeatureShow Your Working
Introversion is outing everything about Darwinia+. Emails, design docs, the lot. Chris Delay explains.
The Sims 3
Modern life isn't rubbish.
Spore Galactic Adventures
Plus Spore Hero. Efficient!
FeatureDragon Age: Origins
Wyrming out the facts from designer Mike Laidlaw.
FeatureDante's Inferno
Oh no he Dante!
Drakensang: The Dark Eye
I love a party with a happy atmosphere +4.
Ninja Blade
The panto Ninja Gaiden.
FeatureBoom Blox Bash Party
Baby boom.
FeatureGI Joe: The Rise of Cobra
Lights, Camera, Action Man.
Project: Aftermath
Aftermath you can count better.
The Sims 3
Acting on Simpulse.
Empire: Total War
When life gives you cannons, make Cannonade.
F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin
There's nothing to fear.
Plain Sight
We visit Beatnik to kill ourselves.
Biology Battle
Must... have... child... before... 35.
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II
First impressions of the 41st millennium beta.
Weapon of Choice
The right to choose. Guns.
AC/DC Live: Rock Band
Schoolboy error.
Grand Theft Auto IV
It's finally PC. But not very PC, natch.
Left 4 Dead
It's braining men.
Call of Duty: World at War
Competitive co-op.
The Witcher: Enhanced Edition
More bewitching than ever.
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky
Restraining orders.
Spore Creature Creator
Ironically, not evolutionary: revolutionary.
FeatureNVIDIA, CUDA and PhysX
Music is my hot PhysX.
Mass Effect
Pause for effect.
FeaturePete Hines on Fallout 3
Exploring Pete Hines' expanded conversation options.
FeatureFallout 3
Out, believe it or not, in the fall.
RedLynx Trials 2: Second Edition
Trials trial version also available!
Command & Conquer 3: Kane's Wrath
The Scrin-er takes it all.
Sins of a Solar Empire
Why not be a dirty sinner?
FeatureIndependent Games Festival Roundup
The race for the prize.
World of Goo
IGF 2008 Finalists: Exclusive pre-goo.
Empire of Sports
A new kind of MMO racquet?
Armageddon Empires
Mad Hex: Return to Thunderroll.
FeatureWarren Spector
On Disney and Deus Ex 3.
FeatureBioShock: A Defence
Would you kindly quit your whining?
Neverwinter Nights 2: Mask of the Betrayer
Fantasy Adventure: Noun of the Noun.
Medieval II: Total War Kingdoms
Coming to America. And Lithuania.
FeatureBeowulf
Be Beowulf.
Medieval II: Total War - Kingdoms
Conquistadors: The old astronauts.
UFO: Extraterrestrials
Extratesticular?
FeatureCity of Heroes: Issue 9 Update
Superman-size issues.
FeatureNeverwinter Nights 2: Mask Of The Betrayer
Feargus Urquhart slips the Mask of secrecy.
FeatureDEFCON
Chris Delay gets over his introversion and talks.
FeatureSpeedball 2
Mike Montgomery speaks about the beautiful game (in the future).
FeatureSpeedball 2
Ice cream, I scream.
Earth Defence Force 2017
A 3D Ant Attack for the noughties.
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas
Six and the City.
Heroes of Might & Magic V: Hammers of Fate
It's Christmas time. But should you get hammered?
FeatureNeverwinter Nights 2 toolset
Bad workmen blame their tools. And not reading the manual.
Neverwinter Nights 2
Winter: it'll all be over by Christmas [spring, surely - Ed].
Dark Messiah of Might & Magic
Just might or all magic?
Company of Heroes
In the Company of Ico, Deus Ex...
Call of Juarez
The Call of the Wild West.
FeatureThe State of Independence #5
The Indie scene, from life in Slough to death by skin-shedding.
Faces of War
Face front, Soldier. You're going off to war. Again.
Dark Messiah of Might & Magic
Might have something for you to download. It's Magic.
Sid Meier's Civilization IV Warlords
Want to play? Join the build queue.
Darkstar One
Like Singstar, but space-sim tradier.
Rome: Total War - Alexander
Gordian knot? Gordian, yes.
Rise & Fall: Civilizations At War
Stained.
Rise of Nations: Rise of Legends
Put your feet up and play.
City of Heroes / Villains - Issue 7
The eternal fight against crime gets more eternal.
Guild Wars: Factions
Lights! Camera! Faction!
Rise & Fall: Civilizations At War
Ziggy played guitar. Also, RTS.
FeatureNeverwinter Nights 2
Part 2: More time talking to the Obsid-don.
FeatureNeverwinter Nights 2
Part 1: We make a Date With the Night.
The War on Terror
The war on the War on Terror.
Act of War: High Treason
High spirits on the high sea, but feeling rum.
Buzz! The Big Quiz
Come on down! And the mark too!
Empire Earth 2: The Art of Supremacy
Less Art of War, more Art of More.
Galactic Civilizations II: Dread Lords
Natty Dread.
Tycoon City: New York
I want to make a part of it!
FeatureDefcon
It's the end of the world as we know it. It feels fine.
Tycoon City: New York
More glamorous (with less plush fittings) than Carpet City: York.
Rise of Nations: Rise of Legends
Put your feet up. You know, rise of leg... oh, fuggetit.
Weird Worlds: Return to Infinite Space
Our five-minute mission to explore strange new worlds.
FeatureState of Independence #4
A bluffer's guide to the indie-games awards.
Battlefield 2: Special Forces
Special? How special?
The Sims 2 Christmas
Christmas is coming and the accountants are getting fat.
RollerCoaster Tycoon 3: Wild!
The Really Wild, shown
The Movies
"I like to Movies, movies" - The Mad Stuntman, mishearing.
FeatureThe Blizzcon Report
Our cosplay outfit is "Journalist". We're such fakers.
City of Villains
Leave Bristol alone.
FeatureBlizzard on the future
Is a cold wind gonna come and blow us all away?
Starcraft: Ghost
Ectoplasma guns, presumably.
FeatureWorld of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade
World of Warcraft gets Worldier.
Civilization 4
Be Civil. It’s the right thing to do.