On a whim, I recently started out on the Witcher 3- a game that, for some reason, I have never been particularly excited about. This is because I am an idiot. The game is of course phenomenal, but that’s not a particularly fresh to...

Anybody who’s been alive for more than ten minutes will probably have noticed that people argue a lot. A further ten minutes of functional cognition will reveal that a huge number of these arguments aren’t really arguments at all- they�...

I recently played through Gravity Rush for the first time. The game has been shockingly topical lately for what feels like such a niche product, with the remaster and the sequel both being in the (semi-) popular conscience.  The fact...

So, once again, that thing happened with the calendar. It’s reliable like that, French Revolution notwithstanding. This means that, for a week or so, I abandoned the ersatz Valley of Defilement that I call a home and visited my family. ...

I like to have at least one “challenge” playthrough of a game under way at any one time. That is to say, a run through a game in which the player willingly stacks the deck against themselves somehow, f...

First things first, I'd like to express my sincere appreciation for everybody who read and/or commented on my last post. I enjoy monologuing as much as the next pseudononymous internet commenter, but there is a singular satisfaction in havi...

Most games offer modular difficulty in some form or another. As a general rule, this is a good thing- lower difficulty settings allow players who are either unable to meet a game’s demands in terms of dexterity and understanding of its sy...

So, the Call of Duty franchise has enjoyed some success over the years. It's one of those rare entities that, despite being a full-price game requiring dedicated hardware, nonetheless has cultural gravitas...