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Category: Opinions
Vampyr and the problem of ludonarrative dissonance
Vampyr is an awkward case where your actions don’t match up with the story of the game.
From The Armchair: 2019 Is The Year I Beat My Backlog
This is it. I’m doing this. Within the next few months, the slate is being wiped clean.
EA and Star Wars: a story of frustration
EA have a ten-year licence to make Star Wars games. Over five years in, they’ve only made two, both of them remakes.
From The Armchair: Christmas Game Frenzy
Yoku’s Island Express! Tomb Raider! Inside! Firewatch! Batman: Enemy Within! And more! I certainly got through a lot of games this Christmas.
From The Armchair: I Know What I Like… And I Know Which Games I’ll Never Enjoy
One thing that helps to thin out the backlog is sticking to just the genres you enjoy.
From The Armchair: The Games of 2018 that Got Away
2018 was an amazing year for games, but there’s only so much time to play them all. Here are the ones I wish I’d had a chance to try.
Red Dead Redemption 2 wasn’t worth the hardship
Let’s face it, no video game is worth working yourself into ill health over.
WHY AM I STILL PLAYING FOOTBALL MANAGER 2014?
On the eve of the FA Cup second round, one man looks deep inside himself and wonders why on earth he is so addicted to an ageing parade of spreadsheets.
From The Armchair: Welcome To The World Of VR
PlayStation VR has entered The Manor, and it’s flippin’ amazing.
You can never go back: the Play Expo Blackpool Retro Special
I loved seeing all the historic arcade cabinets and retro consoles at Play Expo Blackpool – but sometimes old games are best left in the past.
How do the 20 PlayStation Classic games measure up?
Hmmm, interesting list.
Why I want to set my PC on fire
I got a new gaming PC. And now I want to DESTROY IT UTTERLY.
A lovely bit of Legend of Zelda wall art
The map from A Link to the Past in beautiful 3D papercraft.
I think I get why people like building PCs now
After years of avoiding the faff of building your own PC, I’ve had a Road to Damascus moment.
I LOVE my new Pokemon cushion
Pokeballs!
From The Armchair: It Gets Better After The First 15 Hours
Sunless Sea and Assassin’s Creed Odyssey could do with picking up the pace a bit – we don’t all have endless time to kill.
The games that should be on the PlayStation Classic
What games would you feature on the newly announced PlayStation Classic? I’ve picked out 15 PS1 games that I’d revive in a heartbeat.
I’m hopelessly behind when it comes to video game sequels
Oh, another Tomb Raider game is out. But, er, I still haven’t played the last two? Or GTAV. Or Fallout 4. Or the last five Assassin’s Creeds…
New gaming books!
Getting Gamers by Jamie Madigan, and Ten Things Video Games Can Teach Us by Jordan Erica Webber and Daniel Griliopoulos.