XP comes with age
Here’s the category where you’ll find posts about real-life stuff, what’s going on with the blog, and awards given to Later Levels. Queue an EastEnders’-style dun-dun-dun-dun-dun-dun-dun-dun.
Welcome to December’s editorial post, a monthly progress report which rounds up all the happenings here at Later Levels in case you missed anything. With the past month almost behind … Continue Reading Save point: December 2019
What makes the perfect video game? It’s a difficult question because there’s no single right answer. Everyone has their own favourite genre, gameplay mechanic, art-style and narrative direction – so … Continue Reading My perfect video game
Collaborations are one of my favourite things about blogging. Over the past few years they’ve become massive, growing in both size and length – but there are also loads of … Continue Reading Video games: a blogger’s perspective
Welcome to November’s editorial post, a monthly progress report which rounds-up all the happenings here at Later Levels in case you missed anything. With the past month being full of … Continue Reading Save point: November 2019
In September’s editorial post, I mentioned how the state of the world was getting me down. Politicians were behaving in a disgusting manner; dire warnings of climate change were being … Continue Reading The kindness of bloggers
Welcome to October’s editorial post, a monthly progress report which rounds-up all the happenings here at Later Levels along with the games we’ve been playing. With Halloween tomorrow and plenty … Continue Reading Editorial: October 2019
Back in December 2016, I came across Quantic Foundry after reading an interesting summation of their findings from the Gamer Motivation Profile survey. I decided to join the 250,000 individuals … Continue Reading What’s your <em>Gamer Motivation Profile</em>? (version 2)
Welcome to September’s editorial post, a monthly progress report which rounds-up all the happenings here at Later Levels along with the games we’ve been playing. With autumn now upon us … Continue Reading Editorial: September 2019
Earlier this year, I wrote about my stepson’s obsession with Fallout. He first found out about the series when he caught my other-half playing Fallout 4 on his laptop in … Continue Reading Insomnia65: <em>Over(watch)</em> the <em>Fallout</em> obsession?
Welcome to August’s editorial post, a monthly progress report which rounds-up all the happenings here at Later Levels along with the games we’ve been playing. With Blaugust 2019 almost done … Continue Reading Editorial: August 2019
After Matt from Normal Happenings very kindly tagged Later Levels in a Daily Inkling recently, it felt time to write about my return to blogging. Until recently it was almost … Continue Reading The return to blogging
Female characters in video games have come a long way over the past few years. When I was a kid, all we had to look up to was Chun-Li from … Continue Reading Wonderful women in video games
If there’s one thing us gamers are good at, it’s sitting down and playing games. So how about celebrating this by getting up and going outside for some exercise? Even … Continue Reading Running for effect… and charity
My brother and I were introduced to video games as kids by our dad. But after the Commodore 64 and NES were no longer a novelty, the frequency with which … Continue Reading Child’s play: gaming with your kids
Writers’ block: a phrase that sends shivers down a blogger’s spine. The most excruciating and demotivating points during this hobby can be those times when you stare at a blank … Continue Reading A case of gamers’ block
Last month, Kelly from Why We Play Games very kindly nominated Later Levels for a Sunshine Blogger award. If you’re not already following this lovely lady, make sure you fix … Continue Reading Sunshine Blogger: playing favourites
