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The First Person Shooter – I’m Bored Now

The First Person Shooter – I’m Bored Now

A large gun, and an area full of people in front of me. In any other genre, there may be some hope of conversation, perhaps a spot of exploring, even. But no, this is a first-person-shooter and all must die. Hesitate, and you either die, riddled with bullets and with a screen full of jam, or the game simply shouts at you and forces a restart regardless.

This isn’t a problem, financially, for many developers and publishers. This is the norm; this is what people expect from a modern FPS and if it wasn’t full-on, balls-to-the-wall bullet-action, fans would be disappointed. Provided it has a pedigree – Call of Duty, Halo, or any number of yearly spin-offs – it will make oodles of cash one way or another, so what’s the problem?

It’s all getting very boring indeed.

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The Reticule Presents Installing to Disk Episode 18 — Wii U.S.

The Reticule Presents Installing to Disk Episode 18 — Wii U.S.

The Reticule’s podcast is back with another action-packed episode. This time around Jordan and James discuss the recent release of the Wii U in America, wonder whether Grand Theft Auto V will manage to keep in the spirit of the series and comment on the sales of Call of Duty: Black Ops 2.

As always James speaks about a classic game he’s been playing in the Retro Roundup, but unusually this week the lads have a polite disagreement over his verdict. All is settled by the time they get to Game of the Week though, where the two of them show off their best James Earl Jones impressions. So what are you waiting for? Hit the jump to listen and download episode 18 of The Reticule Presents Installing to Disk.

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