Shadow of the Colossus is the video game representation of the classic fantasy archetype – a hero fights and slays a huge monstrous beast. No guns in this one, then? No, you’re not playing as an assassin or a secret agent, you’re just some have-a-go-hero out to save a damsel….
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December 7, 2014 at 3:53 pm | Game Guides for Non-Gamers, Video Games | No comment
Tags: Argo, Ico, puzzle games, Shadow of the Colossus, Team Ico, Wander
I don’t play video games anymore. Some people grow out of video games, saying it’s kids stuff. I used to know a guy who was the complete opposite; his name was Jerry and he was into video games in a big way. He had this collection of video games that…
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October 31, 2014 at 12:00 am | Halloween, Video Games | No comment
Tags: Atari, creepypasta, Halloween, old-school gaming
Note: I actually wrote this about three weeks ago, but through laziness it’s been sat in my draft pile for a while. I figure that October is a good month to publish an article about a game that concerns ghosts, possession and demons. I’m sat here watching Dan Bull’s rap…
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October 11, 2014 at 12:04 pm | Reviews, Video Games | No comment
Tags: bitching about video games, Deadly Premonition, game review, Murdered: Soul Suspect
Metal Gear Solid is a long-running action/adventure series which focuses on sneaking around and hiding rather than shooting lots of people. It is notorious for having a dense storyline, one which is mostly based on thrillers but has dashes of cyberpunk, science-fiction and fantasy (with some emphasis on fantasy given…
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August 17, 2014 at 12:00 pm | Game Guides for Non-Gamers, Video Games | No comment
Tags: Big Boss, Konami, Metal Gear Solid, Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty, Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater, Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots, Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain, Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker, Naked Snake, Solid Snake
So you don’t really “get” video games? Perhaps it’s a generational thing, or maybe you’ve never seen the appeal. That’s fine, I’m here to lend a helping hand. I know that sounds patronising but I’m being honest, there’s a lot of people out there who just hear about games whenever…
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February 8, 2014 at 11:00 am | Game Guides for Non-Gamers, Video Games | No comment
Tags: Agent 47, Hitman, Hitman 2: Silent Assassin, Hitman: Absolution, Hitman: Blood Money, Hitman: Contracts, Square-Enix
Recently I had the massive urge to replay SPORE, mostly because that funny Canadian chap Sips of the Yogscast has been giving it a go and it did look damned fun. I thought I’d chronicle the birth and growth of a species of my own design, just for kicks. What…
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September 21, 2013 at 2:35 am | Articles, Video Games | No comment
Tags: EA Games, Maxis, playing god, SPORE
I don’t know much about music, and I don’t really want to know too much about the mechanics of song-writing. I’ve always been worried that knowing how music works will take some of the magic out of listening to it; I don’t want to be mid-way through one of my…
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August 10, 2013 at 1:54 pm | Articles, Video Games | No comment
Tags: Deadly Premonition, ELO, FFVII, Final Fantasy, Green Day, Led Zeppelin, Maxi Priest, music, Pink Floyd, Road Rash II, Sonic Spinball, Sonic the Hedgehog, Soul II Soul, Streets of Rage, Will Smith
The other day I finally managed to cross off one of the things on my (admittedly rather limited and lacking in scope) list of things I’ve always wanted to do (aside from buy a plastic figure of Dr. Robotnik). For years I’ve made do with wooden shelves, converted bedside cabinets…
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June 1, 2013 at 12:00 pm | Action Figures, Batman, Manchild at Play (Toys), Video Games | 3 comments
Tags: Agent 47, Arkham Asylum, Arkham City, Army of Darkness, Batman, Captain Jack Sparrow, DC Collectibles, Dr. Eggman, Dr. Robotnik, Evil Dead, Hitman, Metal Gear Solid, Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty, Pirates of the Caribbean, Solid Snake, Sonic the Hedgehog, Tekken, the Joker, they're just toys!
Warning: this blog post contains spoilers for not just the ending of Fallout: New Vegas, but the expanded DLC (DownLoadable Content) missions too. One of the first articles I placed on the Blogsplosion was a lengthy exploration of my character Max Valerion, within which I explained my disappointment at how…
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May 19, 2013 at 2:34 pm | Articles, Video Games, Villains | No comment
Tags: Bethesda, Fallout: New Vegas, Max Valerion, RPG
I rarely join in with fandoms having gut reactions to changes in their beloved franchises, especially negative ones. One of my prouder fan moments must have been reserving judgement about Daniel Craig back when he was first announced as being the next James Bond. The tabloids shit themselves inside-out with…
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April 25, 2013 at 6:24 pm | Batman, Random Guesswork, Video Games | 2 comments
Tags: Arkham Asylum, Arkham City, Batman, bitching about video games
