The period after Christmas has traditionally been a bit of an unlucky time for me, as far as general geekery is concerned. In years past, expensive pieces of electronics have suddenly left me for Silicon Heaven, despite my nearly OCD-level of care and attention I give to everything I own. This year was no different: not only did my four-year [...]

Today I learned some really disappointing news that made me shake my head and even tut at my screen. Why am I tutting at my screen? I’m sure my Xbox 360 massive is more aware of this distressing news but as per usual I’m behind with these things. I warn you now that if you are prone to fainting after [...]

Well, it’s a brand new year. Most of us started it off with blinding hangovers but that’s not necessarily a bad start. If you felt like crap when you woke up on January the 1st, I damn well hope you did something really fun the night before to deserve it!  As the optimistic ‘this year I will lose weight/stop smoking/write [...]

“As I picked myself up, all I could hear was the ceaseless drone of traffic. Life went on around me, but the explosion was to change my life forever” – George Stobbart
I recently treated myself to a free copy of Broken Sword: The Smoking Mirror Remastered for my iPhone. A chance to have George Stobbart in my pocket again, yes [...]

You know what? I don’t think I want a 3DS or a Vita anymore. Not now that I’ve had some hands-on time with the future. By “the future”, I do of course mean my shiny new phone — a Sony Ericsson Xperia Play. You may recognise that model of phone as being the one with the gaming controller built into [...]

“We’ve got an MMO to look at, who want’s to give it a go?”
It’s a short and relatively simple question, but here’s the thing… how do you review an MMO? The nature of the beast is that it takes FOREVER to play through and everyone’s experience will be different. The reality is that you have to boil the experience down [...]

I slept deeply on the night of November 10th. It was an unusual experience. It was rare that I slept, even rarer so deeply, but my body was not one to reject good rest. My brain is not the most functional organ when sleep-deprived, which has been heavily documented in my previous writings. If only I had known how precious [...]

It’s the most wonderful time of the year, as a song once said. It’s a time when we partake of more calories in a day than we would normally suffer in a week. It’s a time when we fondly remember the year gone by and, for me, I also like to remember games of a different time. I’m very lucky to be able [...]

On the first day of Christmas, my true love gave to me;
free DLC for Battlefield 3.

On the second day of Christmas, my true love gave to me;
two psycho loons;
and free DLC for Battlefield 3.
On the third day of Christmas, my true love gave to me;
three red lights;
two psycho loons;
and free DLC for Battlefield 3.

On the fourth day of Christmas, my [...]

I was genuinely staggered the other day. I happened to look at the Stats section of my recent favourite game, and was blown away to find that I had clocked up 92 hours of play on it already. Right about now you’re probably expecting me to launch into “arrow to the knee” meme jokes, but no, my 92 hours have [...]

There is something satisfying about getting that almighty perfect build for a character that you’ve always dreamed of. It can take a lot of work and a slightly skewed mind though.
Take Skyrim as an example. I’ve played it for nearly 200 hours now on the 360, but I’ve lost interest in my character as I’ve invested in perks I’ve later [...]

Recently, I’ve taken a small step away from gaming – not because I wanted to, but because I HAD to. No, nobody made me. And yes, my consoles are still alive. So why did I have to stop gaming? It’s a rather simple reason really, and it’s all due to a word that is a taboo to students across the [...]

To save. Most definitely to save! To me, this answer is so mind-bogglingly obvious that it seems ludicrous to be writing a blog that address the question. But apparently there is a question, because when my boyfriend is playing a game and I accidentally turn his Xbox off because I think it’s mine, or when the TV channel somehow gets [...]

So, by now you won’t have been able to avoid the new Xbox Dashboard (at least, you won’t if you have a 360 or any friends who do). There’s plenty of changes to make some of us wonder what magnificent things are coming in the near future, and plenty to make those afraid of change claim it’s the worst update, they [...]

I’m sure that I am not alone when I say I’ve been gaming for nearly 30 years and there seem to have been a couple of large anniversaries this year that have struck a chord. The Kinect is a mere whipper snapper at a year old but looking at some of the other celebrations I feel a certain sense of [...]