Latest Reviews

Project Rub, Snake Eater? This week's reviews are stuffed with more double entendres than a Carry On film. Project Rub is one of the more unusual titles for the new Nintendo DS and sees you scratching, blowing and, possibly, canoodling, your way into the heart of the female star of the game. As I said in my review, "people unfamiliar with gaming are likely to be interested". And they will - Rub is totally accessible entertainment. Less welcoming, but ultimately more satisfying is Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater. We reviewed this two weeks late, so you've probably all played it now (look out for next week's reviews, including a first look at FIFA 2003). If you haven't then the important thing to know is that there are still FAR too many non-interactive cutscenes - film or game Mr Kojima, please decide. Luckily the game itself is a good 'un, and it impressed reviewer Steve Boxer. "The attention to detail is outrageous", he said, although perhaps not as much as his blatant plug for a tips company in the last paragraph. Nevertheless he's probably right when he said, "It is a must buy if you own a PlayStation 2." Last up is the new Splinter Cell game, Chaos Theory. With the speed they churn out SC games you do fear the worst. Thankfully this is probably the best of the series, with Mike Anderiesz calling it, "a little cracker".