Stuff Dec 09: Xmas games, platform games in history, Sony PS3 Slim review

A slew of pieces from me in the December 2009 issue of Stuff Magazine, just got subscribers' copy.
1. Christmas games (in a big "12 Days Of Christmas" feature) including: Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, New Super Mario Bros. Wii and Assassin's Creed II.
2. A history of platform games from Donkey Kong in 1981 to Super Mario 64 to 2008's Mirror's Edge. And a sidebar on "missing links" including Knight Lore, Tomb Raider and Portal.
3. Long-term and in-depth of the Sony PS3 Slim.
Go buy it now!

Augmented Reality explained

Modern mobile phones with cameras and GPS can be used to layer information over reality. At it's simplest, "augmented reality" means you look at the world through the screen of your mobile, using the camera, and the phone uses its GPS and compass to work out where you're standing and what direction you're looking in. It then overlays information on top of the view. Videogames, Internet information and adverts (as well, of course, as military hardware) are all getting the AR treatment now. Want to know more? Read my piece from Stuff Magazine.