As a lifelong gamer I have fond memories of certain games that I know I’m viewing through rose-tinted goggles and if I went to play them now, they’d be bloody awful. Grand Theft Auto 3 is a perfect example. I loved that game. But when I tried to play it on my PS3, it looked [...]
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Nostalgic gaming that’s still good – Dizzy Prince of the Yolk Folk
Posted: 15th December 2011 by By Adrian Willings in Interesting Discoveries, MusingsTags: dizzy, gaming
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BRINK – clever, appealing gaming?
Posted: 25th April 2011 by By Adrian Willings in Interesting DiscoveriesTags: BRINK, gaming
BRINK is about to be released on Steam. I have to admit to pre-ordering it, something I rarely do. I used my Ciao.co.uk money and I hope it wasn’t wasted. BRINK has, by all accounts, been rather a sleeper. I’d not heard anything at all about it until recently. Then I saw a video or [...]
Co-Op Brrraaaaaaaaaaiiiiiiinnnnnnsss #UndeadNightmare
Posted: 2nd December 2010 by By Adrian Willings in Interesting Discoveries, ReviewsTags: gaming, red dead redemption, rockstar, UndeadNightmare, zombies
Last night I managed to get a rather drunk @zombie_dod and my brother to play Red Dead Redemption’s “Undead Nightmare” with me in Co-Op mode. Oh gosh, it’s good fun. RDR has a painful menu system which it takes ages to navigate, but once you’re actually in a game it’s well worth it. The Co-Op [...]
Insane Escapism – Just Cause 2
Posted: 4th November 2010 by By Adrian Willings in RamblingsTags: gaming, helicopters, just cause 2, realism
Being an FPS gamer, I’m used to “realism” in my games. You get shot, you die. You fall off a cliff, you die. Simple really. The trouble is you get stuck in that mindset and forget how much fun you could have in a completely unrealistic game. That’s the brilliant thing about video games – [...]
If I spoke, would you listen?
Posted: 22nd September 2010 by By Adrian Willings in RantsTags: fun, gaming, misery
3 years ago I created a gaming community. Not something I ever thought I’d do in all honesty. My original aims were honest and open. I wanted to create a friendly, gentlemanly gaming community full of nice people. I would give everyone the power to admin the gaming servers and moderate the forum, sharing the [...]
Video games blamed for ADHD
Posted: 8th July 2010 by By Adrian Willings in Interesting DiscoveriesTags: adhd, gaming, nonsense
Every now and then video games get blamed for one thing or other. Usually negative things, very rarely something good. Some teenagers go on a killing spree – video games did it. A paedophile rapes a young girl – video games are to blame. A train crashes – must be video games. Frankly its amazing [...]