Lists
Top 50 Xbox 360 games list
This blog loves lists... and here's a great one that we stumbled upon earlier today. If you've finished all your beloved Xbox games and want to k
Top story
Retro & Hardware
The history of games controllers
A refreshed look at one of the archive’s most evergreen subjects: how controllers evolved alongside the games we play.
Features
Greatest gaming sequels ever
Sure as night follows day, game sequels will continue to be big business. Than kfully, things really do seem to improve with age in the gaming wo
Fresh evergreen reads
Guides worth keeping
Five new practical stories built around questions players keep searching for long after release-week headlines disappear.
Guide
How to Build a Retro Gaming Setup That Feels Right
CRT or modern display? Original hardware or emulation? A practical way to build a retro setup around the games you actually want to play.
Collecting
A Beginner’s Guide to Collecting Retro Games Without Overpaying
How to decide what is worth owning, spot condition problems and build a collection that stays playable instead of turning into expensive shelf clutter.
Preservation
How to Preserve Old Games, Consoles and Save Files
Simple storage, cleaning and backup habits that can keep ageing cartridges, discs, consoles and save data usable for years.
Hardware
How to Choose the Right Controller for PC and Retro Games
D-pads, analogue sticks, triggers, wired latency and layout: the features that actually change how a controller feels in different kinds of games.
Guide
The Practical Couch Co-op Gaming Setup Guide
A living-room setup that makes local multiplayer easy: controllers, seating, sound, cable management and the small details that stop game night becoming tech support.
From the archive
Still worth reading
Classic Megabits pieces chosen for subjects that remain useful, interesting or just fun to argue about.
Features
Megabits' pick of: underrated games
December 2010 · When assembling our recent Top Ten most overrated games (which some of you found rather controversial) we set a min
Reviews
Review: Red Dead Redemption
June 2010 · Not since the release of Rockstar’s 2008 magnum opus Grand Theft Auto IV have I personally lusted after a game as m
Guides
Dark Souls: Beginners Tips
October 2011 · Part of the brilliance of Dark Souls is that it’s hard to find something new to say about it. It is a game that div
Guides
Ten Must See Locations in Skyrim Part 1
March 2012 · Like Oblivion, Fallout 3 and Fallout: New Vegas before it, Skyrim is huge and full of places to visit. It may prete