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A Cataclysmic Dawn: Does Hardline Need To Be A Battlefield Game?
Battlefield Hardline has received some mixed reception since its announcement — whether being praised for offering something different from the large-scale warzones of previous games, or being slated...
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Life, The Universe And Gaming: What About A Gaming Committee?
Or a Board of Gaming, amirite? Previously on Life, The Universe And Gaming, we discussed the concept of gamer representation. If you were paying any kind of attention, the more pertinent issue was...
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Abyssal Pixels: My Persona 5 Wishlist
The Persona franchise has a massive place in my heart. It made me fall in love with JRPGs all over again. I played Persona 4 Golden on my Vita for over 100 hours across two full playthroughs and I’m...
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Experience Points: That Open World Game Tastes Like Cardboard
You know when you bite into your favourite chocolate there are all these different layers, a biscuit layer, perhaps a nougat centre or some caramel to sweeten the deal. There’s a glorious flavour...
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That’s What She Said: #ilovesteam
I’ve become a bit of a PC gamer. I know the entire internet is going to explode, so before it does I’ll qualify that by using that dirty “c” word (no, not that one get your mind out the gutter...
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Toast On Jam: Peter Molyneux Is Not The Enemy But He Is A Problem
Peter Molyneux has been the topic of much discussion in the past week following some rather damning news regarding Godus, his latest bundle of as yet undelivered promises, followed by a brutal...
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A Cataclysmic Dawn: Evolve Needs A Narrative
Evolve is flawed — solid, yet uninspired. Innovative, but repetitive. It’s a great deal of fun at its best, but mundane and boring at its worst. It’s superbly well made, but it still feels like so...
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Life, The Universe And Gaming: What’s With All The Double Standards?
Are you a pathological reader? What about a pathological gamer? Perfect, because today we’re going to take a look at what’s been going on in the gaming industry of late. I hope you’re all ready for...
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Abyssal Pixels: Are We Suffering From Open-World Fatigue?
Open-world games are probably my favourite genre of all time. Ever since I played Elder Scrolls Oblivion for the first time, I was in love with the freedom and the exploration that open-world games...
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Experience Points: Live Action Adaptations Can Be Great
With the release of the Hitman: Agent 47 trailer there is the reaffirmation that Hollywood may never truly understand gamer’s desires for film adaptations to stick to their source material in some...
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That’s What She Said: I Don’t Totally Hate Starbound
If you have been following my arduous journey in becoming a half-fledged PC gamer (circa one month ago), you may know that one of the few games I own is Starbound. I described Starbound as “Minecraft,...
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Toast On Jam: Can Gaming Learn A Thing Or Two From Porn?
It’s very easy to take a quote out of context and twist it to suit your ends. Religious extremists do it all the time to justify beheading someone or to categorically prove that there are 72 beautiful...
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A Cataclysmic Dawn: In Favour Of Uncommited Gaming
I’m currently a second year Journalism and Media Studies student, the media representative on our campus gaming and archery societies’ committees, the Science and Technology editor at a campus...
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Life, The Universe And Gaming: On #GamerGate, Feminism, Ethics, Harassment,...
Alternative title: The Hitchhiker’s Guide To #GamerGate Let’s begin by clearly declaring our outliers here: Today’s column is not meant to take a side, either for or against the hashtag collective...
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Abyssal Pixels: Will Rhythm Games Still Be Relevant In This New Generation?
Rhythm games have probably been the reason why I didn’t have a very great sex life back in my teenage years. I sat in my room for over 8 hours, playing a plastic guitar to hell and back while...
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Experience Points: Is The Steam Controller The Future?
Last week, I wrote about the top 5 worst controllers throughout the evolution of gaming. People often forget about the humble controller and its importance in our daily gaming. We have seen the move...
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That’s What She Said: The Mysticism Of Half-Life 3
A couple of weeks ago, a lot of us (I know I wasn’t the only person) got really anxious about the potential of what Valve could be announcing at GDC. The date and time of the announcement (3 March at...
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Toast On Jam: The Order Is A Cautionary Tale In Lazy Game Design
The Order: 1886 is a peculiar glimpse at a game design process so blatantly deficient in the areas that were sacrificed in order to make it the cinematic marvel of modern gaming that it so desperately...
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A Cataclysmic Dawn: Good Games And Realistic Games Are Not The Same Thing
There’s a common misconception that a good game is often a realistic game, that if a game obeys all the rules of reality and promotes a strained, human experience, it’s automatically a quality...
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Life, The Universe And Gaming: Is Gaming Really As Under-Represented As Claimed?
The topic of representation in gaming is one of the biggest and most contentious in recent times. By all rights, it shouldn’t be. What could be more simple than asking for more representation, after...
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