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Switch *Click*

Cancelling my Nintendo Switch preorder felt like a turning point for me. It wasn’t just opting out of […]

___ 23 February 2017 Opinions

Sir Gaulian’s Most Agreeable games of 2016

For me the year 2016 in videogames is notable for a couple of reasons. The first is that […]

___ 31 December 2016 Best-of Lists

Quick Offload: Forza Horizon 3 is a celebration, a eulogy

Australia’s car industry is dying. As the gradual removal of tariffs kicked off by Prime Minister Hawke began […]

___ 11 October 2016 Opinions

Quick Offload: Bioshock’s Andrew Ryan is videogames’ Donald Trump

I didn’t really like Bioshock a decade ago. In many ways it felt like a bloody cracking world […]

___ 8 October 2016 Opinions

Quick Offload: chuck another T-Bone on the barbie

I’ve made no secret of my completely out-of-control love for 2014’s Watch Dogs. I think it’s tops. The art, […]

___ 28 September 2016 Opinions

Quick Offload: Boring conversations

I’ve always found the notion that there’s a natural split between people that like Call of Duty and […]

___ 21 August 2016 Opinions

Quick offload: No Man’s Sky isn’t going straight to the pool room

I knew something was wrong when my wife didn’t want to explore the galaxy in No Man’s Sky […]

___ 17 August 2016 Opinions

I wanna be part of a Zeitgeist

When I first watched Cameron Crowe’s Almost Famous – ashamedly more recently than I care to admit – I […]

___ 30 July 2016 Opinions

PES 2016 has been chock-full of “oh yeah” moments

I’ve played Pro Evolution Soccer every year since I was a teenager who was just about to start […]

___ 23 July 2016 Opinions

Advertising drivel: What rhymes with Nintendo?

I love old advertisements and marketing material. They in many ways embody a time and place better than […]

___ 20 July 2016 Pulp

Earth Defense Force 2 has me playing my portable system portably again.

I think the PS Vita is a speccy piece of kit. And being a bit partial to the […]

___ 19 July 2016 Opinions

Anatomy of a control scheme: PlayStation Doom

“You get what you’re given” was a pretty common parental phrase in my household growing up. Living with […]

___ 11 July 2016 Opinions

Tales from the race track: Formula E photo finish

The Forza Motorsport series has ballooned in terms of content over the last couple of iterations to include […]

___ 8 July 2016 Pulp

Why I Love Resident Evil (in one simple gif)

A couple of days ago I wrote about how it’s Resident Evil’s characters that make it so damned […]

___ 7 July 2016 Pulp

On Resident Evil: I don’t feel I need to explain my art to you, Warren

I have an inkling that Resident Evil 2 may have been the first game I ever preordered. Sure […]

___ 5 July 2016 Opinions, Reviews

How the Kick Off Revival sausage is made

For many years Sensible Soccer was the long-dormant football game I dreamt about in a haze of nostalgia. […]

___ 22 June 2016 Opinions

Everything old is new again (and I love it)

I am a creature of habit. I like routine so much in fact that if I don’t walk […]

___ 14 June 2016 Opinions

Talos Principle sent me into an existential Crisis

I still distinctly remember the hours that followed walking out of the cinema after seeing “Moon”. Still struggling […]

___ 13 June 2016 Opinions

Same as it ever was.

I find it comforting just how quickly I fell back into old habits playing id Software’s rebooted and […]

___ 14 May 2016 Opinions

Sir Gaulian says goodbye. For now at least.

A Most Agreeable Pastime turns five in June and I’m incredibly proud of what we’ve built here. I’m lucky […]

___ 16 February 2016 Editorial

Home Sweet Home

The world of Mad Max is a disgustingly grotesque and decrepit wasteland. But despite the apparent vicissitudes that […]

___ 25 January 2016 Opinions

Strategy games just ain’t cricket, but they probably should be

I don’t play tabletop Warhammer, but whenever I walk past a Games Workshop retail store, I feel like I’m […]

___ 18 January 2016 Opinions

Killer Instinct, parental sex, a Vegemite sandwich, and the natural order of things

Forget all of that internet spurred groupthink nonsense about whether Killer Instinct was actually a good game or […]

___ 2 January 2016 Opinions

Sir Gaulian’s Most Agreeable games of 2015

What a cracking year 2015 was. One for the ages I reckon. Marriage of course, topped that for […]

___ 14 December 2015 Best-of Lists

Dream video game soundtrack composers – Tablo

[타블로] If you’ve never heard of Korean artist and author Tablo, then I suggest you acquaint yourself quick-smart.  For […]

___ 30 November 2015 Most Agreeable Melodies, Opinions, Pulp

F1 2015 is quite the looker, ain’t she?

It was a bit sad when F1 2014 didn’t make its way to the then next-generation consoles.  Firstly […]

___ 29 November 2015 Pulp

32 years of brilliant video game box art – #1 (2014) Etrian Odyssey Untold: The Millenium Girl

Well there you go! 32 days and 32 games later we’re up to 2014 and the last post […]

___ 27 November 2015 32 Years of Brilliant Box Art, Pulp

32 years of brilliant video game box art – #2 (2013) Dragon’s Crown

Another year, another countdown, another birthday.  And I’m boxing it all up, tying a nice little bow around […]

___ 26 November 2015 32 Years of Brilliant Box Art, Pulp

32 years of brilliant video game box art – #3 (2012) Darksiders II

Another year, another countdown, another birthday.  And I’m boxing it all up, tying a nice little bow around […]

___ 25 November 2015 32 Years of Brilliant Box Art, Pulp

32 years of brilliant video game box art – #4 (2011) Warhammer 40k: Space Marine (Collector’s Edition)

Another year, another countdown, another birthday.  And I’m boxing it all up, tying a nice little bow around […]

___ 24 November 2015 32 Years of Brilliant Box Art, Pulp

32 years of brilliant video game box art – #5 (2010) Final Fantasy: The 4 Heroes of Light

Another year, another countdown, another birthday.  And I’m boxing it all up, tying a nice little bow around […]

___ 23 November 2015 32 Years of Brilliant Box Art, Pulp

32 years of brilliant video game box art – #6 (2009) Magna Carta 2

Another year, another countdown, another birthday.  And I’m boxing it all up, tying a nice little bow around […]

___ 21 November 2015 32 Years of Brilliant Box Art, Pulp

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