Why I don’t write reviews anymore

In light of my comments on the old reviews I republished as part of my 5 year anniversary thing, I thought I'd expand upon the reasons why I don't write reviews anymore. First, I don't think I'm very good at writing them - so I don't write them! Secondly, I don't feel that the writing style of a traditional review…

Final Fantasy X-2 review

Again, written for Poopgang. I found the "slices" (as I liked to call them) for this one. For some reason I didn't mind the dithering caused by saving them as gifs. Format: Playstation 2 Developer: Square Enix Publisher: Electronic Arts Release: February 2004 Final Fantasy. One of the oldest videogame franchises that still has that special something. The series began…

Street Fighter Alpha 2

I think this was also for some kind of Gamesradar Games Guru competition. "The Street Fighter saga may have gone on and on, but in my mind, Street Fighter Alpha 2 was the zenith, the epitome, the finest one on one versus fighting game in history. Capcom stuck to its "if it ain't broke, don’t fix it" strategy, and merely…

RFBW: The Hobbit

It's time for me to reveal my favourite book of all time! The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien My Dad used to read this to me at bed-time when I was, I guess, about 8, that was the first time I heard the story. The first time I read it myself, I was about 16, but I didn't finish it. I…
Darwinia+

Darwinia+

My God I used to love this game. Years ago it was one of the only games I ever bothered to play on the PC, mainly because our PC was rubbish and this had low required specifications. But my God, I never thought I'd see an Xbox 360 version. Shame I can't afford it right now, I spent my last…