About the author...
Editor In Chief of GamingLives
May have started gaming back in 1980, but it's taken me until 2009 to accept the label of "gamer". My love for gaming never really kicked in until playing UFO: Enemy Unknown for the first time back in 1994 and realising that so many hours, and months, could be devoted to playing a single game without ever once losing interest. My playlist since then has mainly been sim and strategy games, with the Command And Conquer series holding on at the top for as long as I can remember. In recent years, however, I immersed myself in Morrowind and that's what kick-started my interest in all things RPG, which ended up with Oblivion and Fallout 3 jumping straight in to my most enjoyable games. I also think Two Worlds is a great game, and that Two Worlds II even better, and I don't care that everyone else thinks they're crap.
Running a site such as GamingLives has taken its toll on my ability to remain an active gamer, with so much time devoted to keeping things going and the constant website tweaks, but I try and keep a hand in. The trips to PAX East, E3 and Gamescom last year were some of the busiest periods I can ever remember, but the rewards and experiences were worth every penny and every missed hour of sleep!
Originally created this site due to boredom and frustration and quickly realised that it swallows more time than a time swallowing dwarf in a red latex catsuit. Really can't be bothered with multiplayer gaming and yet, for some strange reason, I tend to be spending every evening on XBL pilfering red crates in Borderlands with an unnecessary amount of swearing to accompany each opening as I wait for Borderlands 2. I need to get out more... although maybe not.
Below is a list of all published articles, with the most recent displayed first
- Avoiding XCOM: Enemy Unknown
- Packing a Punch
- There's Something About Jack
- The Gaming Bucket List
- Urban Trial Freestyle - Review
- Profoundly In Love With Pandora
- While My Controller Gently Weeps
- Theme Park (Android) - Review
- Best of 2012 - The Pungent Stench of Commercialism
- Tiny Troopers - Review
- Borderlands 2 - Review
- Borderlands 2 Loot Chest and Signed Print Giveaway
- Sacrilegium - Preview
- Win End Of Nations Closed Beta Access
- Dark - Preview
- Borderlands 2 - One Last Peek
- XCOM: Enemy Unknown - Preview
- The Mary Gamescom Experience or How Nature Hates Me
- End of Nations - Preview
- The Dark Eye: Demonicon - Preview
- Tiny Troopers - Preview
- Omerta: City of Gangsters - E3 Preview
- Naughty Bear: Panic in Paradise - Interview with Creative Director Ashley Pannell
- Naughty Bear: Panic in Paradise E3 Preview
- The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing - E3 Preview
- Dishonored - E3 Preview
- Borderlands 2 - E3 Preview
- E3 2012 Gallery
- Divinity: Dragon Commander - E3 Preview
- E3 Podcast #2: Yer Maw
- E3 Podcast #1: The Septuagenarian Pickup
- XCOM: Enemy Unknown - E3 Preview
- Day 2: The Culinary Discombobulation
- Day 1: Kombating Fatigue with Bubba
- Mortal Kombat - PS Vita Review
- The Pungent Stench of Commercialism
- Shoot Many Robots Giveaway
- Risen 2: Dark Waters - Full Preview
- Bearhugger70 Has Opened A Chest
- X-COM: Enemy Unknown (Preview) - A Look Ahead
- Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim - Review
- GamingLives Writing Contest 2012
- Best of 2011 - Protagony
- The Book Of Unwritten Tales - Review
- This Is Not A Skyrim Review
- OIO Review
- Population Explosion At The Gathering
- A Gathering of Freaks
- The Book Of Unwritten Tales - Preview
- Inversion - Hands-on Preview and Interview
- Borderlands 2 - Full Preview
- Risen 2: Dark Waters Hands-On Preview and Interview
- Borderlands 2 - Interview with Scott Kester
- Borderlands 2 - Preview
- Top Ten Top Tens
- Risen 2: Dark Waters - E3 Preview
- Lucius - E3 Preview
- Kingdoms Of Amalur: Reckoning - E3 Preview
- Two Worlds II: Pirates Of The Flying Fortress - E3 Preview
- The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim E3 Preview
- A New Beginning Ends
- Desperately Seeking Snoozin'
- Dr Gamelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Convention
- E3 2011 Gallery - Part 1
- Sweet Dreams Are Made Of This
- L.A. No...aaaargh!
- L.A. Noire - Review
- Tesla: The Weather Man - Review
- From Tiny Acorns
- L.A. Noire - Preview
- PAX East - Day One
- Two Worlds II - Full Review
- GLTV Presents - Dead Space 2 Launch
- Protagony
- Spoiler Alert
- 1st Annual GL Writing Contest
- Best of 2010 - God Is In The Details
- Two Worlds II Review
- Vanquish - Review
- Fallout: New Vegas - Review
- Inconsolable
- Cue The Intro
- I Heart... UFO: Enemy Unknown
- Kneel Before Nods!
- Commander: Conquest Of The Americas Review
- Thank You For Your Co-operation
- Thoroughly Modding Millie
- Naughty Bear Review
- Naughty Bear Interview
- The Games People Play
- Motion Sickness
- Alien Breed: Impact First Look
- Games That Make You Ink
- Blur - First Look
- Falling For The First Time
- Grand Defeats
- God Is In The Details
- Two Worlds II - Interview and Preview
- Exploitation Station
- Pixel Perfect
- Two Worlds II - A Look Ahead
- Risen - Fresh Look
- And So, Our Story Begins...
- Senile Dimensia
- Avatarred With The Same Brush
- Collecting Dust
- Extended Play
- All The Time In The World
- Stealing Time
- New Customs
- The Price of Passion
- Powermad
- Risen - First Look
- The More Things Change...
- Persistence of Time
- Absolute Power
- Saving Grace
- Competition Entry
- The Mourning After
- What price love?
- Overspill
- Hello. My name is Mark, and I am....
