Breezing Through a Virtual World Quiz

Answer: Grand Theft Auto

'Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas' was first released in 2004 for the PlayStation 2. If you are into gang wars, theft, car modification and burglary along with drive-by shootings and improving your 'street cred' then this is the game for you. Maybe I'll do a little more homework next time I'm looking for a holiday....

Answer: Assassin's Creed

There is more to this game than running around killing people (as the game title would suggest). Any good video game is full of side missions, main missions and great graphics - and the 'Assassin's Creed' franchise has all this in bucketloads! 'Assasin's Creed II' is the first of the franchise to go back to the renaissance period and is set in the Tuscan region of Italy.

It visits Florence, San Gimignano and Monteriggioni as well as venturing into areas such as Venice and Rome. Play a little further and 'Assassin's Creed: Revelations' will take the player on a trip to renaissance-time Constantinople.

Answer: Max Payne

The first of the 'Max Payne' series was first released in 2001 with the third installment ('Max Payne 3') released over a decade later. The 'Max Payne' franchise falls is a third-person shooter game yet plays like a first-person game where the player 'is' the main character (Max Payne) with the game centering around weapon-based combat. The difference here is that, although you ARE Max Payne, you aren't seeing through his eyes, you are seeing the character on screen as well as the view.

Of the incorrect answers, can you imagine Nancy Drew (teenage detective) in a beat-em-up, shoot-em-up game? 'Super Mario Bros' is based in a fictional world bearing no resemblance to real life. The 'Silent Hill' franchise is also a far cry from reality - unless you believe in zombies and alternate dimensions, and that real life is some kind of horror story!

Answer: Call of Duty

There are several titles making up the 'Call of Duty' franchise, with 'Modern Warfare' making up a sub-franchise of their own. The First 'Call of Duty' game, aptly called 'Call of Duty', was first released in 2003 with 'Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3' first released in 2011 for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.

And to think that my husband wants to take me to Prague one day...

Answer: Australia

In career mode, the player can visit the following locations: London (UK), Louisiana (USA), Monaco, Switzerland, Bangkok (Thailand) and Egypt. Each location has a corresponding film, each of which is based on something you would actually see in a 'real-life' film - such as 'Dukes of Hazard', 'Indiana Jones', or a James Bond film. Stunts performed are similar to those that appear in these films.

'Stuntman' was originally released in 2002 for PlayStation 2 and Game Boy Advance.

Does anyone know when I will finally be able play a video game set in Australia?

Answer: Tomb Raider

Although 'Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation' starts off in Cambodia's temple of Angkor Wat, the remainder of the game is set in Egypt where Lara Croft uncovers an ancient tomb which once imprisoned Egyptian God, Set. And what do you know - opening the tomb releases Set and impending befalls the Earth (who would have guessed it?). As is typical in one of these games, it's a race against time to 'fix' things before time runs out for Earth.

Hmmm, I think I'll be crossing 'archaeology dig in Egypt' off my bucket list...

Answer: The Getaway

This game is different in that there are two main characters (one on each side of the law) that are controlled by the player. Once all tasks are complete for each character, a free-roaming option is enabled.

Mark Hammond is one of the main characters and he's in a bit of a 'bind' - he is wanted by both the police and gangsters. Charlie Jolson is one of the 'bad guys' and head of the Bethnal Green Mob, and DC Frank Carter is the police detective working to destroy Jolson - although Carter's boss, DCI McCormack, is corrupt and helping Jolson.

All the incorrect answer options are set (or partly set) in London, yet neither involves the characters listed.

Trip to London anyone?

Answer: Broken Sword

First released in the mid-nineties, the 'Broken Sword' franchise was originally designed for PC and PlayStation. Later director's cuts and remastered editions were released for other game platforms.

'Broken Sword: Shadow of the Templars' was the first in this franchise to be released. It followed an American lawyer (George Stobbart) who witnessed a bomb attack in a Paris café. 'Broken Sword: The Sleeping Dragon' (the third to be released) follows on from this story and is also based in Paris. 'Broken Sword II: The Smoking Mirror' is the second game and is not related to either the first or third games.

Ahh, the tried and tested story of Europe (any city, really) and the Templars - will it never grow old?

Answer: Command and Conquer

'Command and Conquer: Red Alert 2' is based in a ruined Soviet Union after an attempted conquest of Europe and invasion of the USA. It's possible (at a stretch) that this could happen yet the part with the leader of the Soviet Psychic Corps mind controlling people it starts getting a 'little' less possible.

'Command and Conquer' was originally developed in 1995 with 'Command and Conquer: Red Alert 2' released in 2000. 'Command and Conquer' is one of the franchises with several sub-series', including 'Generals', 'Red Alert', and 'Tiberian'. For a full list, check out the Wikipedia entry 'Command and Conquer' and see if you can figure out the logic of how the sub-series' and games works. Much too stressful for me, although a trip to Moscow isn't sounding much better right now...

Answer: Medal of Honor

'Medal of Honor' is the first in a long line of FPS (first-person shooter) games released since 1999. Most 'Medal of Honor' games are war-based with the main character having a bunch of missions and objectives to complete - pretty standard really! 'Medal of Honor' games have been released or many game consoles and PC with only a few titles being released on both PC and a game console.

It seems that New York is a favourite of both disaster movies and disaster video games (wars included!) What did New York ever do to receive this sort of treatment?