About the author...
So if you're reading this, that chances are that you love gaming... which is quite a coincidence because I love gaming just as much as I enjoy writing about it. I was given my first console, a NES, aged four and have never looked back (thanks Grandma). I spent most of my younger years gaming with every Nintendo console going, and with my PC. I was always a big Nintendo fan (I have the pants to prove it) but also enjoyed the different experience that PC gaming provided. As the years rolled on and I went to University I found myself lucky enough to play in a clan, favouring Call Of Duty United Offensive (still the best Call Of Duty to date) and I believe I learnt alot about what it is to be a gamer.
Through school and university I spent weekends gaming and learning more about games. I was fortunate in that all my friends chipped in and bought me an Xbox 360 for my 21st birthday (I know, I have the best friends ever) and even more fortunate that I managed to get hold of a PS3 just last year. With the three consoles and PC I built (I discourage anyone with a short temper or frayed nerves to do this) I found myself in a position to sample all platforms. Last year, after wondering how I could satisfy my never ending desire to write something creative, my total lack of common sense kicked in and I started my own blog and began writing about video games. Shortly after this a friend introduced me to GamingLives, (cheers Holly) and so here I am.
What you will read are my thoughts and feelings, my experiences and expectations, my highs and lows in this fast paced and ever changing industry littered with more information than it's possible to process. You won't always agree with me, and I won't pretend to be an expert on anything because, frankly, I'm not, but if it's some way associated with gaming I'll happily discuss it with anyone. I'll play practically any game going and when I'm not watching movies, listening to music, reading, playing sports or socialising, you'll find me playing games... or sleeping.
Below is a list of all published articles, with the most recent displayed first
- My friend, David.
- Meridian: Squad 22 - Review
- It Was Him or Me
- Coming Full Circle
- Ellipsis - Review
- A Breath of Fresh Air
- Dead Island: Definitive Collection - Review
- The Collider 2 - Review
- It's Always Darkest Before The Dawn of War II - Breaking Old Habits
- E.T. Armies - Review
- PlayStation Persuasion
- Dub Dash Review
- ZHEROS - Review
- Human Fall Flat - Preview
- Dying Light: The Following - Review
- Best of 2015: Failing To Fallout
- Best of 2015: Saving Private !PT!CptToffer
- Best of 2015: 309 Reasons To Be Confused: Accolade Attachment
- Tales Don't Tell Themselves
- Mars Ain't The Kind Of Place To Raise Your Kids
- Acoustic Gaming: King of Tokyo
- 309 Reasons To Be Confused: Accolade Attachment
- Saving Private !PT!CptToffer
- Failing To Fallout
- Hand-Holding Exploration
- Cast Of The Seven Godsends - Review
- Rocket League - Review
- The Escapists - Review
- Blackhole - Review
- Magnetic: Cage Closed - Review
- Through The Woods - Preview
- Etherium - Review
- System Shock 2: Surviving the OSA – Part 4
- Killing Floor 2 - Preview
- The 'Corrupting Our Direction' Zone
- Bloodborne - Review
- Co-opting out of Co-op
- System Shock 2: Surviving the OSA - Part 3
- ARMED SEVEN - Review
- Sunless Sea - Review
- Reload - Review
- Dying Light - Review
- Dead Effect - Review
- Satellina - Review
- A Blank Canvas
- The Original Strife: Veteran Edition - Review
- Best of 2014 - Player's Block
- Valkyria Chronicles - Review
- Defense Grid 2 - Review
- System Shock 2: Surviving The OSA - Part 2
- Tabletop Games: Welcome To The Revolution
- System Shock 2: Surviving the OSA - Part 1
- Over 9000 Zombies! - Preview
- Elite: Dangerous - Preview
- I Heart... Metro 2033
- Tom Clancy's The Division - Preview
- Adr1ft - Preview
- Hellraid - Preview
- Dead Island 2 - Preview
- Far Cry 4 - Preview
- Assassin's Creed: Unity - Preview
- XING: The Land Beyond - Preview
- Evolve - Preview
- Alien: Isolation - Preview
- Kill The Bad Guy - Review
- Magic: The Gathering - Duels of the Planeswalkers 2015 - Preview
- Hunt: Horrors Of The Gilded Age - Preview
- World Of Speed - Preview
- Dying Light - Preview
- Destiny - Preview
- Juju - Preview
- Arena Of Fate - Preview
- Cautious Optimism and Killing People With Your Eyes
- Rogue Shooter: The FPS Roguelike - Review
- FTL: Faster Than Light: Advanced Edition - Review
- VoidExpanse - Preview
- Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 - Review
- Blackguards - Review
- Play It Again, Sam
- I Like It Hard
- Player's Block
- Best of 2013: You're Playing It Wrong!
- Race The Sun - Review
- Divinity: Dragon Commander - Review
- Super Meat Boy - Review
- You're Playing It Wrong!
- Botanicula - Review
- Battlefield 3 Premium Part 2: Armored Kill and Aftermath
- Dossing Around
- Croixleur - Review
- Best of 2012 - The Importance of Standing Still
- Best of 2012 - I Heart... Theme Hospital
- FTL: Faster Than Light - Review
- Magic: The Gathering – Duels of the Planeswalkers 2013 Expansion - Review
- Battlefield 3 Premium Part 1: Close Quarters
- Deadlight - Review
- Resident Evil Chronicles HD Collection - Review
- Magic: The Gathering - Duels of the Planeswalkers 2013 - Review
- Interview With Wargaming.net's CEO, Viktor Kislyi
- Tankfest with Wargaming.net
- Call of Duty: Black Ops II – E3 Preview
- Company of Heroes 2 - E3 Preview
- Deadlight - E3 Preview
- Bullet Run - E3 Preview
- Enemy Front - E3 Preview
- World of Warplanes – E3 Preview
- Magic: The Gathering – Duels of the Planeswalkers 2013 – E3 Preview
- Metro: Last Light - E3 Preview
- E3: My Journey, Figuratively and Literally – Part 4
- E3: My Journey, Figuratively and Literally – Part 3
- E3: My Journey, Figuratively and Literally - Part 2
- E3: My Journey, Figuratively and Literally - Part One
- Awesomenauts - Review
- Naval War: Arctic Circle - Review
- The Importance of Standing Still
- Coloropus - Review
- J.U.L.I.A. - Review
- I Heart... Theme Hospital
- Pineapple Smash Crew - Review
- Trine 2 - Review
- Warlock: Master of the Arcane - Preview
- Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning - Preview and Interview
- Why I Suck At RTS Games
- Give The Gift Of You
- Syndicate - Preview
- Halo: A Case of Right Place, Right Time?
- Indie Overload - Part One
- Awesomenauts Interview and Preview
- Binary Domain - Preview
- Interview with Ray Muzyka and Greg Zeschuk - Founders of BioWare
- Deus Ex: Defining a Genre
- Is Replay Value Vanishing from FPS?
- Lead and Gold: Gangs of the Wild West - Review
- LEGO Pirates of the Caribbean - Review
- Regenerating Health Kills
