"Many a mickle makes a muckle", our Sixth Form Physics teacher used to tell us. "Sod off you barm-cake" we used to shout back, only half joking, tired to the bone of his inane and obscurely ...

After what seems like an ice age of waiting, developer Blizzard has finally managed to get the sequel to its hit RPG Diablo out of the door and onto the shelves. As ever when a game ...

Evil, I tell you, they're evil! No, not the Gas Board but a far more ancient evil. An evil that has stalked the land since the very first flickerings of life on this planet. An evil ...

Some games are not so much games as a way of life. To certain people, that is... sad lonely individuals, who spend long hours hunched over their PCs in their dimly lit bedrooms, naught but decaying ...

Hi my name is Bob. I still wear a nappy despite being very, very old - in fact I'm immortal - and I sound like a whiny, spoilt brat. And it's my job to save your ...

Outcast starts uniquely, and continues that way. After being greeted by a face that bears a frightening resemblance to Michael Portillo, you make any necessary configuration changes and begin the game proper. At which point your ...

3D action games too intense for you? Traditional role-playing games too dull? Then have a look at Silver. A role-playing game at heart, there's plenty here to delight the more shallow player (myself included) who just ...

Remember Myst? One of biggest games of all time; an adventure game with fantastic graphics and mind-bending puzzles. Reah follows in Myst's footsteps, albeit with a more accessible interface and slightly less brain-melting puzzles. Slightly. Adventure ...

'Graphical adventure' was a description that came back to haunt many games developers in the early years of multimedia, since it almost always meant a sad, clunky excuse for a game with lots of poor quality ...

If ever a television series was ripe for conversion into a computer game, The X Files is it. Millions of viewers, charismatic lead characters and unusual, unpredictable plots; even if the game had turned out to ...