SpecialEffect's accessible GameBase

Congratulations to Barrie 'One Switch' Ellis, who completed The 2010 London Marathon on Sunday. Also, a big thanks to his friend Andy (pictured with Barrie above) and Martin, who also ran on behalf of SpecialEffect.

If you would still like to sponsor Barrie and his monster effort on our behalf, there is still time so please visit his 'justgiving' page here. And to find out about what Barrie ran for and the work that SpecialEffect does, visit our site here.

Below is a BBC interview with Barrie and his friend Andy, at the half way point on Tower Bridge:

Bandai

The Mousou Controller 'Imagination Sound Game' is a keyring shaped like a mini console controller and is available in 3 different game versions: Street Fighter II, Xevious and Famista (Look out for Xevious and Famista reviews to come once I have translated the Japanese and worked out how to play them!).

The Street Fighter II device is then available in 3 colours, with each different colour containing 3 unique Street Fighter characters to play as (blue = Ken, E Honda, Guile,  red = Ryu, Blanka, Sagat, black = Dhalsim, Balrog, Chun-Li).

There are 3 game modes. The First, is simply to enjoy making a noise and playing with the sound effects (though I'm not sure this can be strictly counted as a game mode). The second is playing against an AI opponent, after which 'You Lose!' or 'You Win!' Thirdly, If you have two controllers you can 'play against' (I use this term loosely) by starting a fight at the same time and seeing who gets the win first.

The always insightful, absorbing, thorough and, not to mention, 100% philanthropic; ps3attitude.com is an essential stop for PS3 fans looking for the lastest news and insight on their favourite console.

We are delighted that they have taken such an interest in what we do and hope to achieve at SpecialEffect, that they interviewed our Director Mick Donegan and have put the resulting article and conversation up on their site.

Wii - Cing/Nintendo

'Read and Solve like a Mystery Novel!'

The game plays like a mixture between playing a point and click adventure game and reading a 'Whodunnit?' There is a lack of quick reactions or complicated co-ordination or dexterity required by the gameplay.

Much of the gameplay involves talking to people to gain information and clues to help solve the mystery of Ashley's mother's death. The interaction with objects and people aswell as movement around the game involves pointing the Wiimote at area of the screen and pressing the 'A' button to select them.