Fen’s devel­oped an addic­tion… it’s Theme Hospital, PC, 1997 From the minds of Bullfrog Productions (also behind Dungeon Keeper, the staff of which went on to form Lionhead Studios) came this amaz­ing hos­pi­tal sim­u­la­tor, a direct fol­low up to the clas­sic Theme Park. … Continue read­ing →

This is where the UCHG takes on the heroic chal­lenge to play every title in the book ‘1001 Video Games You Must Play Before You Die’. This one comes from Brad: 1001 No.11: ‘Darwinia’ (PC, 2005) There is some­thing about Darwinia that … Continue read­ing →

This is where the UCHG takes on the heroic chal­lenge to play every title in the book ‘1001 Video Games You Must Play Before You Die’. This one comes from Fen: 1001 No.10: ‘Black’ (PS2, 2006) I’m usu­ally very dis­mis­sive of first … Continue read­ing →

Well, this has been a long time com­ing. It has finally been fin­ished over the extended bank-holiday week­end but it’s been in progress for the past 3 years: Ross’ Left 4 Dead fan art Representing the UCHG playstyle (leav­ing Francis behind to die). (click image … Continue read­ing →

This is where the UCHG takes on the heroic chal­lenge to play every title in the book ‘1001 Video Games You Must Play Before You Die’. This one comes from Fen: 1001 No.7: ‘Abe’s Exoddus’ (1998) In an Oddworld marathon, I recently … Continue read­ing →

We receive a lot of cor­re­spon­dence here at the UCHG. It seems many of you out there have many ques­tions that need answer­ing and we are always happy to help. We often like to reply to each ques­tion indi­vid­u­ally, for that per­sonal … Continue read­ing →

If you cast your mind back to February 2010 you may well remem­ber a lit­tle post on the old UCHG about 3D gam­ing. If you are unable to cast your mind back any fur­ther than the last few min­uets you can … Continue read­ing →

I can hon­estly say that there are not many games in the world that can hold my inter­est past their dura­tion. I often play the game through and that’s it. There are how­ever a scarce few titles that once I started I have been … Continue read­ing →