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Welcome back to the final part of the Gamers’ Guide to Isolation, a short series here at Later Levels put together to help you through the current time of social … Continue Reading <em>Gamers’ Guide to Isolation</em>: alone but together
My other-half and I surprised our friends and family by getting married last January. It was something we’d decided to do only two months beforehand and we kept our plan … Continue Reading Married bliss: video game weddings
Getting Commander Shepherd drunk in every bar in Mass Effect. Using cocktails to manipulate moods in The Red Strings Club. Downing so much beer in Fable that you throw up … Continue Reading Pour decisions: wine with video games
What are your fears? Even the bravest person has a weakness and is frightened of something. It could be a phobia of something expected, like heights, spiders or flying; or … Continue Reading Just say neigh: National Face Your Fears Day
Regular Later Levels visitors will probably be aware of my on-off obsession with The Elder Scrolls Online (ESO). Since being introduced to the game during Christmas 2015, I’ve had regular … Continue Reading Cooking up a Stormcloak
While queuing for two hours to play the Final Fantasy VII Remake demo at Gamescom, what else is there to do but discuss video games? The conversation turned to what … Continue Reading Good job: careers in video games
One of the things I love the most about RPGs is that sense of being transported to a different world each time you start a new game. You could end … Continue Reading RPGs: bunny hops, forward rolls and Adam Ant
Canines are having a bit of a moment when it comes to video games. With the advent of the Can You Pet the Dog? account on Twitter last month, gamers … Continue Reading Purrfect protagonists
Last month, Bandicoot Warrior kindly nominated Later Levels for a Real Neat Blogger award. Head over to his site today and give him a follow so you can stay up-to-date … Continue Reading Real Neat Blogger award: a personal adventure
Knowing we’d have almost two weeks off work, just before Christmas I decided to dedicate some time to playing new video games during the holidays. I managed a good start: … Continue Reading <em>ESO</em>: more fun with two
November’s Question of the Month is brought to you by Teri Mae from Sheikah Plate: video gamer, recipe maker and baker of the best carrot cake around. To find out … Continue Reading <em>ESO</em>: love you for the rest of my life (a <em>QotM</em> answer)
If you could only play one game for the rest of your life, what would it be? That’s the question posed to us by Strange Girl Gaming as part of … Continue Reading A gaming life sentence
We’re all aware of how video games are negatively perceived sometimes: as a bunch of meaningless pixels which do nothing but encourage violence and addiction. But for every politician, media … Continue Reading Games and grieving
Last week I wrote about my dream development team and how all we needed was an idea (plus the necessary budget, technology and skills) to make a best-selling video game. … Continue Reading For sale: video game real estate
Other than hearing the radio alarm go off at a ridiculous time in the morning, I don’t often listen to music. My other-half, stepson and I have tastes which are … Continue Reading The <em>Later Levels</em> Official Album
Welcome back to day nine of the Creative Christmas collaboration, where a group of bloggers are joining forces to tackle 12 video-game-related questions based around a loose festive storyline. Following … Continue Reading Creative Christmas: winter gaming
