Just a quick update from us here at the UCHG:

This blog has been running for a while now, and so we thought it was about time we went for a new look for the site – we hope you like it! It should be easier to find your way around – check out our last 3 vids on the right in case you missed any!

Let us know what you think – is there anything you’d like to see on the site?

Oh and a little secret for you…we’re working on something big!

Holla,

The UCHG team

Then play with your mates! Owning a bunch of consoles and hundreds of games is all well and good; but if you’ve only got yourself to play with, then they’re not really worth a thing. There’s nothing like getting cosy on a sofa with your good buddies, and getting on with some great player on player action – or better still, some cooperative madness!

When we’re not making videos or buying more awesome retro stuff, this is what we do. Whether it’s old or new, FPS, beat-em-up or whatever – blasting through a coop game with your friends is the most fun you can have in front of your TV. Try it some time – you won’t be disappointed.

Here’s just some of the games we’d recommend that you should give  a go – just look at these pictures, can’t you just see the pleasure in our faces??

Halo – xbox

Ride around on Hogs, then beat on testacle-shaped monsters, jizz-beasts, and the Flood – or is it just Toby Flood?

Streets of Rage – megadrive

Stroll around the city (and lifts) in search of Ninja Gingers or Ginger Ninjas – you won’t find any! Instead, just grab eachother inappropriately.

Wimbledon – master system

The best place for an all out tennis battle – *insert some ball-grabbing / balls in face jokes here*

WarioWare – wii

Dance, Ross – dance!!

Pop n Twinbee – snes

Whip out your splooge cannon, and liberally spray everywhere – all whilst shouting “titty-wanking”.

Have you experienced the joys of having someone to play with? If you’ve got any ecstatic multiplayer memories, then let us know what you’ve tried!

Next coop for us will probably be…Hidden & Dangerous on Dreamcast!

As a special treat for you all, here is sneak peek at what goes on behind the scenes at UCHG HQ

A typical scene outside the office.

Ross has had his tablets and is hard at it working on our next big project

Brad is typing his little fingers to the bone in pursuit of a sensible post with no references to porn

and Fen is… well… ordering a pizza.

If you are wondering where Steve is, he is out buying all the batteries he can find to help fuel our Menacer habit…

It’s Halloween, and here at the UCHG we’ve decided to bring you a special episode to celebrate this spooooky time of year! Join us in the UCHG Kitchen – we’ll be showing you how to make your Halloween just that little bit more retro.

Happy Halloween from all of us here at the UCHG!

There is a new and much coveted title amongst the piles of games at UCHG HQ. A game so great that not only has it got Brad ending every phone call with “Solid copy on all. We are Oscar Mike!”; it has become his Game of the Year! Brad is away, but has managed to transmit a picture back from the front line –

Ladies and gentlemen, may we present Brad’s Game of the Year 2009:

1001 No.38: ‘Operation Flashpoint 2 Dragon Rising’ (2009)

Now considering that Hitman Blood Money has been Brad’s game of the year for the past 3 years, Dragon Rising has got to be something pretty special to have swayed his narrow and violent mind!

Codemasters have gone all out with this game, taking all that was great about the original Flashpoint and inserting it neatly into everything that Far Cry 2 should have been. The end result is a gritty realistic tactical shooter that allows you to wage all kinds of war over a truly breathtaking open-world environment.

It really is a game of biblical proportions, and proudly proclaims to take the gamer as close to war as they’ll ever want to get! It will have you on the edge of your seat as you sneak past an enemy that greatly outnumbers you; it will place you on the verge of an adrenaline induced heart attack as you fight through villages as part of a large armoured force; and it will also make you shout at people from everyday life in the style of US Marine fire team leader!

One of the games major boner-inducing tools is the option to, when available, call in Fire Support! That’s right, you’re able to call in the big guns or order up an air strike, all at the click of a mouse, and it is nothing short of outstanding in every way. The only draw back is your enemy also has access to the heavy weapons and being mortared is an experience likely to make you wet yourself.

Operation Flashpoint 2 Dragon Rising has even retained the co-op mode that made its older brother so great. So when your done beating the hell out of the Chinese in the single player mode, and the blood has returned to your head, you can do it all again with your mates!