Tag Archives: Mystery

Darryn Bonthuys

The Testament of Sherlock Holmes review

November 16, 2012 at 3:30 pm | 5 Comments

Thumb cocked to the left. Partial joint pain in digit: First point of attack. Two: Index finger; paralyze movement, stop fragging. Three: heavy Redbull drinker, quick snap to caffeine dispenser. Four: Drag in in right thumb on face buttons, mash progress. Summary prognosis: My new mastery of Mortal Kombat might be attributed to too many hours playing the latest Sherlock Holmes game. Recovery: Dubious at best.


Geoffrey Tim

Valve Mysteriously Updates Portal, Internet Matlocks Go Nuts

March 2, 2010 at 10:30 am | 8 Comments

Portal, the space and mind-pending bending first person puzzler from Valve is an incredible game, and it’s just received a particularly mysterious update. The PC version of the game has been updated, but nobody’s quite sure why yet though. The peculiarly cryptic changelog reads  “"Changed radio transmission frequency to comply with federal and state spectrum management regulations" It’s also received a new achievement called "Transmission Received," but with no information on how to acquire it. Also included in the update was a host of new sound files – all white noise and morse code -  that are triggered by doing things with the radio in the starting pod. This is where it starts to get really interesting…
Mystery game teased – Stranglehold 2?

Gavin Mannion

Mystery game teased – Stranglehold 2?

December 1, 2009 at 8:00 am | 1 Comment

Stranglehold wasn’t one of the better quality titles of the last couple of years but that doesn’t mean it wasn’t fun. In fact it is still one of my top rated games of the entire generation purely because of the fun factor that comes from dodging bullets in slow motion and bursting through a room with white doves flying everywhere.

But was it good enough to get a sequel? A new mystery trailer has now been revealed by Spike TV that may possibly be Stranglehold 2. I don’t actually think it will be but I can dream.