Acid for Blood

Is it me, or is everyone really focused on women/gender and gaming these days? It’s becoming a little irritating. I’ve never seen so much written about this topic as I have this year. Maybe that’s just me.
Anyway, to be hypocritical, I will link to an article on gender and gaming. I found it nicely-balanced, and […]

Why I Wish I Still Lived in the UK - Reason # 547: The Women in Games 2005 Conference at the University of Abertay Dundee. Just across the Tay from my alma mater. God, I’d be so there.
Whilst I am vaguely on the topic of Scotland and gaming, Rockstar North are located in Scotland; in […]

My copy of the Metroid in Moton fan-made DVD from Samus.co.uk arrived last night. I have to admit, that whilst I am a huge Metroid fan, I am not incredibly immersed in the fandom. I don’t write fanfic. I don’t draw fan art. I don’t run a Metroid web site. I don’t actively participate in […]

The Story So Far

Guild Wars, Soon — In which she announces her intention to get a new computer (which will be built by one of her computer friends), and expresses excitement about Guild Wars
Parts Shipped — In which computer parts start shipping, and she expresses more interest in Guild Wars
Brin the Builder — In which […]

This incident happened over a year ago, but it demonstrates the importance of one of the most hallowed and timeless cultural conventions in arcade gaming: the coin-queuing system. Whoever invented this meme, this cultural nugget of information and behaviour patterns, was a genius (probably British as well). The coin holds your place in the queue. […]

I shall soon be writing game reviews for The Game Chair. I’ve never written game reviews for a website before, so this will be challenging and interesting. W00t. At least having to write game reviews will give me a good excuse to hammer away at my massive games backlog.
Between blogging for Playgressive and writing reviews […]

I went to GameStop last night. Objective: move my reservation for Killer 7 to some other game. Reason: I want to read some reviews for Killer 7 before purchasing it. The game looks cool and all, but I’ve been reading previews of its control system which are slightly unfavourable. I am still interested in it, […]

This is hitting close to home. According to Game Politics, the Washingon, DC City Council held a hearing on a video game bill today. From the bill (full text):
“The ultra-violent and sexually explicit content of video and computer games rated M and AO violate contemporary community standards, and, taken as a whole, appeal to prurient […]

Because: The Case of the Non-Game that Barked Like a Game
It’s a very interesting review of the games design of Nintendogs. The review explains that Nintendogs is more game-like than people have been saying, it bearing many similarities to RPGs, in fact.
You know, ever since I heard about Nintendogs getting a perfect score in Famitsu, […]

All I can say is “finally”. It’s taken me months to finish Beyond Good & Evil, and not because it’s a long game. Unfortunately, I don’t have a lot of free time, so even a game that takes less than 20 or 15 hours to finish in game-time takes ages for me in real-time. You […]