Was it a good idea to play Serena at midnight, after three glasses of wine, in a darkened room? Probably not. Even though Serena lasted only forty-five minutes in the same darkened, dusty cabin, I […]
X-COM 2: How the war was lost
In preparation for XCOM 2, I went back to 2012’s XCOM: Enemy Unknown to try the apparently canonical ‘Impossible’ difficulty one more time. Unsurprisingly, the first mission ended how it usually does. By turn five, […]
Firewatch: Voyage into the wild
Firewatch is a dangerous game. Why? Because it lulls you into a false sense of security, makes you want to leave it all behind and escape into the Wyoming wilderness. Man goes out into the […]
LGBTQ* in gaming: Love, Greenbriar, Borderlands and Talos
Applying terms like tolerant or open-minded seems outmoded in the 21st century, as accepting someone’s sexual preference is pretty much a case of simply being a decent human being. Oh for a time when we […]
The Witness: A lost world of puzzles
Let’s face it we all need a source of inspiration, a beacon of hope in this dreary mid-winter. As the glowing faces of freshers grow aged and tired and final-year students push through their last […]
Esports: The sport of the future?
We all know football. Whether you like it or loathe it, there’s more money in it than almost any other sport and it’s benefitted greatly from a history spanning centuries. Watching football matches on TV […]
Review: Fallout 4
Bethesda engines has recently released a new game to add to the Fallout series, Fallout 4. The official release date was November 10th. When I found out this game was being made a while back […]
Old school gaming
Super Mario 64 This little guy in a red cap and dungarees is literally the king of childhood video gaming. While Mario Kart might be the game that most people remember, Super Mario 64 was […]
Halo Darkness My Old Friend
Tasked with the daunting challenge of giving an overview of the entire Halo series in the run-up to the release of Halo 5, I decided to replay a few levels from what was arguably the […]
A Spoiler-Free Look At Video Game Endings
He was dead all along. She was working for the villain. It was all a dream. We recognise these phrases from a catalogue of plot-twist endings that have become almost ludicrously ingrained in popular culture. […]
A Controversy That’s Anything But Quiet
Just a few months ago, millions of fans were preparing themselves for the imminent release of the fifth instalment in director Hideo Kojima’s renowned Metal Gear Solid series, anticipating yet more quality ‘Tactical Espionage Action’ […]
Religion in Videogames: Devils, Politics and Prophets
Religion is as inescapable in videogames as it is in real life, whether you believe in it or not. Whether its presence only extends to brief mentions of gods or it is as blatant as […]