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Hello and welcome to my blog. Here you will find musings on various topics from video games to mental health to fatherhood.
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Free-to-Play Games
12 Apr 2012
12 Apr 2012
I have spent a lot of the last few weeks trying out some of the ‘free-to-play’ games that are now available on Steam. I’d like to share some of my ideas and opinions about these….
Boss Fights
05 Feb 2012
05 Feb 2012
Boss fights are a common element of most games, but are something that I frequently find frustrating. I’d like to take a moment to look at some great (and truly terrible) boss fights to look at how they should be done.
Sonic 4 vs Sonic Generations
31 Jan 2012
31 Jan 2012
I’ve already talked about Sonic recently in my Retrospective, but that was before I had properly played either Sonic 4 - Episode 1 or Sonic Generations. Both of these games seem to be trying to shed some of the stuff that has made the recent games so bad and trying...
Assassins Creed Restrospective
15 Jan 2012
15 Jan 2012
The Assassins Creed (should there be an apostrophe in there somewhere?) series, while doing nothing for the reputation of hoodies, has become one of the most popular series of the current generation and some of my favourite games… in some ways. I haven’t reviewed any of the games yet, so I...
Writing - Introduction
20 Dec 2011
20 Dec 2011
OK, this blog entry is a bit different. I thought I would share some of my experience of attempting to write a series of novels and short stories. I will probably write a few entries on this subject every-so-often with updates on my progress, but for now I’d like to share...
Review: Portal 2
24 Apr 2011
24 Apr 2011
The original Portal was basically a tech demo, included as a bonus alongside other titles in the Orange Box. And that was all it needed to be. However, it turned out to be full of dark humour and featured a computer that is one of the greatest villains/characters in any video...
Sonic Retrospective
17 Apr 2011
17 Apr 2011
With the release of yet another attempt to take Sonic the Hedgehog back to his roots, I began to wonder if going back to the beginning is really all the Sonic can hope to achieve?
'Maturity' and Video Games
10 Apr 2011
10 Apr 2011
I’ve mentioned before that I have no particular problem with sex, violence and gore in video games. I wouldn’t say I’m a fan of it, any more that I am a fan of violent films. But juts because I wouldn’t buy the, doesn’t mean I’m not going to try and stop...
Review: Gran Turismo 5
20 Mar 2011
20 Mar 2011
Now, I am aware that what I am about to say is controversial, even if it is the truth. Lets just say I don’t intend to spend the next few hundred words complaining about the game just to give it 9 out of 10 as many other (terrible) reviewers have done.
...Console vs. PC Gaming
13 Mar 2011
13 Mar 2011
Today, I would like to discuss one of my fundamental rules of gaming, primarily my view of the different gaming platforms and why certain types of games should only appear on the ‘right’ platform.