Age of Empires, unfinished business

I first played AOE when my mental capacity to play the game was incredibly low, I had very little concept of the tactics needed and failed alot, though I still enjoyed it. Allowing a few years to pass, reaching my mental peak and allowing alcohol to knock it back to what it was originally, I've …

Kingdom come deliverance

If you're looking for a game where you can enter a world, run off and start pillaging like the days of yore, you may have to keep up the search. If you're looking for a game where you can enter the world and spend a considerable amount of time with a man named Bernard, you've …

A Link to the past (a reflection)

Who can forget their first playthrough of ALTTP in the early-mid 90's, heading outside into the pouring rain for your first adventure. It may seem a dark and bleak day in typical RPG fashion, but to be honest judging by the rest of the game it was probably much needed rain, so in that sense …

The best and worst in nostalgic gaming

Shenmue and Knights of the old republic: We all like to fondly remember the past, nostalgia is often triggered by smells or noises or seeing faces you've not seen in years. But sometimes it's more obscure, sometimes you'll get stuck getting through a door or someone will pop up in front of you as you …

Lockdown/Children/Video games

Now, I'm a keen Video game player myself, I nearly finished GTA 4 on several occasions. But I'll put away the bragging rights I've received for that. I'll admit as someone who doesn't have his child with him full time, I don't have to bare the brunt of the Lockdown care taking. But when she's …