Ratchet & Clack: A Crack in Time

Do you know what I’m going to do? I’m going to record all the games I complete on here so I have some record of the massive amount of time I waste each year in the pursuit of…… What do I actually get out of it? Largely nothing but a sore wrist....

Spoils of War

If you are intending to play Modern Warfare 2 and do not want the story ruined then you would be better off not reading this. Having said that it is unlikely that I can ruin the story as it makes little or no sense.To say I intend to include spoilers is a bit of an...

Cloud Gaming

I reckon the development of streaming gaming has the potential to revolutionise the way we think about games as entertainment. There are no other forms of media that are so utterly dependant on the hardware that delivers them. It’s also strange that gaming is...

Master of Puppets

So Oliver Postgate died then.  The reaction from the media was the sort usually reserved for a Pope. Nearly ten minutes of coverage on Channel 4 News goes someway to prove that conventional media is still ruled by men of a certain age.  Watching the IT Crowd the other...

Money for nothing

  I’ve had a Second Life account for bloody ages now. It must be two years at least. In total I’ve probably spent around 3 hours wallowing in the frustration that it has a habit of generating. Second Life has always had a bit of a problem in that it wants...

WOW : Terror Plot

According to Wired the Pentagon have developed a theory on how World of Warcraft could be used to plan terrorist attacks.  The ludicrousness of this claim is truly incredible. In fact the underlying factual basis of it is somewhat reduced by the quote:- There’s...