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The annual gaming expos are some of my favourite events of the year, so I’m sad that many of them have been cancelled for 2020. The horrible threat of COVID-19 … Continue Reading Online gaming expos: digitally drained
EGX Rezzed usually takes place in either March or April each year. Thousands of gamers hit the rooms at the Tobacco Dock in London to play video games all weekend … Continue Reading EGX Rezzed 2020: a virtual round-up
As mentioned in a post earlier this week, artificial intelligence (AI) is a hot topic in the IT industry right now. I find the subject of automation’s impact on society … Continue Reading LudoNarraCon 2019: <em>In Other Waters</em>
Almost as strong as my love for adventure games is my adoration for most things to do with the 80s. Maybe it’s down to nostalgia as I grew up during … Continue Reading EGX Rezzed 2019: <em>Wardialler</em>
After coming across an article declaring that adventure games were dead in January and then having a brief conversation with Rendermonkee from Rendermonkee’s Gaming Blog, I wrote a post in … Continue Reading EGX Rezzed 2019: the future of adventure games
How would you feel if one day you woke up and discovered you’d been turned into an insect? Maybe you’d try to fall back to sleep but then realise it … Continue Reading EGX Rezzed 2019: <em>Metamorphosis</em>
Although in more recent years the quality of subjects had declined, one of my most favourite parts of EGX Rezzed had previously been the talks. I loved hearing from the … Continue Reading EGX Rezzed 2019: the psychology of gaming addiction
A couple of years ago, I took a week off work after having some spare annual leave to use up; and unsurprisingly, ended up spending most of it playing video … Continue Reading EGX Rezzed 2019: <em>Nanotale</em>
And that’s EGX Rezzed done for another year. Thousands of gamers hit the rooms at the Tobacco Dock in London from 04 to 06 April 2019 to play video games … Continue Reading EGX Rezzed 2019: a round-up
Tomorrow sees the start of 2019’s EGX Rezzed. Advertised as London’s premier games event, the expo is hosted by the team behind EGX and features many playable games on various … Continue Reading EGX Rezzed 2019: the fun starts tomorrow
In a lovely little surprise, Later Levels was very kindly nominated for a Versatile Blogger Award by Austin from Reaper Interactive late last month. If you’re thinking right now that … Continue Reading Versatile Blogger: video games and chocolate
Christmas is now less than a month away and we can’t wait for some well-deserved time away from work along with copious helpings of turkey and roast potatoes. There’s still … Continue Reading All I want for Christmas
A few weeks ago, Brandon from That Green Dude very kindly nominated Later Levels for a Sunshine Blogger Award (a huge thank you if you’re reading this!). As seems to … Continue Reading The case of the missing <em>Draugen</em>
After visiting the Rezzed expo in April, my other-half pointed out how many more narrative games were on display on the show floor than in previous years. It then struck … Continue Reading <em>Lamplight City</em>: an adventure worth investigating
I’ve never been a competitive gamer. I don’t get much enjoyment from competition, although I do like a local multiplayer every once in a while; and titles such as League … Continue Reading Come fly with me
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 … Continue Reading Rezzed 2018: the trouble with narrative games
