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Look Back and Turn to Stone

Look Back and Turn to Stone

You know, getting into a hissy fit about Microsoft and their post-E3 2013 PR fuck-ups was pretty easy to do. I mean, yes, they made it very straightforward with the stacks of bullshit they were heaping on their existing fanbase (it’s well documented, but DRM…

I’ve Never Truly Achieved Anything

I’ve Never Truly Achieved Anything

38,220. Thirty-eight thousand, two hundred and twenty. That’s how many achievement points I’ve unlocked since first owning an Xbox 360 some five or six years ago. During my wild university days, I’d end up hearing that ‘plink’ sound to the tune of over a thousand…

My Mate Tommy

My Mate Tommy

Tommy, thinking? I’ve got this friend, he’s one of my best, and his name is Tommy. It’s not what the normal strags of the world would call a conventional relationship (no, we’re not Skype video chat swingers), but as a gamer yourself you’ll know exactly…