Raccoon City revisited

Raccoon City revisited

2 July 2013Posted inReviews, 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…
Zombie Pikachu

Zombie Pikachu

18 April 2013Posted inCreativityNo Comments
So here are some sketches I done for a friends tattoo. She came up to me one shift and said "You're good at drawing, aren't you. Design me a tattoo. You know what I'm like. Go nuts." And this is the result.

Halo 4

3 October 2012Posted inReflections, VideogamesNo Comments
November is going to be awesome. Halo 4 and getting married? Sweet. Of the ten maps available at launch, 8 are known. One of which is familiar, the rest are new. Ragnarok - The new name for Valhalla. I'm very happy about this. Adrift - This was one of the first maps announced, it features a mech being built in…
Ready Player One

Ready Player One

29 January 2012Posted inBooks, ReviewsNo Comments
By Ernest Cline The story is set in a not so typical apocalyptic future, brought about by man's excess. There are no robots or zombies or aliens, just hunger, poverty and desperation. People escape this bleakness by logging into OASIS. In broad terms, it's a Massively Multiplayer Online Roleplaying Game, with emphasis on the Massive. You can do anything you…
Grifball!

Grifball!

7 July 2010Posted inReflections, VideogamesNo Comments
Bungie's Double XP Weekend playlist of choice this last weekend was Grifball. I adore Grifball. Created by Burnie Burns of Rooster Teeth, thanks to the wonder of Halo 3's Forge map creation tool and the fully customisable game-types, then combined with being able to spread these around via your own personal File Share, Grifball is undoubtedly the most successful user-created…
Goodbye Halo 2

Goodbye Halo 2

15 April 2010Posted inInternet, Reflections, Site Related, VideogamesNo Comments
Last night was the last time Halo 2 will ever be playable over Xbox Live. Personally, I didn't attend (I got rid of Halo 2 ages ago - I never envisioned a time when we'd play it again), but I have spent the time being devoted to Halo 2 in other ways. I've been listening to the soundtrack (thanks again…