The final reviews of the year are in today's paper with Zelda getting the 5 stars I reckon it deserves. Yes, you could argue it lacks real originality but Twilight Princess is certainly in my top 5 games of the year (full list next week, all being well) The other reviews are Wii Play - the one with the controller - and Rise of the Witch King the add-on for PC real time strat also-ran Battle for Middle Earth 2.
Elsewhere Aleks talks about the continuing rise of virtual communities and social software. Talking of which, after a year of avoiding it I finally downloaded Second Life the other day. Oh dear.
Confusing, ugly, unintuitive - it's a miracle Second Life ever got to be so successful. But just imagine how successful it could be if it had even a half decent control system or a proper tutorial and a welcoming interface? And I do buy into the whole virtual communities thing, honest. I've spent more than enough time in World of Warcraft to see what a powerful phenomenon it is. But Second Life? Not at the moment thanks.
