Video gaming Archive

  • Now to be honest I didn’t play all that many Mario games. I’ve played some Mario on the Gameboy and on the Super Nintendo, but I did watch the tv...

    Super Morio

    Now to be honest I didn’t play all that many Mario games. I’ve played some Mario on the Gameboy and on the Super Nintendo, but I did watch the tv...

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  • It is amazing how quickly things can change. When I first bought a Playstation 2 to play Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, I had avoided purchasing a new console because...

    Playstation 2, You Put a Spell on Me

    It is amazing how quickly things can change. When I first bought a Playstation 2 to play Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, I had avoided purchasing a new console because...

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  • There are a lot of villanous characters I could have gone with. I mean, you can’t have a drama without some form of antagonistic force, and I had the whole...

    Officer Tenpenny: Realistic Evil

    There are a lot of villanous characters I could have gone with. I mean, you can’t have a drama without some form of antagonistic force, and I had the whole...

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  • At first I thought it would be easy to think of an awesome crossover, but there have been so many already. A few weeks back however, I saw some old...

    Time to kick ass

    At first I thought it would be easy to think of an awesome crossover, but there have been so many already. A few weeks back however, I saw some old...

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  • There are moments when you play video games where you get a glimpse of something you hadn’t yet encountered before. As a seasoned gamer, I’ve had many of those kinds...

    Airships and Crystals and Spoony Bards…Oh My

    There are moments when you play video games where you get a glimpse of something you hadn’t yet encountered before. As a seasoned gamer, I’ve had many of those kinds...

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  • It’s been years since I was a real gaming fanatic. Nowadays I’ve got to make time to start up a game. I’ve finished Modern Warfare 2 months ago but didn’t get...

    Max Payne 2

    It’s been years since I was a real gaming fanatic. Nowadays I’ve got to make time to start up a game. I’ve finished Modern Warfare 2 months ago but didn’t get...

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  • It’s kind of interesting that personally I don’t consider Sonic the Hedgehog to be one of my favourite characters from the gaming world and yet the character features heavily in...

    A blue hedgehog

    It’s kind of interesting that personally I don’t consider Sonic the Hedgehog to be one of my favourite characters from the gaming world and yet the character features heavily in...

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  • It is no secret that I love narrative in video games, and where it doesn’t exist, I create it, in much the same way that sports writers and broadcasters turn...

    The Bigger They Are, The Harder They Fall

    It is no secret that I love narrative in video games, and where it doesn’t exist, I create it, in much the same way that sports writers and broadcasters turn...

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  • Myst, when it came out in 1993, was a ground-breaking (and record setting) game. No one had seen such a visually stunning, photo-realistic immersive experience in a video game before....

    Of Myst, mice, and men

    Myst, when it came out in 1993, was a ground-breaking (and record setting) game. No one had seen such a visually stunning, photo-realistic immersive experience in a video game before....

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  • I’ve just gotten off the phone to my brother. It being that particular day of the year where everyone insists on reminding you that you are yet another year older,...

    Scorched Brothers

    I’ve just gotten off the phone to my brother. It being that particular day of the year where everyone insists on reminding you that you are yet another year older,...

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