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Destiny and the Iron Banner

By Iain May 12, 2016Reflections, VideogamesNo Comments

So, Destiny then. I've been fairly addicted to it for the past few months, and the Iron Banner has been one of my favourite aspects - I look forward to it rolling around every month. I can't put my finger on exactly why I like the week of Iron Banner so much to be honest. Is it because it is…

Friday update 1/8/14

By Iain August 1, 2014Creativity, Films/TV, Internet, Reflections, Site Related, VideogamesNo Comments

Wow, August already? Crazy times. We went and saw our midwife this week - baby is doing fine, and has turned so the head is pointing downward! They are so very nearly ready to join us, it's quite exciting. I took a photo of Jane earlier, and she didn't quite realise how large the bump was! From her perspective it…

Google + YouTube

By Iain January 25, 2014Internet, Site RelatedNo Comments

The problem I have with Google and YouTube is not that they were once separate entities, but that they have come together and become very confusing. Creating a page for me on Google+ without asking was just the start. For months it was convincing me to use my real name on my youTube channel - something I didn't want to…

Sitrep

By Iain August 11, 2013Books, Creativity, Films/TV, Internet, Reflections, Site Related, VideogamesNo Comments

That's short for situation report, which is what this post is intending to be as it's been over a week since my last post, which is well naughty of me. Where am I right now? Well, smack bang in the middle of a bunch of ideas. I recently bought a capture device for the Xbox - plan is to record…

Raccoon City revisited

By Iain July 2, 2013Reviews, VideogamesNo Comments

When I bought Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City, I left the receipt for it in the box. It seems I bought it a few days after it came out in March of last year. I just finished it earlier today. Bear in mind, I was not continuously playing it over this time frame - I had left it for well…

Transformers: Fall Of Cybertron

By Iain June 28, 2013Reviews, VideogamesNo Comments

In a nutshell: This was not as good as the original game, War For Cybertron. The weapons just didn't feel as weighty, and the story was quite boring to be honest. While there were a few nice touches in the single player campaign, overall it was quite dull. Multiplayer was awful compared to the original. War For Cybertron had some…

Xbox One

By Iain June 16, 2013Internet, Reflections, VideogamesNo Comments

Upon completion of that last post, I have realised that I've not addressed the Xbox One on here yet. I can kinda see where they are coming from with the extra functions and all, but I think they have misunderstood it. Nowadays people can get games on devices that can also do loads of other things, but never have I…

Halo Xbox One

By Iain June 16, 2013Reflections, VideogamesNo Comments

I'm curious as to why they didn't straight up announce Halo 5 on Xbox One at E3 the other day. The announcement was for a Halo on Xbox One, there was no sign of a 5 anywhere. Even on the Waypoint forums, it's just Halo Xbox One. Maybe it won't simply be "the next game in the series: Halo 5",…

It’s been a while

By Iain February 22, 2013Creativity, Films/TV, Internet, Reflections, VideogamesNo Comments

This is the longest I've left making a post for a long time. Nothing interesting has really happened to be honest. I've made a canvas for a work-friend, and nearly finished another one for some other friends, convinced Jane to make some progress on her fiction (specifically, The Famous Yiberdeedo), watched some films that I don't really feel the need…

Halo 4: War Games

By Iain January 8, 2013Reviews, VideogamesNo Comments

War Games – the new name for multiplayer Red vs Blue. This was always going to be the main area of the game for me, shooting guys is so much better than shooting AIs. It has a lot to live up to – the Halo series is the only First Person multiplayer experience that I felt was flawless – and then in subsequent games they always improve on it somehow. Halo was great – never has lugging an Xbox and TV round a mates house been so rewarding. Halo 2 improved it, made it smoother, added cool new weapons and had an amazing selection of maps. Halo 3 added equipment and refined the whole thing. Halo: Reach added armour abilities – these things really spiced things up. And now Halo 4…

Caution: There might possibly be spoilers!