In part 1 of my review of XCOM: Chimera Squad, I talked about my experience of playing the game to completion for the first time and looked at the general strokes of how the game was different to its predecessors. In this version, I want to focus more on the actual mechanics of the game.… Read more
I haven’t done a game review in a while, mainly because I don’t play games close to their release dates any more. They’re just too expensive and I’ve had too many disappointments in the past. However, I not only bought XCOM: Chimera Squad soon after it was released, but I also feel qualified to comment on it, given my history with the series.… Read more
Originally written: 15th August 2020
(Age: 17 weeks)
It’s getting harder to find the time to keep this blog up to date, but I’m going to do my best to summarise the key points from the last few weeks in this shorter-than-usual update.… Read more
Originally written: 8th June 2020
(Age: 8 weeks)
Eight weeks in and, as things hit a low point, we had to make a tough call about whether to follow the orders of our malicious and inept wise and glorious leaders, or whether to prioritise the physical and mental health of me, my wife and our baby…… Read more
Originally written: 18th May 2020
(Age: 5 weeks)
We are now five weeks in and, despite the happy title, this has been one of our most challenging weeks yet… … Read more
Originally written: 6th May 2020
(Age: 3 weeks)
It’s now the third week of m’boy being home and… well, it’s been an interesting week for us!… Read more
Originally written: 27th April 2020
(Age: 2 weeks)
So, after what turned out to be a fairly traumatic birth under difficult circumstances, I had a few days to recover, and then we finally brought my son home.
I will now attempt to summarise what those first few days were like.… Read more
Hello and welcome to my blog. Here you will find musings on various topics from video games to mental health to fatherhood.
These thoughts are my own and I should probably warn you that not all content is totally safe for work!… Read more
19th April 2020
(Age: 0 Days)
So, a quick recap. 10 Days overdue and knowing we had a chunky baby on the way, we finally found ourselves in a delivery room at the hospital. Labour was pretty intense, and after dealing with unbearably painful contractions brought on by the hormone drip for what felt like an eternity (and that was just how *I* felt!), an epidural was administered, and when it finally kicked in, we both got a little … Read more
18th April 2020
(Age: -1 Days)
This is the first of a two-part “I Am Your Father” special, which will tell the story of what happened in the hospital when the time finally came for my son to be born.
I was labouring (no pun intended) under the ridiculous notion that I would be mostly superfluous and that I would have the time to ‘live blog’ the birth, making notes every so often as we went along.
What a sweet, … Read more
I struggled with many things when I was suffering from depression and anxiety, including issues surrounding my career, my relationships, my social life… It’s too much to talk about all at once, so I want to break it down and focus on one thing at a time. The following is based on notes that I made during therapy and is the story of not only what happened but how I came to terms with it.
Long before the events that … Read more
Last year, I wrote a short story for a competition by Mind, the mental health charity. The story, ‘The Journey’, was shortlisted but didn’t win any of the top prizes. Given that I wrote the story specifically for the competition, I didn’t really know what else to do with it, so as it’s currently Mental Health Awareness Week 2020, I thought I’d share it here. I’ve tweaked it only slightly and even had a go at illustrating some of … Read more