Towards the end of last year, NekoJonez from NekoJonez’s Gaming Blog rounded up a group of 13 bloggers to create The Legend of Zelda Retrospective. Together we looked back through series from its beginning on the NES in 1986 right up to Breath of the Wild in 2017 and shared fond memories involving each of the titles. I had the pleasure of telling my story … Continue reading Calling all Tomb Raider fans
What better way to celebrate long sunny days, smokey barbecues, brightly-coloured cocktails with weird little umbrellas and amazing blogger friends than with a summer blog party? Set yourself up for a great week by getting to know the awesome writers around you and reading their finest posts. The rules are simple: 🎉 Arrive at the party: don’t be shy and stand in the corner – say … Continue reading Gamers blog party: summer 2018 invitation
According to their website, MCM Comic Con events are the UK and Ireland’s most exciting pop culture shows and bring together a broad scope of popular culture categories including gaming, movies, anime, comics and more. My other-half and I have taken my stepson Ethan for the past couple of years now and he always really enjoys it; and last time we even managed to rope … Continue reading MCM Comic Con London 2018: a round-up
Earlier this week, I picked up on the increase in the number of narrative games on display at Rezzed this year. The ‘detective’ theme seemed to be popular also, with several story-rich titles featuring male investigators who were trying to solve some mysterious or vaguely-supernatural case related to either unexplained missing persons or gruesome murders. This was a great thing for me: everyone has their … Continue reading Rezzed 2018: the trouble with narrative games
While at the Rezzed expo recently, my other-half pointed out how many more narrative games were on offer than in previous years. It’s one of the highlights I mentioned on in my round-up post published this week: it’s this kind of title which usually appeals to me the most, and I came away from the Tobacco Dock adding more upcoming projects to my wishlist than … Continue reading Rezzed 2018: playing detective
Anybody who visits the blog regularly will know how attached I am to the Monkey Island series, and how much of an impact it has had on me as a gamer. The original instalment was the first game I played on my beloved Amiga 500 as a kid back in the early 1990s and this was the title that sealed my fate as an adventure … Continue reading Rezzed 2018: the Schafer experiment
