Automotive fans come in all shapes, sizes and ages. Gear heads often feel as if they have had an affinity to all things motoring since birth. This makes the first 17 years, pretty hard. Sure he may know everything there is to know about that brand new Jaguar F-Type, who’s poster graces the wall above his bed, but that doesn’t really […]
Need For Speed
Talking Need For Speed With Criterion’s Hamish Young
When not manning our cameras or editing our games section, AK’s Victor Kalogiannis divides his time here with his duties as videographer for the New York Videogame Critics Circle. Victor recently had the opportunity to sit down speak to Hamish Young, Creative Director for the much anticipated Need For Speed: Most Wanted for some insight about the upcoming game. We […]
Games Grid: Need For Speed: The Run Review
The Need For Speed series of games have a few cinema-inspired entries under their wing now, it seems clear that they have a decent handle on putting the player in a gritty fantasy world of underground racing, battling cops and rival drivers for territory, cash, and pink slips to fantastic cars. Need For Speed: The Run is a slight departure […]
AK Road Trip: PAX East 2011 – Video
We took a little departure from our usual trips to car shows to check out the PAX East gaming convention and see what they had to offer for auto enthusiasts.
Game Review – Need For Speed: Shift
We have all found ways to satiate our car lust in the interim time that our supercar of choice is unavailable. Be it a hot wheel collection, a magazine or oft-visited website (made up of handsome, exciting and popular contributors), our greatest automotive fantasies are constructed with the materials available to us. Being just shy of 30 (renew!), I’m fortunate […]