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It’s all about your friends

I really like life.  It’s a pretty great thing really.  But as I’m sure you’re all aware, if […]

___ 10 September 2012 Opinions

Why Do We Play Games? Part 2: Challenge

“Just beat BioShock, still processing it all” That was the title of a blog post on Grinding Down […]

Lewis Packwood 6 September 2012 Opinions

Why Do We Play Games? Part 1: Introduction

The chances are that if you’re reading this blog, you regard games as something more than just a […]

Lewis Packwood 29 August 2012 Opinions

A world without Mega Man

Today was a sad day.  It marked the first time I had ever met someone who simply had […]

___ 19 August 2012 Opinions

The Two Dollar Coin

Today I was walking down the street and I spotted, in the distance, a shiny, gold two dollar […]

___ 11 July 2012 Opinions

Transformers: War for Cyberton – Why all the dark energon?

Transformers: War for Cybertron was a decent, if not derivative shooter that lived and died by its licence. […]

___ 23 June 2012 Opinions, Reviews

The official novel of the bestselling blog

If Wonderbook is anything to go by Sony is all for getting kids to read, and that’s cool. […]

___ 17 June 2012 Pulp

The hidden horror of Super Mario

I am a big fan of Star Wars and despite all of the killing and talk of the […]

___ 16 June 2012 Pulp

Spinning Bird Kick right to the Heart

In high school I had a crush on a girl named Alicia.  I thought she was pretty awesome, […]

___ 13 June 2012 Opinions

All the Muppets needed was a Kickstarter

I watched the new Muppet Movie on Sunday night and found it to be a delightful and nostalgic […]

___ 4 June 2012 Opinions

On Criticism of The Witcher 2’s Third Act

This generation particularly has been plagued by the frequent drawing of comparisons between film as a medium, and […]

___ 22 May 2012 Opinions

The Modern Arcade Experience

My good friend Tom was visiting London at the weekend, and after we’d finished looking round the excellent […]

Lewis Packwood 15 May 2012 Opinions

The Return of Mean Machines Magazine?

Is Mean Machines Magazine returning in some form?  If a tweet from video game publication luminary, Julian “Jaz” Rignall […]

___ 15 May 2012 Pulp

GAME Still Up To Their Old Tricks…

So, has GAME learned anything since its recent brush with annihilation? For various reasons I happened to be […]

Lewis Packwood 16 April 2012 Opinions

Gaelic Games Football is an indictment on the reach of video games

Sometimes the reach of video games surprises me.  The fact that you could pretty much take any small […]

___ 12 April 2012 Opinions, Pulp

The Tyranny of Loading Times

One of the most painful memories of my youth was staring in concern as my Spectrum’s tape player […]

Lewis Packwood 2 April 2012 Opinions

The End Of The GAME?

So, looks like GAME are in deep do-dos. Just a few days ago, GAME Group made the dramatic […]

Lewis Packwood 19 March 2012 Opinions

Remembering Mass Effect 2: republishing an old love letter

Back at the start of 2011 I wrote what can only be described as a love letter to […]

___ 12 March 2012 Opinions, Reviews

The Playstation Vita: a tale of relevance

The Vita is the kind of system you’ll want to grab out on the bus or train ride […]

___ 27 February 2012 Opinions

Graphics so real you’ll forget it’s only a game

I love portable gaming.  The sheer audacity for Capcom to claim that the graphics are ‘So Real You’ll […]

___ 29 January 2012 Pulp

Nintendo 3DS: First Impressions

My lovely girlfriend bought me a shiny new Nintendo 3DS for Christmas and has hardly regretted it at […]

Lewis Packwood 25 January 2012 Opinions

Christmas Tardiness

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! Huge apologies for the lack of posts this week: lavish helpings of […]

Lewis Packwood 30 December 2011 Opinions

Nice Niche: a brief (and incomplete) history of horse racing video games

A lot happens during a horse race.  It may look like its just a race down a couple […]

___ 5 December 2011 Opinions

The modern video game shopping experience is like eating the leftovers from a necromancer’s lair

[written in complaint by Sir Gaulian] From what I understand, necromancers are vile, vile creatures.  If you thought […]

___ 21 November 2011 Opinions, Pulp

The Best Video Game Endings… And The Worst

WARNING: Inevitably, being an article all about the endings of games, this article contains some spoilers. If there’s […]

Lewis Packwood 4 October 2011 Opinions

The Forgotten: the life of the PSP

[painstakingly scribed by Sir Gaulian] It has been a tumultuous life cycle for the PSP.  It started off […]

___ 28 September 2011 Opinions

Shadows of the Damned – Garcia Hotspur is a Mexican Psycho

[penned by Sir Gaulian] I am not an avid reader  but Bret Easton Ellis is one of my […]

___ 29 August 2011 Opinions, Reviews

Warioware, inc; Mega Microgame$!: defining portable games since 2003

The original Warioware, Inc: Mega Microgame$! is unequivocally one of my favourite games of all time.  Everything about […]

___ 15 August 2011 Opinions

Bikini Warriors: The Sorry State Of Female Representation in Video Games

Despite the huge amount of progress that has been made in terms of women’s rights over the last […]

Lewis Packwood 9 August 2011 Opinions

Crowd combat – the exploration of an ‘epic’ genre

I can see the fun in almost any game.  Sure, I am not the biggest fan of many sports […]

___ 2 August 2011 Opinions

Coming of age: has the current generation of consoles finally matured?

At only 27 years of age I already hate teenagers.  I really can’t help it – they wear […]

___ 18 July 2011 Opinions

Welcome To The Manor

“In Which The Concept Of The Manor Is Explained and we indulge our creativity.  Just go with it” […]

Lewis Packwood 12 July 2011 Opinions

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