My Videogame Wishlist

World of Warcraft: Cataclysm

Don't snigger. The expansion pack to the series brings new challenges, new quests and new achievements. Those who have slagged it off are usually the ones who have never played it. It's an incredibly addictive game that will suck up your life and put on a 2:2 before you know it. And stop sniggering at the back I have known the touch of a woman I'll have you know. Maybe.

Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood

I raved about this game before for a very good reason; Assassin's Creed 2 was an incredibly fun game. Though this game has made few changes, leading many to claim it's just the previous game with a few extra trimmings, sashaying through Renaissance Rome causing havoc, mayhem and general chaos is far too good an opportunity to pass up. Also the idea of standing naked before my enemy, watching him laugh and then get cut to shreds by a dozen Mini-Me assassins is far too exquisite an opportunity to pass up. The multiplayer where you assassinate other players while pretending to be random passers by, gives me an opportunity to do my best ninja impression.

God of War 3

Admittedly this game came out in March but I am still putting it on the wishlist for a number of reasons. Firstly, only now is it reaching a price possible for purchasing by poorer students. Secondly, the God of War series never disappoint, whether it's in theatrics or the simple amount of blood and gore. The game makes us manage to care for Kratos, even when he's bellowing that no one loves him, while simulatenously ripping the head off of a God with his bare hands to use as a lantern. The theatrics on the PlayStation 3 are reaching eye-popping levels, which is incidentally what Kratos is doing.

iPad

Yes it's achieved a large amount of opprobrium from critics who see Apple as a relatively more cool microsoft. Yes it has it's own legion of hipster followers who are possibly the most annoying people on the planet (apart from those who eat crisps in the cinema) but it does genuinely have seemed to have plugged a niche hole in the market that every other technological giant is also rushing to fill. Also Angry Birds looks a lot of fun on the big screen. It's the perfect gift for the person who finds laptops cumbersome but an iPhone too fiddly. Like my mum.

Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Vietnam

Apart from the legendary Call of Duty series, the Battlefield series is in a league of its own. And while Black Ops was a relative disappointment, this game promises to fulfill every expectation. There are fewer games set in the Vietnam war - because the Americans lost this one (this is why we have so many WW2 First Person Shooters it's the last conflict they actually won). Stalking through the jungle, unleashing Agent Orange - all we need to do is unleash Ride of the Valkyries and we're set. Who needs the Queen's Speech?

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