Just like the film Layer Cake proved to the world that Daniel Craig would make a cracking James Bond, so too did Insomniac’s open-world, superhero-em-up game Infamous and it’s sequels show that the developer had the skills to make brilliant games about people with crime-fighting powers. Now the proof is very much in the pudding … Continue reading Superheroes Who Need The Insomniac Treatment
Games
How Gamers Can Be Better Online
The gaming community as a whole has happily dominated online spaces. As the media form has matured from its small beginnings in arcades and focus on being only for young boys, its deep-rooted relationship with the internet cannot be denied. Gamers and the internet have been intrinsically-linked from the beginning. The typical 'nerd' from the … Continue reading How Gamers Can Be Better Online
Staring at the Screen
Video games get a bad rep. They're seen as being a waste of time, and worse, a waste of time for (male) children! They follow in the long tradition of new media being misunderstood by people not within its target audience. Radio, film, television, rock music - in fact, most musical genres - and now … Continue reading Staring at the Screen
Types of Games I Like
Competitive Multiplayer - Starcraft 2, Heros of the Storm, World of Tanks Something that I discussed before is my glittering career in beating the stuffing out of AIs in multiplayer RTSs. I graduated with my friends to human opponents and never looked back. Its something that was quite anxiety-inducing, and at least for Starcraft 2 1v1s and … Continue reading Types of Games I Like
Blizzard and Overwatch: Must Watch
At Blizzcon, Blizzard announced an FPS called Overwatch. Among a stunning animated trailer, rumours of it being ex-Titan content, and being a "TF2-killer", its worth knowing about. I never really got into Team Fortress 2. I thought I'd let that be known right off the bat. I also never got MOBAs in general, but then … Continue reading Blizzard and Overwatch: Must Watch
Dicey Encounters 