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XCOM 2: Mod Report 1
17 Feb 2016
17 Feb 2016
XCOM 2 has support for a range of community mods via the Steam Workshop. I plan to try out a few of these mods over the coming months and produce these “Mod Reports”, where I will discuss the good, the bad and the downright insane!
XCOM 2: First Impressions
10 Feb 2016
10 Feb 2016
I can’t remember being as excited for a video game as I’ve been about XCOM 2, the sequel to Firaxis’ XCOM: Enemy Unknown (one of my favourite games of all time). I’ve been soaking up all the preview videos and developer livestreams and now I’ve finally got my hands on the...
XCOM: The Long War - Review
08 Feb 2016
08 Feb 2016
I am a huge fan of XCOM: Enemy Unknown and with XCOM 2 due to launch on February 5th, I wanted to play this modern classic again, but there’s a problem; after multiple playthroughs, the replay value of the game has greatly diminished.
2016 Year in Review
15 Jan 2016
15 Jan 2016
Well, it’s that time of year again. All the game journalists are doing their ‘Top Tens’ and ‘Game of the Year’ lists and now I feel obliged to do the same…
The Cost of Gaming
29 Oct 2015
29 Oct 2015
So, apparently Assassin’s Creed Syndicate “isn’t that bad” - which is a great improvement over recent entries in the franchise at least, but that’s a rant for another time - and I have to admit that the idea of climbing around the rooftops of Victorian London has a certain appeal.
First Impressions - Grey Goo
22 Oct 2015
22 Oct 2015
I was intrigued when I first heard about Grey Goo. A strategy game that recreates the classic Real-time Strategy (RTS) formula from classic games like Starcraft (one of my favourite games of all time)? Sounds great, I thought, but I decided to wait and see what happened with it. Then, the...
A tribute to Terry Pratchett
18 Mar 2015
18 Mar 2015
I don’t normally go in for this sort of thing. It seems like a lot of celebrities have passed away recently, including many who I admired or respected. Normally, however, I just think “that’s a bit sad” and try to move on, since I feel that anything I say will somehow...
Peanut Butter Cupcakes (for Comic Relief)
09 Mar 2015
09 Mar 2015
This post is way off topic for me, but I have always been a big supporter of Comic Relief and I wanted to share my latest culinary creation, since baking for this great cause seems to be the big thing this year…