Digital Punishment

“There’s no comparing the games of yesterday to the games of today” – a brash opening statement.

The 3D world has arguably been fully realised with the 8-bit soundtrack being replaced by a philharmonic orchestra and the multiplayer experience extending way beyond the other end of your sofa (Provided the controller cables actually stretched that far). Not a day goes by here at GamingLives.com that we’re not all sidetracked into…

Sleeping And A Videogame Obsession

I had an uncomfortable epiphany just this past week. I see my digital clock display the number 2:25am far, far too often. It’s a bizarre number to shock me into realising that something is not right. But something clearly is. A quick mental roll-call reveals that games like Dead Space, Saints Row 2, Batman and Mass Effect 2 might have taken me all of 2010 to complete if I hadn’t…

Requiescat in Pace – A Look Back at Assassin’s Creed II

I know; Assassin’s Creed II isn’t that old of a game (I first played it at release just last November on the Xbox, and PC gamers will have only now gotten their hands on it at all), so writing a retrospective piece may seem a little premature… but it still seemed like an age since I was crawling across the roofs of Venezia and Firenze with Ezio. Something about Assassin’s…

Exploitation Station

A strange thing happened to me recently. My good friend Rook gifted Borderlands to me for my last birthday and, as I rarely play more than one game at a time, it sat on my shelf resplendent in all its foil-covered glory until just a few weeks ago when I had moved on from Fallout 3 and Risen.  I was hesitant at first, as I’m not really one for playing…

Loader Bollocks

Loading, even the word makes me feel tired. For gamers who like to play on old machines, loading is a facet of gaming which just hasn’t gone away. Some people even relish in it, bathing in the glorious high pitched babble of classic 8-bit cassettes. Like a golden fanfare of anticipation for the game to come.

My first experience of loading was a bit of a shock. I’d previously played…