A little gem of an experience can be found while trawling through the extensive list of games on Steam called “Dear Esther”. While not strictly a game, it requires player interaction in order to complete it. But you’re not competing against anything, you are simply playing the role of a narrator of a story that you listen to while walking a set course across an island. Sounds rather harmless, and it is. But you don’t quite understand what you’re in until the music, the sounds and the visuals lift you out of normality. Think yourself immersed into a story that slowly grows...

A fun game that needs more I never really stumble into Indie game territory. I was given Beats Hazzard by a friend, Amnesia The Dark Descent was a silly idea (although it’s great) and Majicka is a good fun multiplayer but crap by yourself. I saw Rigonauts for £2.37 on Steam and it reminded me of a contraption I made in Little Big Planet. I saw some videos and thought for the money, I’ll give it a go. A nice short download on 86MB, few minutes and you’re in the game. There is one mode, which effectively is a campaign mode with training missions on the way. The idea is to put together...

You know and love the game by now, but ever wondered how to play it on a LAN if you have some friends round? Easy – first, go to Steam and install the Chivalry Dedicated Server tool (under Tools). Then, get navigate to C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\SteamApps\common\chivalrymedievalwarfare\Binaries\Win32 and you will find an application called UDK.exe. Copy a shortcut to your desktop. Now, from here, you have some options. First, get this PDF file. Have a read through the instructions. You have a variety of options you can set in the .ini file, but to get it quickly working, you need to change the...

The Beautiful has just got more beautiful. It has been almost three weeks now since Okami HD was released on the Playstation 3 as a download only release via the Playstation Network store. As an avid fan of the original (certainly one of my top 3 games of all time), I was happy to pay the £15.99 it costs to play it a third time round, this time in HD. The menu system is the same, the story line is the same and everything will look very familiar to those who played the PS2 version. Nothing has changed, with the obvious exception of the graphics and the sound. That is instantly noticeable – the...

Details were released back in September, but now the release is upon us – Okami HD is still set for a Halloween release – two days time! So far, this game has had a sad story. When this little gem of a game was released back in 2006, it was not well heard of. Which is a real shame, because it was actually one of the best games on the PS2 platform. To top it off, the developers went bust soon after its release (Cloverleaf Studios). But now, Capcom are re releasing it in full 1080p HD quality and boy I am excited. It will also support PlayStation Move and of course, trophies. It will be...