Build It And Ye Will Come

These are the thoughts and recollections of a man on a journey to build himself a gaming PC. Now if that sounds a bit boring to you I suggest you navigate away from this site now, but if you’ve ever thought about putting together your…

Inconsolable

The times, they are a changing.  As much as I adore music, this wasn’t actually a musical quotation, and I can barely ever make out a single word when Bob Dylan sings anyway so I’m hardly going to use him as a point of reference. …

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…

Desert Island Discs, Disks, Carts and Cassettes

>Look

You come to, lying on the shoreline of a tropical beach with the sun caressing the back of your neck. White sand stretches away on either side of your bruised body and vanishes in a distant haze while ahead, a jungle beckons,…

Two Out of Three

Another round of wrestling with the Sims 3 launcher had me spitting venom recently; just the sheer number of hours that I have spent just trying to patch the game and trawling the internet to see if anyone shares my woes is ridiculous.  Given the…

DLC – Downloadable Contentment, or Contention?

Love it or hate it, it seems that downloadable games and content are here to stay. Unfortunately, I suspect this has less to do with what gamers want, and more to do with it being an easy and cost effective way to get money out…

Dawn of War II

The real time strategy genre can sometimes get tarred with “no innovation” brush, which overall I think I’d probably agree with. That said it’s such a closed genre that changing things drastically like one would in say a first person shooter could easily become too…