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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
So many people want to be creators. Whether that involves publishing regular videos on YouTube, hosting daily streams on Twitch or even making the next ‘indie darling’ video game, a … Continue Reading EGX 2019: the trouble with creators
One of my highlights at EGX in 2017 was Falling Sky. Under development by Jonathan Nielssen and a small team, this narrative title was the result of eight months’ hard … Continue Reading EGX 2019: <em>SNOW</em>
The first time I heard about Röki was in a post about supporting originality over on Rendermonkee in January. I’d had several conversations about the adventure genre previously with this … Continue Reading EGX 2019: <em>Röki</em>
It’s hard to believe that Beneath a Steel Sky was released 25-years ago. After Revolution Games co-founder Charles Cecil approached comic book artist Dave Gibbons, they created this point-and-click adventure … Continue Reading EGX 2019: <em>Beyond a Steel Sky</em>
And that’s EGX done for another year. Rather than being at the NEC Birmingham, this time the event had moved to ExCeL London so thousands of gamers hit the capital … Continue Reading EGX 2019: a round-up
How do you feel about switching between characters in a single video game? Is it something you enjoy, because it gives you the chance to see a digital world through … Continue Reading Badly switching things up with <em>The Little Acre</em>
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
At the start of this year I wrote a post about the games I was looking forward to playing during 2018. I must admit I haven’t done as well as … Continue Reading <em>The Gardens Between</em>: short and bittersweet
It’s obvious from all the adventure game posts published on Later Levels that I’m a big fan of the genre who’s always on the lookout for new releases. So when … Continue Reading EGX 2018: <em>3 Minutes to Midnight</em>
When my other-half and I attended Rezzed in April last year and made our way down to the basement area, I didn’t expect him to choose Flotsam as one of … Continue Reading EGX 2018: <em>Flotsam</em>
As mentioned in yesterday’s round-up post, I was a little disappointed that the organisers had taken the decision to move the Rezzed sessions out of the main hall at this … Continue Reading EGX 2018: <em>Twin Mirror</em>
This year’s EGX event took place at the NEC Birmingham from 20 to 23 September 2018, and at the moment I’m still recovering. This is all thanks to a bad … Continue Reading EGX 2018: a round-up
At an ungodly hour in the morning, I’ll be making my way once again to the NEC Birmingham for all the gaming goodness that EGX has to offer this year. … Continue Reading EGX 2018: the fun starts tomorrow
The National Film and Television School (NFTS) is one of the top film, television and new media schools in the world. I had the pleasure of getting know Tony Evans, … Continue Reading EGX 2017: <em>Falling Sky</em>
As I written before, I’m bad at playing horror games because I’m a bit of a wimp. I’d much rather watch someone handle the controller while my eyes are half-shielded … Continue Reading EGX 2017: <em>Lake Ridden</em>
