I dump out all of my thoughts regarding the last proper entry in the Metal Gear franchise. I wrote this post three years ago, only two years after the game had come out. That’s what we call “timely”!
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March 1, 2020 at 1:00 pm | Articles, Video Games | No comment
Tags: Big Boss, bitching about video games, Metal Gear Solid, Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes, Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain, MGS, Venom Snake
Note: I actually wrote this about three weeks ago, but through laziness it’s been sat in my draft pile for a while. I figure that October is a good month to publish an article about a game that concerns ghosts, possession and demons. I’m sat here watching Dan Bull’s rap…
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October 11, 2014 at 12:04 pm | Reviews, Video Games | No comment
Tags: bitching about video games, Deadly Premonition, game review, Murdered: Soul Suspect
2013 – the year I moved out of my parent’s house and didn’t write about James Bond (unlike last year). Here’s a round-up of what was on my mind throughout the annual rotation of the planet around the Sun. Why Hitman: Absolution Isn’t Quite Right – 02/01 Having received the…
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January 1, 2014 at 12:00 pm | The Year in Blogs | No comment
Tags: bitching about video games, they're just toys!, yearly summary
I rarely join in with fandoms having gut reactions to changes in their beloved franchises, especially negative ones. One of my prouder fan moments must have been reserving judgement about Daniel Craig back when he was first announced as being the next James Bond. The tabloids shit themselves inside-out with…
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April 25, 2013 at 6:24 pm | Batman, Random Guesswork, Video Games | 2 comments
Tags: Arkham Asylum, Arkham City, Batman, bitching about video games
Disclaimer: this blog post assumes you have a modicum of knowledge about the Hitman series of games. If not, there’s not much point in reading further! I’ve also tried to keep this as spoiler-free as possible. I’m well aware that it’s all too easy to use the internet to bitch…
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January 2, 2013 at 4:40 am | Reviews, Video Games | No comment
Tags: Agent 47, bitching about video games, Hitman, Hitman: Absolution, Square-Enix
Were scavenger hunts ever fun in games? Is there nothing more tedious than scouring a digital landscape for small digital tokens? Look, I get it: it took sodding ages to create these digital worlds and one way to make sure that the player appreciates every corner of the map (and…
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May 16, 2012 at 12:19 am | Articles, Trophy Hunter's Club, Video Games | No comment
Tags: Arkham Asylum, Arkham City, Assassin's Creed, Batman, Bethesda, bitching about video games, Fallout 3, Fallout: New Vegas, Final Fantasy, Grand Theft Auto, inFamous, L.A. Noire, Minecraft, Red Dead Redemption, Rockstar Games, scavenger hunts, Square-Enix, trophies, True Crime: Streets of L.A., [PROTOTYPE]
Right. FFX. *Rolls up sleeves* It’s been at least half a year since I touched it, and the next time I will shall probably be in about two years time when I forget why I had got bored of it. Final Fantasy 10 is a fantastic game, a deeply moving…
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April 14, 2006 at 11:06 pm | Reviews, Video Games | No comment
Tags: bitching about video games, Brian Blessed, FFX, Final Fantasy, game review, RPG, Square-Enix
