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Retro-Respect: Okami (2006)
Based around the spiritual Shinto religion of Japan, Okami lets players take control of sun goddess Amaterasu, in the form of a white wolf. You must use powers (gained from other gods taking the forms of increasingly disturbing animals) through…
Game review: UEFA Euro 2012










Rather than charging football fanatics £40 for what is essentially an add-on, as they seem to do year on year, EA Sports have finally seen sense. At around just £15, players can experience all the drama of the European Championship…
What’s hot and what’s not?
Hot Dark Shadows – Out now It’s been two whole years since our last Tim Burton delight of Alice In Wonderland, so this comedy-horror that looks similar in style to the aforementioned film has no doubt been long-awaited. Along with…
The big debate: PC’s v consoles
Consoles – Jamie Howard Computers require excessive amounts of time and money to keep them running at a suitable level for current generation games – not something everybody has, particularly students. Money spent on constantly upgrading your computer is money…
What’s hot and what’s not
What’s Hot Alkaline Trio – Portsmouth Pyramids Centre – 1st May Finally, the November 2011 rescheduled show is coming to Portsmouth. Injury caused the band to cancel the show last year, and with all the extra months to prepare, it…
Game Review: Mass Effect 3










From the outset things get dramatic very quickly, as Earth is besieged by the deadly Reapers, and you find yourself fighting to find a way off the planet in order to call every major species in the galaxy to Earth’s…
Game review: Mass Effect 3










Mass Effect 3 starts up on Earth, where Commander Shepard is on trial for whatever you decided in the previous game. Suddenly, and I say suddenly with absolutely no surprise what so ever, the Reapers attack Earth and Shepard, being…
Gaming: HD remakes – the loss of video game magic
With the long delayed Silent Hill (2 and 3) HD makeover finally released this past March, we’re drawn to think about whether such a process is necessary in the gaming industry. Silent Hill 2 garnered its cult reputation on the very fact that…
PS Vita: an impressive console that’s worth the money
On 22nd February 2012, the PS Vita was finally released to the expectant Western World after more than two years of the familiar rumour, hype and hearsay routine (starting as far back as July 2009) that usually accompanies the release…
Retro-Respect: Jak and Daxter (2001)










After the childish innocence of Crash Bandicoot’s ‘collect everything in this room before moving on to the next one‘ gameplay, and before the epic globe-trotting of Uncharted’s Nathan Drake, we had the blissful adolescence of the Jak and Daxter series…
NUS vote for national demonstration in Autumn
Student Officer elections postponed until September
Amnesty International protest against Shell operations
Book review: Hurricane Lane, Michelle Vinall
DVD Release: Into The Abyss – Out Now
Gig Review: Lostprophets, Southampton Guildhall
Southsea Fest 2012 lineup announced
Premiership dream ends for hockey girls
Lecturers strike over pension reforms
Portsmouth student competes at Olympic Stadium
Cheerleaders cap successful year with another trophy
Four things to do in Paris… and they won’t cost you a penny!
The True Cost of Free Music
Avengers Assemble: Earth’s mightiest heroes join forces
Gig Review: Bombay Bicycle Club, Portsmouth Guildhall
Gig Review: One Night Only, Wedgewood Rooms
Students abseil down Spinnaker Tower for charity
PR guru Max Clifford talks to University students
DIY Fashion Fix: Tie-dye
Hockey take Club of the Year at AU Awards
Team Plum sails to home success
Interview: Of Mice & Men 





