So it’s been a little while since my last blog. Following Kristen Stewart’s relationship status and whereabouts takes up a lot of my time. But I’ve also been suffering from endless frustration and brain-meltingly awful bouts of nausea. In fact, … Read more
Right, instruct villagers to gather resources. Instruct scout to, er, scout. Build some houses. Going good so far. Build some farms, all in a nice straight line for efficiency. Now to build some sort of defence…wait, what’s this!? The enemy! … Read more
Summer has finally arrived and with it comes a lot of moaning. Moaning about how hot it is. And usually the same people who, just a few weeks previous, were moaning about how cold and wet it was. So what … Read more
I’ll be honest. I didn’t know what I was doing, I couldn’t see very much because it was dark and it was all a bit messy really. No, I’m not talking about my first time, but my experience of playing … Read more
I can’t play this game. I just can’t bloody play it. I’ve tried and I’ve failed… I’m sorry. I’ve put hours and hours (hence the late review) into International Superstar Soccer (ISS) on the SNES, only to be driven into … Read more
Nearly 20 years in the making, I made a final attempt to vanquish an old foe, defeat Gerhard Berger and finish a lifelong saga. It’s hard for me to review this game fairly. It has so many things going … Read more
Billed as a revolution in the fighting genre and with superb visuals, Rise of the Robots got people talking. But was it all that? I barely played it as a child, so I’m giving it a second chance.
I love retro gaming. I love older games for their nostalgic value, their groundbreaking features or graphics and gameplay; I also love newer games with that retro feel – something you can’t always describe, but know it’s different to its … Read more