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Toast On Jam: The Witcher 3, Fallout 4 And The Scandal Of Impossible Standards
All men are created equal. A long time ago, someone somewhere said that and they were rather wrong. Not just about men but everything. Nothing is equal because nothing is the same so why then do we...
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Life, The Universe And Gaming: The Witcher 3 Is A Reflection Of Your Personality
The title might sound a bit silly but given how I agonised over it before eventually deciding to just go with it, let’s just assume there’s a point to be made here. All games are what you choose to...
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That’s What She Said: Impressions Of The Microsoft E3 2015 Conference From A...
This year for E3 I decided to limit myself to watching only two full conferences (mostly because I couldn’t stay up all night and needed to sleep); obviously the Microsoft and Sony ones. As most...
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Toast On Jam: All Aboard The E3 Hype Train (Free Kool-Aid Served Onboard)
A girl asks you out and you immediately start imagining what the date will be like. Your friends start telling you rumours they’ve heard about her love life but you ignore them and imagine an evening...
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A Cataclysmic Dawn: Careful Moral Framing Is Crucial
Morality is a concept which has really come into the mainstream of games over the past few years in gaming — either by player agency or design. Many of these decisions are framed in binary: something...
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Life, The Universe And Gaming: PC Master Race Vs Console Peasant – Dawn Of...
I’ve always considered myself a bit of an outlier in most situations of my life. Rarely on purpose but usually because I’ve found something to agree with and something else to disagree with at the...
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Abyssal Pixels: I Have Mirror Syndrome
No, not that rare thing that can sometimes affect pregnant woman, which I just found out moments ago. Although being pregnant might explain this overwhelming craving I have for cookies. During my time...
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Everything Is Overrated: MOBAs
Hi! Welcome to Everything Is Overrated, a brand new column where I rant and rave like a madman about things that even midly annoy me. By brand new, I mean it’s a revival of a blog I had a few years...
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That’s What She Said: Cosplay At GeekFest
This year was my first foray into GeekFest. I’m not too sure why I didn’t venture to the last one; I think it had a lot to do with me being entirely overwhelmed about what GeekFest was really about. I...
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Toast On Jam: It’s Time To Accept That The Games Industry Is Not Going To...
The gaming industry is not a pretty one. Though I love what it is capable of producing, the most fresh-faced and promising of all major media has mired itself in the ways of the old guard. The games...
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Life, The Universe And Gaming: Quality Assurance — The Batman: Arkham Knight...
Quality assurance is becoming a bigger and bigger problem in gaming. Too many games are releasing broken and it’s time developers stepped up to ensure this doesn’t happen in future or they are risking...
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Abyssal Pixels: My First Foray Into The Chaotic World Of The MMO
I’ve been a gamer for most of my conscious life. Ever since I first played Super Mario Bros on some crappy Golden China rip-off machine, I’ve been playing every game I could get my hands on. I wasn’t...
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That’s What She Said: Is Warhammer 40K About Zombies?
This weekend I found myself at ICON. If you don’t know what ICON is, you are forgiven because neither did I until I was asked whether or not I wanted to go on the day. ICON seems to be labelled as the...
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Toast On Jam: Why Aren’t There More Good Superhero Games?
I’m a huge fan of comics, movies, TV series and games; as such the meteoric rise of comics in popular culture has been of particular interest to me with the Marvel movies bringing much-loved...
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Life, The Universe And Gaming: Rekindling That Gaming Flame
Being a gamer isn’t easy. If it isn’t society telling you that being a gamer is (still) lame, work colleagues telling you to grow up and be an adult, social media telling you to get a life, and the...
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Abyssal Pixels: Why Do Gamers Like Grinding?
No, not the act of smoothing something or cutting something with a circular saw or that thing people do in clubs with filthy strangers that they might knock up in the immediate future. Since the dawn...
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Everything Is Overrated: Long Games
Game length is a touchy subject for a hobby as expensive as gaming. When you’re putting down $60 or more for a game that cost millions to develop, you expect a certain amount of content to be there....
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That’s What She Said: Life Is Strange – Episode 4
Spoiler Alert: This piece contains major spoilers for Life Is Strange. Do not read this unless you have completed Life Is Strange – Episode 4. I have always found the most interesting part of Life Is...
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Toast On Jam: A Little Transparency Goes A Long Way In The Games Industry
I’m standing in the shower, exposed. There are two doors protecting me from the outside world, from the judging gaze of people, and I can take comfort in that knowledge. As humans we inherently encase...
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A Cataclysmic Dawn: Rocket League Shouldn’t Be Played Alone
I’ve been playing a lot of Rocket League recently; I enjoy Psyonix’s blend of football and vehicular madness, and it’s a good time killer between my university work, classes and other obligations. A...
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