02 Jun

20 Games I Should Probably Finish

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I know that posting lists is passé these days, but if I wrote this in long form, It wouldn't be fun to read, so please bear with me.

Truth is, I have a bit of a problem when it comes to finishing games. Over the last year or two I've bought 50 or 60 games, but have finished less then half of them. This is due to three main things: 1) If a game doesn't grab during the initial play session, I probably won't come back to it. 2) There is always something newer and more shiny that will inevitably distract me, and 3) I only ever play Eve Online and TF2 anyway, so all other games I own are pretty much redundant!

So now, with all this new-found 'spare time', I've decided to go back and finish all those games I started (providing that they're worth finishing, of course.
Obviously multiplayer games pose a bit of a problem, as you can't really 'finish' them per se, but I intend to at least play them enough to get the hang of them.

Read on for the list (which is roughly in highest to lowest priority)... Read more »

10 May

Site Revamp

Having finished college for the year, I've had some time to really sit down and decide what to do with this site. I definitely wanted to continue with it, but I wasn't completely happy with it as much of it had been made during the mad rush that was my application when I couldn't give it the time it needed.

So, thinking was done, conclusions were reached, and changed made. Read on to discover the full extent of the revamp (though you can probably see most of it right now anyway!) Read more »

17 Mar

Introducing.... Galleries Of My Current Work

My Work

I'm just posting a quick article to draw attention to the collection of new galleries I've recently uploaded. All in all, you can find examples of my level design work, Life Drawing, experiments in land art, and the work I am currently doing for the final project of my foundation arts course (some of it so recent it was actually drawn today!) Read more »

17 Mar

Original XBox Live About To Be Not-So-Live

XBox Live

In short, Microsoft is dropping support for XBox Live on the original XBox, which among other things means you wont be able to play original XBox games (including Halo 2 most notably) online.

My thoughts on this are that it sucks, but is unavoidable. I'm also kind of glad I'm a PC gamer, as this doesn't really affect me anyway!
This situation does raise some interesting points though, so read on to see how I feel about then... Read more »

31 Jan

EVE ONLINE: Blog Banter - Meaningful Targets

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[IMPORTANT!] Before reading this, please note that it is largely written for Eve players players, and so there is a certain amount of assumed understanding of what Eve 'feels' like to play. If you've never played it don't worry though, I've tried to be both general and concise to avoid confusion as much possible. Please also be aware that this piece is VERY GUSHY! I usually tend to avoid being disgustingly positive, but as this piece is about why I love Eve Online, being positive is kind of inevitable.

So, on with the show:

Welcome to this special installment of the EVE Blog Banter, the monthly EVE Online blogging extravaganza created by CrazyKinux.

We know the EVE Online Community is unique in so many ways, and that EVE Online is like no other MMORPG out there. But what makes the game special for you?

What is it that makes this particular virtual world so enticing, so mysterious and so alluring that we keep coming back for more. Why is EVE one of the very few MMOs to see a continuous growth in its subscriber.

To put it simply: Why do you love EVE Online so much?

31 Jan

How Added Value Is Ruining Single Player Games

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If you follows games news and release cycles, you'll probably be aware that single player games having a multiplayer component is the vogue right now. Most people aren't very happy with this - the announcement of Bioshock 2's multiplayer seemed to annoy people in particular - but its purpose is to "extend play time" and "add value", so say the back of the boxes. People also seem to mention "replayability" a lot when talking about single player games, promoting it as "adding value" as well.

Read on to see why I think this is a real danger to the quality of single player games... Read more »

31 Jan

acolite.eu goes live!

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After a number of delays, revisions, and general indecision about whether or not to go ahead with my plan, I've finally got acolite.eu up and running. As you can probably see, its still work in progress, but hopefully I will finish all the major construction within the next week or two. Click 'Read More' to find out a little more about me and my plans for the site... Read more »

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