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If you stop by the Later Levels site regularly, you’ll likely have read about Ethan at some point: a boy with a fondness for ice-cream, fluffy animals and anything related … Continue Reading The wisdom of <em>The LEGO Movie Videogame</em>
Earlier this year I wrote about the UK’s largest residential, non-profit anime and geek culture convention: Kitacon. Tim from GeekOut South-West first introduced me to it back in March 2014 … Continue Reading Kitacon 2017: cosplay update
Wikipedia defines a guilty pleasure as ‘something, such as a film, a television program or a piece of music, that one enjoys despite feeling that it is not generally held … Continue Reading Guilty pleasure: <em>The Typing of the Dead: Overkill</em>
As explained in my last editorial, family events have meant I haven’t recently been able to read as many blog posts as I normally would. But every now and again … Continue Reading The magic of the video game manual
Video games often require the player to go with logic which at first seems a little… well, flimsy. For example, Lara Croft may be the first person to enter an … Continue Reading Aloy: because she’s worth it
Every gamer has their preferred weapon of choice when they’re adventuring through digital worlds. There are those who like to stand back and strategically pick off their enemies one-by-one with … Continue Reading Arm yourself: video game weapons
Earlier this year, physics students from the University of Leicester worked out that it would take only 100 days for zombies to take over planet Earth. With a hypothesis that … Continue Reading Well-equipped for the zombie apocalypse
Back in March I wrote a post about competitive gaming after an article entitled entitled Fun vs. Competition: Can you enjoy gaming if you suck? was published by Lyte Bytes. … Continue Reading <em>Rocket League</em>: winning and losing
As part of the Charming and Open event ran on Adventure Rules at the end of April, I asked writer Ian to tell us about the place from a video … Continue Reading <em>The Bunker</em> in real life
At the beginning of April, the gorgeous Recreational Hobbyist very kindly nominated Later Levels for the Versatile Blogger Award. I’m extremely flattered: the WordPress community is such a lovely and … Continue Reading Versatile Blogger Award: getting to know you
At the end of last month, the lovely Ian over at Adventure Rules ran the first Charming and Open event. For an entire week he invited readers to ask him … Continue Reading The real secret of <em>Monkey Island</em>
It’s that time again: the question of the month is back and will see us attempt to answer a quandary that has been puzzling the gaming community since it first … Continue Reading <em>Question of the Month</em>: May 2017 edition
That’s it: the GameBlast17 event is now over. During the weekend just passed, myself and the rest of the Gamely Giving team participated in a 72-hour gaming marathon with the … Continue Reading GameBlast17: lessons learnt
So much for brighter days and warmer weather: April was pretty gloomy and wet, but what a good excuse to stay indoors and play video games. A big thank you … Continue Reading Editorial: May 2017
