Author: Misha

  • The Hitchhiker’s Guide To Video Games 04.06.04

    Back once again, with the Renegade Reploid, it’s the Hitchhiker’s Guide To video Games. Misha and Marvin are how we are known, the Tuesday News Spot is our throne *and if we don’t stop rhyming, the readers will groan I suppose you’re right. Time for content, then. News Next-gen activities in the darkSector… The first…

  • The Hitchhiker’s Guide To Video Games 03.30.04

    Greetings, friends! It’s that Tuesday time once again, and so it’s me and Marvin, here to take in The News. Yes, a short intro this week. But that’s because there’s lots to cover. News Kingdom Hearts on GBA News has just been released of a new game in Square Enix’s Kingdom Hearts series. Currently entitled…

  • The Hitchhiker’s Guide To Video Games 03.23.04

    Well, it’s hard to believe, but it’s another Tuesday. Sometimes I wish time didn’t move so fast… *Aren’t I supposed to be the pessimist here? Oh be quiet. *Mmmmaybe… Eh. I’m Misha, he’s Marvin. Time for news. *That wasn’t very friendly, now, was it? Quiet you… I still have that nuclear-powered electromagnet… News Half-Life 3…

  • The Hitchhiker’s Guide To Video Games 03.16.04

    Greetings, one and all. It’s time, yet again, for the Hitchhiker’s Guide. Misha and Marvin we are, your regular hosts. *Oh. Hello, I suppose This week’s lineup? Some commentary, which some of you may have guessed the subject of from the tagline. News, of course… along with our semi-affectionate MSTing. So, let us begin… News…

  • The Hitchhiker’s Guide To Video Games 03.09.04

    *Oh. It’s you lot again. Hello, I suppose… Misha got distracted, so I’m doing the intro this week. We have… stuff. Like news. And commentary. So here it is… Sonic Advance 3: first footage! Footage of the new Sonic Advance game is now available here, courtesy of gamesradar.co.uk. Current news from Camp Sega suggests that…

  • The Hitchhiker’s Guide To Video Games 03.02.04

    Ah, it’s good to be back. not that I was ever really away, but it’s still nice to be back. Even Marvin’s almost cheerful, too. *Only because I broke into your University’s Electronics Lab over the weekend, and made myself a new upgrade Well, that’s one way of going about Self-Improvement… Generally, the best way…

  • The Hitchhiker’s Guide To Video Games 02.24.04

    *And so it continues… The eternal grind of week upon week… And before you know it, it’s Tuesday again… Hey! Hold it right there! *And why do you care, anyway? Look, this is suposed to be a CHEERFUL opener. THAT was the agreement remember? People are back at work, and the only thing good that’s…

  • The Hitchhiker’s Guide To Video Games 02.17.04

    What? It’s Tuesday already? That must mean it’s time for ME! *Ahem Oh yes, and it’s time for him as well. I’m Misha, and he’s Marvin. Together, we are the 411Games Tuesday News Team (cue Air Guitar riff) So, what’s in store this week? The usual news-based punditry, of course… And an extra-special commentary in…

  • The Hitchhikers Guide To Video Games 02.10.04

    Hola, amigos! It’s Tuesday, and that mean it’s time for The Guide. I’m Misha, your ever-British host….. *silence … C’mon, Marvin! That was your cue!!! *Leave it alone. I told you this was a bad way to introduce the column Oh, and of course, you were *full* of good ideas…. *And I thought heavy sarcasm…

  • The HitchHiker’s Guide To Video Games 02.03.04

    Hello, good morning/evening/afternoon, and welcome to The Hitchhiker’s Guide To Video Games. I’m your host, Misha Sumra. For those of you who’ve been away for a few weeks, I’m 411Games’ very own Davey Boy Smith (token British Wind-Up Merchant). I used to do the “We Want Our Tea Back” Euro-News column, but a slight rejig…

  • The As-Yet-Unnamed International Tuesday News Report 01.27.04

    Don’t you just hate it when random temporal anomalies throw your schedules out of synch? I do. I blame the fact that the university physics labs have just been upgraded… Who knows what they’re up to down there? Things went just a little bit wonky last week, with a couple of important servers going AWOL…

  • We Want Our Tea Back 01.08.03

    Oakily Doakily, then. It’s a New Year, and yet more UK-centric gaming content will be coming your way courtesy of me, Misha, and whatever sources I can find. This week’s going to be suffused with less manic energy than usual, but that shouldn’t detract from the content. UK Gaming News Well, looks like PALWorld got…

  • We Want Our Tea Back! 12.25.03

    Well, here we are. The festive season is upon us (and, since I’m in England, I’m not going to hold with any of that “Happy Holidays” politically correct nonsense) and I’m here again. Since I’m off on holiday (vacation) with the family in (literally) a few minutes, I’m not going to be able to write…

  • We Want Our Tea Back! 12.17.03

    So this is what I get for not proofreading my columns once they get posted. I had a whole nice slab of commentary that was supposed to accompany last week’s column, but it got… lost somehow. No idea on the cause…. I blame Pankonin, ’cause everybody else seem to (KIDDING! Except about the everybody-else-blames-him part).…

  • We Want Our Tea Back! 12.12.03

    BIG news alert By the time you read this, 411 Black should be up and running (if it’s not, it will be, *very* soon). It’s the latest branch of the site, and is basically a free-for-all zone where any 411’ers can go to write… whatever. My World Cup Final Tribute is still taking shape, but…

  • We Want Our Tea Back! 12.04.03

    Yes, things went somewhat to pot last week. I’m sure all four of you loyal readers were deeply upset that I wasn’t here with my ramblings, but stuff came up. But hey, I’m back, and ready to enlighten, amuse and confuse. First things first: I’m going to shout-out to a guy named Julio who emailed…

  • We Want Our Tea Back! 11.20.03

    More Rugby Well, I was 1 from 2 last week, but I called the important one, so that’s OK. England Australia, the final? Hmmm. The Aussies dominated their semi, but what sort of a New Zealand side were they playing against? One that forgot to turn up, by the look of things. England won’t be…

  • We Want Our Tea Back! 11.12.03

    Greetings, my excellent friends. It’s Tea-Time once more, and there’s much to be said. Shall we continue? As usual, it’s the Rugby Well, looks like I called it right down the middle. Full credit to the Welsh, who pulled out all the stops and gave us something to think about. But despite what the Australians…

  • We Want Our Tea Back! 11.06.03

    Nobody’s looking… Aha! Time for more Brit content to bullet-point its way onto 411 Games. As usual, I’m Misha, and I’m going to guide you through your Wednesday with some gaming content, and random digressions on all sorts of things. First off: apologies for the formatting last week. Things got scrambled in transit between my…

  • We Want Our Tea Back! 10.30.03

    Yeah, it’s a bit late. I blame Windows XP for not putting my files into attachments that actually WORK on other people’s computers. Well, anyway, another week rolls by, and I’m still here. I’m as surprised as anyone, but while I’m here, lets have some transatlantic fun, and hope I last longer than Watson (he…