Gaming Guilty Pleasures

We’ve all done it. The temptation’s gotten the best of us.  Our hearts are racing, minds on fire, praying you’re not caught, hoping no-one comes into the room, because if they do, you’re caught sweating, panting heavily, clutching the controller then turning away quickly and shouting “Don’t look!”.  It’s too late.  You’ve been caught with your pants down, hobbling poorly along on the Wii Fit you laughed at her for…

Inferior Design

As well as being a childlike geek with a passion for gaming, I have a rather artistic side. I love painting and sketching, I love writing, I love buggering about with Photoshop and I love admiring other pieces of art – even CD and computer game box art has its place and whether or not you like to admit it, so do computer games themselves. Just look at games like…

Role Play Hero

For every genre that exists in gaming, there’s one that’s always held a special place in my giant fluffy heart. Yes, I’ve flirted with other genres and I’ve even enjoyed the company of modern hybrids. But for me, it’s always been about the RPG.

No other type of game has ever come close to eliciting the responses that I’ve felt in the RPG and I can only live in hope…

Falling For The First Time

As I sit here thinking about my first time, it’s almost as though I’m reliving the moment all over again… bathing in the beauty before me as my eyes follow every contour and take in every detail, the excitement as my hands reach down for the first time and take control of the situation… watching the signs to make sure I’m pushing all the right buttons and not pushing too…

Open Worlds

For years I have been playing games, and I’ve seen them develop a hell of a lot, from the simplistic up and down motion of a Pong paddle to the full on open worlds that we enjoy today.

The freedom to explore the game world can mean that you spend hours doing anything and everything apart from the story, simply because you want to see what that building in the…