It's been another year, and that means another game of the year award is due. Now, the way this works is that I'll be ranking the games I have reviewed on this site from worst to best. The number one game will be my game of the year. I have chosen to do it this... Continue Reading →
Fun Games
So, uh, where you at? Seriously, a problem I've found specifically in AAA gaming at the moment - at least in the genre of games I am interested in - is that they haven't been very fun lately. And I know exactly why; developers want you to play their games in an obsessively specific way... Continue Reading →
January 2022 Review – The Month of Gaming
Though I haven't published a lot of gaming reviews this month, I have been playing a wide variety of games. Mostly Halo Infinite, Wildermyth and The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion. But also a little of SMITE and Total War Warhammer II. With Halo Infinite already reviewed, my plans for the gaming section of this blog... Continue Reading →
Fatherhood in Modern Media
A lot of generalisations can be made about groups of people based on how they are depicted by the media. For women, their role has often been that of a prize to be won. Slay the dragon, get the girl and all that. Mary Jane from Spiderman, Princess Peach in Mario and so on. For... Continue Reading →
Halo Infinite Review – Six Years For This
Halo Infinite is a really fun game. You can shoot people's grenades in their hands and blow it up in their faces, you can make an electronic explosion by zapping aliens with your grapple hook, you can spawn in troop transports and drive into story missions with six marines carrying rocket launches, sniper rifles and... Continue Reading →
Serious Sam 2: #MaybeInMarch 2021
I first had access to Serious Sam 2 when I was a kid, watching the various adult figures in my life play it on their laptops. As time went on, I grew to enjoy watching them and would often ask to play it for myself. When I was finally allowed to play it for myself,... Continue Reading →