Chapter One: Try leaking 91,000 ‘classified’ files onto the internet about the Afghanistan war and see how many British or American servicemen friend request you on Facebook.
One reported ‘22-year-old military intelligence analyst’ is about to feel the wrath of the US Government after being arrested as the chief suspect in the international scandal.
Earlier this week he allegedly leaked the secret reports and documents onto the WikiLeaks website entitled under the title ‘Afghan War Diary, 2004-2010’.
The reports, while written by soldiers and intelligence officers, and mainly describing lethal military actions involving the United States military, also include intelligence information, reports of meetings with political figures, and related details.
The US Government has said WikiLeaks has “blood on its hands” after publishing the details.
And you have to agree. I haven’t read all 91,000 documents but I’m guessing there will be a fair bit in there which might be read by some as being well... controversial.
Surely things are labelled ‘secret’ for a reason?
Sounds like treason to me.
Only time will tell what the outcome of that leak is. But I wouldn’t want to be in the shoes of the suspect that’s for sure...
Visit: http://wardiary.wikileaks.org/.
Meanwhile it’s been announced that West Country soul star Joss Stone has been unveiled as the latest 00-Devon... sorry, Bond girl.
A digital version of Stone will star as the femme fatale Nicole Hunter in James Bond 007: Blood Stone, the agent’s new video game.
Stone said she played her Bond girl a “bit like a posh version of Paris Hilton”.
Daniel Craig stars as the voice of 007 in the new game, and Blood Stone also features the voice of Dame Judi Dench as M.
And here’s the most exciting part — GoldenEye screenwriter Bruce Feirstein wrote the storyline for the game.
James Bond 007: Blood Stone will be in shops this Christmas for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and Windows PC.
School’s out and the gaming world is slowing down in terms of big new releases.
But if you’re looking for games to keep you buzzing during the summer holidays, don’t worry, there’s plenty on offer online.
Platform: Xbox Live Arcade
Genre: Platform / puzzle
Price: 1200 Microsoft points
Hit count: 5/5
A boy in search of his sister. That’s all you’re told. And so begins a dark, intriguing and challenging 2D platform puzzler.
The old adage of less being more has never been more directly demonstrated in a game that relies on black and white alone for its colour palette, minimal audio and no spoken or written dialogue.
It’s sparse, but sensationally so. Progressing your young protagonist through the four to five hours of incredibly atmospheric gameplay will present a serious challenge to even the most seasoned of adult puzzle gamers, but don’t let that put you off.
Puzzles are there to be thought about, played around with and then overcome with a whoop of success and warm feeling of gaming satisfaction.
Limbo has this in spades, with excellent pacing and increasing of difficulty as you move into more industrialised environments and the harsher puzzle mechanisms you have to master.
Title: Battlefield 1943
Platform: PS3 PlayStation Network
Genre: Action
Price: £9.99
Hit count: 4/5
The Battlefield series has already built up a strong following through its full-price releases in recent years, but this budget bargain on PSN more than matches the full-scale titles with a widespread war offering across three islands in the Second World War-era Pacific Ocean.
Choose from the US Marines or Japanese Navy and take to land, sea or air to join in the fight, whether you’re more of a lone sniper or an aerial bomber.
It looks gorgeous, plays like the beautiful open-world battlefield that you’d expect and, while a few of the modes are missing from this incarnation, there’s still plenty for you to get your teeth into online, and 16 human players buzzing around an island in a game of ’capture the bases’ is easily one of the best multiplayer experiences around right now.
Title: Monkey Island 2 Special Edition: Le Chuck’s Revenge
Platform: Xbox Live Arcade
Genre: Adventure
Price: 800 Microsoft points
Hit count: 4/5
Back in the day when 286, 386 and 486 PCs ruled the gaming waves, you simply couldn’t beat a good old point-and-click adventure game, and the Monkey Island series sat squarely at the top of the tree.
Where the original game occasionally floundered, this sequel came to the rescue, improving in pretty much every way, and now it has been graphically and sonically remastered to provide possibly the purest way to enjoy Le Chuck’s Revenge.
Purists may want to hark back to the original VGA graphics (which can be done here), but you’d be crazy not to accompany this with the incredible new audio and voice acting that can be layered over the top.
The point-and-click controls have been usurped by direct character control of Captain Threepwood, which is a shame, but this is a minor grip in an otherwise marathon and deeply satisfying adventure.
If you’ve never played the series before, dive in now.
GAME CHART: ALL FORMATS FULL PRICE
1. Toy Story 3
2. Red Dead Redemption
3. Dance On Broadway
4. LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4
5. Tiger Woods PGA Tour 11
6. Super Mario Galaxy 2
7. 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa
8. Just Dance
9. Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels Starry Skies
10. Crackdown 2
Leisure software charts compiled by Chart Track, (c) ELSPA (UK) Ltd
