Monday, 10 August 2015
RE-REVIEW: 'Mount and Blade: Warband'
Why assasinate a corpse? Why garnish chicken cordon-bleu with more chicken cordon-bleu? Why review a game I've already reviewed? Because, like Skyrim, I've sunk an embarrasingly long amount of time into this game and I need an excuse for doing so.
Friday, 7 August 2015
ARTICLE: 'Gaming Is Now For The Elite'
Perhaps because of the recent election results, I've been extremely bitter towards the 1% of society who inexplicably own the entire world. This includes the arts sector, and just when I thought gaming was becoming socially accepted despite already being the highest earning entertainment industry, the average age of politicians has soared - meaning we can expect another five years of besuited gentlemen thinking that you steer a controller like a wheel and Zelda is the name of the hero.
Monday, 3 August 2015
RETROSPECTIVE: 'Half Life 2: Episode 1' AND 'Half Life 2: Episode 2'
Fans were disappointed when Half Life 2 ended on yet another cliffhanger, but subsequently delighted in 2005 when Valve released the confusingly named Half Life 2: Episode 1. It's basically 'Half Life 3' but split into episodic instalments so Valve could deliver games faster and respond to audience feedback as they went on. The whole thing seems laughable now.
Monday, 27 July 2015
REVIEW: 'Five Nights At Freddy's 4'
I should be annoyed at FNAF's sole developer Scott Cawthon for rushing this game out early, but at the same time I'm grateful because this is that time of the year when nothing else is coming out even though surely summer is the opportune time for games to be released because everyone's on holiday?
Monday, 20 July 2015
REVIEW: 'Psychonauts'
Let's go back to a golden time when Double Fine were untainted by the mediocrity of BrĂ¼tal Legend, the disappointment of Broken Age, the sloppiness of Grim Fandango: Remastered, and whatever Costume Quest is. Let's also go back to a time when fully-blown comedy games were still allowed to be made by a major company and released on consoles.
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Monday, 13 July 2015
RETROSPECTIVE: 'Half Life 2'
The myth. The legend. The game that perfected an already innovative formula to create an experience unlike anything before or since. Or, that's what I said when I first played it. So what about now?
Monday, 6 July 2015
REVIEW: 'Wolfenstein: The New Order'
When you think of Wolfenstein, you think of a shooter set in Germany where you play as an American shooting his way through cartoonishly goofy waves of Nazis like an unusually violent 1940's propaganda.
Oh, I've just described Wolfenstein: The New Order as well. But it's actually more complicated then that.
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