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DLC – Dirty Lying Cheats, The Good The Bad

17May

By StuartNo Comments

DLC – Dirty Lying Cheats, The Good The Bad

Ok, just a quick rant about DLC and how it has shaped the way we buy games these days. First off, DLC actually stands for Downloadable Content, not the title above...but this is how people feel about the companies that bring out this DLC. DLC can be both paid for, and also free, even though both come with their pros and cons, all I'm going to do in this article is give you a brief overview of them all and how they affect the way we play games. So onto the first one FREE DLC!!! WOOO!! everyone loves something that is free right? Well, not when it comes at the expense of an incomplete game. For example, Rory McIlroys PGA Tour Golf by Electronic Arts, this was meant to be the game that brought back the PGA tour franchise, however, it got released with so small courses and players, even ...

13May

By StuartNo Comments

Features

5 Top Tips For Project Cars

With Project Cars 2 rapidly approaching there may well be a large increase of racing fans picking up the first iteration of the game to get some practice. Well sit back and read the Thumb Culture 5 Top Tips for getting the most out of your car. These tips are straight forward, but are very important if you are looking at taking your racing to the next level. So without further delay, let us show you the green light. Tip #1 Turn off the driving line. This one might seem daunting at first, but trust me, turn off the driving live...it tells you to brake early and doesn't give you the best times on the track. Sure it shows you the racing line, but when playing against other drivers and trying to overtake you never really race on the racing line. Tip #2 Learn the track Once you hav...

Why Should You Be Playing Rainbow Six Siege?

11May

By Stuart1 Comment

Features

Why Should You Be Playing Rainbow Six Siege?

As the title suggests, why should you be playing Rainbow Six Siege? The answer, because it's brilliant. Now I know you want more details as to the whys and wherefores of this argument, so in this article, I am going to try and layout why I think Rainbow Six Siege, is still the game to play, over 12 months since its launch. For those of you that aren't familiar with the game itself, this tactical shooter pits five players against each other across different scenarios. Hostage, Bomb, and Secure among other modes. Each round you get to pick who you are going to control from a selection of 30 operators each with their own abilities and gadgets. Each game works in a series of rounds, and you are automatically put on the side of the Attackers or Defenders. Your aim is to be the better side, ...

26Apr

By StuartNo Comments

Features

Call of Duty: WWII Reveal Reactions

So we just sat and watched the latest reveal for Sledgehammer's newest game and it did not disappoint. The trailer shows off a gritty and visceral experience and as usual there are plenty of Hollywood moments and set pieces. It starts off familiar with the beach landing at Normandy and then we get a glimpse of other areas, from the fields of northern France to a woodland environment. This game looks the part but will it play the part. Sledgehammer have brought in a historian to tell the story of 'Red' Daniels and you are playing through his eyes. It promises to be epic and with the game being based in '44-'45 you will experience great moments in the war. From what we see the game will play on your fear levels and with no regenerative health you want to keep yourself alive. Take s...

7Apr

By StuartNo Comments

Features

What Makes A Good Remaster?

Remastered games make up a large amount of game releases both in the past and in the future. With some big names getting the remaster treatment such as The Last Of Us and Modern Warfare, to the more independent titles such as Duck Tales and Another World, but as each of these remasters get released, are they really needed or are they just game developers trying to make a quick buck. Let's delve into why I think that remasters are swiftly becoming its own genre, and what makes a good remaster and a not so good one! Remasters allow gamers who might not have had the chance to play all the games in a series before What I'm saying here is that for example the previously released Assassins Creed Ezio Collection containing 3 previous games, Assassins Creed 2, Brotherhood and Revelations, the...

21Feb

By Stuart1 Comment

Features

The Golf Club 2 – What Can It Achieve?

So The Golf Club 2 (TGC2) has recently has its launch window announced and this prompted me to take a look at its competition and why TGC2 will be the best golf game out. So it may not have all of the sponsorships and official courses that its EA counterpart had, but what the EA game lacks and TGC has in abundance is something that every golfer out there aims to achieve, and that my friends is FEEL. What is feel? I hear you asking, well if you speak to a golfer, feel is simply knowing how the club is moving in terms of the shaft all the way down to the head of the club, all through the swing. This allows you to have a better confidence of making good contact with the ball. Now on EA's efforts this was missing, you would just have to press down on the left thumbstick, wait for the ...

Thumb Wars Episode 4 – Video Game Movies

23Dec

By StuartNo Comments

Features

Thumb Wars Episode 4 – Video Game Movies

We battle to get our favourite video game movie crowned the number one of all time! This episode is slightly different, it see's us battling out to decide which Video Game based movie we believe is the greatest of all time! Yes, I know you're awaiting with baited breath just what on earth it could be. Well wait no longer, friends. Press Play on that video above this written text that you're currently reading or you can subscribe to our podcast on iTunes. We're bloody everywhere. To download the MP3 file then click HERE We love this show, and we hope you do too. Any questions, comments or concerns do let us know on the comments, or send us a loving tweet over at @thumb_culture. YouTube | FaceBook | Twitter | Instagram| Twitch | Discord | Podcast

20Dec

By StuartNo Comments

Features

Our Dependance On Online Services

Firstly lets address the elephant in the room (article), yes I recognise the content of this article is posted on an Internet hosted website, but i'm not concentrating on the internet as a whole, moreover the services that we use through the internet. So cast your minds back to simpler days, days when you would finish school and you would either bundle round to your mates house or they would drop on over to your's and you would gather round shoulder to shoulder around your small CRT TV in your bedroom to play the latest Sega Mega Drive game that just got released, be it Micro Machines, FIFA International Soccer, or my personal favourite for when my cousins came around... NHL Hockey. The hours you would put into a game in that way was astonishing, giving 'bants' to your mate right into h...

A Journey Of Headset Discovery – Which One Will You Choose?

9Dec

By StuartNo Comments

Features, Hardware & Tech

A Journey Of Headset Discovery – Which One Will You Choose?

So with all the talk surrounding 4k, HDR, Pixel count, something seems to have been under the radar for a while and that is your ears. Not yours specifically, but the stuff that goes into them...more precisely sound. There are so many different options out there and at massively differing price points its a scary world to decide what headset you want to buy with your hard-earned money. Then you have to decide which brand you are going to ally with, be it Astro's, Turtle Beach, Razer, Tritton, Senheisser or Sony (other brands are available). Once you have a rough idea of who you want to go with then you have to think about what can that headset do for you, be it surround sound in differing levels and qualities, then do you have a closed cup or open cup headset. As you can imagine the hea...

8Dec

By Stu NNo Comments

Features

Thumb Wars 3: Game of the Year 2016

We battle to get our game crowned the Best of 2016 What a year it's been for gaming. So much so that we've dedicated a whole episode of our new podcast Thumb Wars to deciding just what the hell is the best game we've played all year round. We've cried, punched each other in our virtual faces (I mean, we record the cast over Skype so....it's difficult to physically punch Paul in the nose, sadly) and pulled the hair off our baying scalps trying to sort out this list and yet here we are, with a game chosen as the ultimate Game of the Year, according to Thumb Culture. Yes, I know you're awaiting with baited breath just what on earth it could be. Well wait no longer, friends. Press Play on that video above this written text that you're currently reading or you can subscribe to our pod...