When it comes to strategy gaming, there are generally two classes of players who enjoy them the most: those that are secret warmongers who are really only interested in producing the largest and most powerful army ...

Planes aren't particularly easy to fly in real life, and neither are they in a good simulator program. That's all well and good for those who like fiddling about with rudders, flaps, ailerons and three-hundred-page instruction ...

The universe is a harsh and uncaring place at times. Its deepest parts are bleak, vast expanses of cold vacuum where emptiness chills the very soul. Well, if there were anyone around it would. But compared ...

Making an approach to Heathrow can be tricky, as the airspace over London is pretty busy, but rather that than try to approach it on land. These days, the traffic doesn't so much snarl as bite ...

Back in the eighties, most of us owned a ZX Spectrum or a Commodore 64. However, if your parents bought your computer, you probably ended up with a BBC Micro (or, God help you, an Oric). ...

Reunions. Pah. We... well, we can't print what we'd do to 'em, given half a chance, but here's a clue: it involves yards of digestive tract and a toilet. They're always a bad idea. You'll inevitably ...

In case you don't remember the original Space Rangers, the developers have thoughtfully bundled it with this enhanced sequel and both should appeal to lovers of space adventures who like to mix and match different genres. ...

Break out the party hats, poppers (no, not that kind), jelly and ice cream, 'cos guess what - it's trusty old Microsoft Flight Sim's birthday. This year's version celebrates 20 years of Flight Simulator with several ...

The setting for this "space opera" game is the 23rd Century, which in a galactic time-frame can be roughly described as just before the insanity that was Buck Rogers and just after the Space Odyssey. A ...

The Second World War is surely the most simulated conflict in computer gaming history, and it's this war in which Microsoft has chosen to set its latest Combat Flight Simulator. So wax and twirl your moustache, ...

Great philosophical questions of our time number 216 - what is a Flanker that is flying solo? Surely not a flanker, as it is neither flanking nor being flanked by anything. It must be a constant ...

This game is set in a future in which the Earth is a dead planet, following an unfortunate accident involving some nuclear fissile material and the entire human race. Now the only visitors to our once ...

Since the days of Elite on the BBC Micro, space combat games - and especially those with a plot of some sort - have been very popular. Origin's Wing Commander started it all off on the ...