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The Pile of Shame (2012) January update

Hey, look, it’s the start of February and I’ve managed to not buy a single game since the end of December. Well done me! This is partly down to willpower, partly down to the fact that not much came out in January and partly because I had plenty of games to play anyway. It’s feeling [...]

The Pile of Shame (2012 edition)

A new year frequently brings with it reassessment of all manners of things. In this case, it’s the gaming pile of shame. It’s grown rather hefty and that’s just thanks to the last few months of gaming releases. So I’ve decided to avoid purchasing anything new till at least February, if not March. I say [...]

Games of 2011

I don’t feel hugely well equipped to sum up my games of the year. I’ve not finished Uncharted 3, Batman: Arkham City, Xenoblade Chronicles or even played Zelda: Skyward Sword. Oh and while I’m at it: I really wasn’t keen on Portal 2 despite trying my best to enjoy it. The story interested me but [...]

Infatuated with multiplayer gaming once more

Regular readers may know that I’m not a huge fan of multiplayer games. Oh I used to be. I was an active member of a large guild in EverQuest and would raid nearly every night. The time spent outside of EverQuest was liasing on the forums with guildies as to how to approach the next [...]

Knowing When To Wuss Out

I’ve deprived this blog recently. Sorry about that. It’s been a strange month. At the start of the month, my motivation was extremely low. Real life things were to blame and things I won’t bother getting into here (sorry for the vagueness!). None of that truly cleared up until the day before I headed to [...]