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The Destructoid Convoy: Operation Rubber Ducky

It had been quite a while since the good ship USS Enthusiast Gaming ended up crash landing in Omek Prime, all because someone had blown the fuse on the kettle which created a chain reaction of explosions that led to engineering. Hauli...

 
 
 

Back with Blogs

Yep, that big mug is mine.  I have gained a little weight in recent years, but the way I pose for my facial expression squashes my shoulders under my neck skin and pushes it up.  Also, this was taken at EGX 2018 in Birmingha...

 
 
 

Papers, Please: The Time Sega Power Went Nuts

My age had nudged into the double-digits and I had already amassed a huge amount of Commodore 64 magazines (which I sadly allowed my father to throw out…argh. I regret that). From the time my brother got us a Sega Master System...

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Predictions: Surfer Girl Not Included

Hello. I�m sure you�ll have guessed by now that this blog will be concerning this week�s musing, regarding what the year 2012 holds for gamers. I�d thought that, rather than focus on just one particular gaming-based idea for the near fu...

 
 
 

Acquisition: Midcity Madness

Shepherds Bush, London, under a decade ago. I was standing around in frustration at my recent efforts to accomplish what I thought would be an ideal; my attempt to progress at an Unreal Tournament 2003 World Cyber Games qualifier came to...

 
 
 

Countdown to Eurogamer 2011: A Look at Last Year

Hollie and the gang hanging out at her home For those of you basking in the memories of PAX Expos, E3 and Gamescom, you�d be forgiven for believing that all of these shows managed to cover all of the forthcoming videogame treats for the ...

 
 
 

Handhelds: But Look at All This SPACE!

I noticed the title for the weekly C-blog musing and thought could I really be bothered to write about a favourite/worst handheld? I couldn�t be. In the end, I�ve decided to do something a little different. Instead of a sharp focus on ...

 
 
 

Fail List: Before You Die Edition

Fail List: Before You Die Edition This is it. The big list. About as close to the �ultimate list� as you can get. When Cassell Illustrated published their 1001 series of books, the first one that caught my eye was 1001 Albums You Must...

 
 
 

A Temporary Greek Tragedy: Law 3037/2002

2002 was an interesting year. The Allied forces were in Afghanistan and (unwisely) trying to get stuck into Iraq as well; the World Cup was held in Japan and South Korea, eventually being won by Brazil; Joe Strummer, Dudley Moore and Spi...

 
 
 
 

Enslaved: Batthink�s Viewpoint

Some of you have no doubt had a look at Ace Flibble�s blog (the one rather unfortunately posted below two spam-blogs for a penal-enhancement advert) about his experience playing the first seven levels of Ninja Theory�s Enslaved. For thos...

 
 
 

Fail List: Toy Gun is Not Sexy Edition

Good afternoon. It has been a while since my eyes managed to spy another videogame-based list for a gander. That was until I saw this; Hey, a semi-laddish technology magazine will get your attention if it has GAMING in BOLD BLUE LETTER...

 
 
 

The Short History of World Cup Themed Football Games

Warning: if you are American, the game that is being referred to as �football�, by the author from the United Kingdom, is actually what you would term �soccer�. In order to respect both sides� views of what this sport should be termed, p...

 
 
 

Fail List - Inaccurate Title Edition

I usually get some great responses to some of the newspaper/magazine videogame lists, so imagine my joy when I found the Independent had done a top fifty list themselves in their Information weekend pull-out. The only problem was that I ha...

 
 
 
 

Destructoid UK�s London February Meet Up

Twas on the Friday 12th February that the UK-based members of Destructoid popped over to London for good times. Our organiser, Hollie (AKA Phoenix), couldn�t join us, and I had initially concern that the absence was because of her eye, w...

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Choice Scans of GamesTM Magazine: E3 Round Up

I received my copy of UK magazine GamesTM through the door on Saturday. A good thing too; I needed something to take my mind off the dwindling bank account I have. As this was the one which covered E3, there was plenty of news that you ha...

 
 
 
 

Mystery Square Enix Game Teaser

Getting the news from Videogamer.com, you hear bullets zinging away, explosions and an ominous comment from JFK listed across a large (possibly Asian) cityscape here. The site hazarded a guess at either a new IP, or the fact that it coul...

 
 
 
 
 

About Batthinkone of us since 9:11 AM on 08.20.2007

I am a gamer of 40 years of age. I'm not happy when prodded or teased. You have been warned. I am a human-being, you know? With feelings.

I also have a likeness for RPGs.

My favourites:



(Additional favorites: Grandia)

Currently playing: Forza Horizon 4 (XBox One)
The Division 2 (XBox One)
Disgaea 2 (PS2)
Persona Q (2DS/3DS)
GTA V (XBox One)
Atari Vault(PC)

Mood: Managing stress reasonably well.

Fanboy class: Dedicated enough to get decent RPGs and action figures.

Favorite music artists:

Boards of Canada
Joy Division
Mr Scruff
Talvin Singh
The Prodigy
Primal Scream
High Contrast
DJ Shadow
Nightmares On Wax
Cocteau Twins
Bonobo
The Chemical Brothers
Kenji Kawai
Ian Brown
The Go! Team
Beck
Principles Of Geometry

Moments of Glory:

Promoted Monthly Musings

Expanded Universes
Untapped Potential
I Suck At Games
Do The Wrong Thing
Something About Sex
 
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