Anyone who has followed my content over the last 18 months knows how I feel about Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice. A game that brings serious mental health issues to mainstream audiences through the power of computer games. To add to this incredible achievement, we now have Senua’s Scholarship an initiative that trains mental health professionals in
With increasing power available to game developers and the continually rising average age of gamers, is fun important? Recently the awesome Naughty Dog said The Last of Us Part 2 would be engaging instead of fun. So do games have to be fun in the modern console age? For us, with The Last of Us specifically, we
There is no doubt that the PS Vita is a cracking handheld. The screen is crystal clear, particularly if you have the original OLED version. However with the proper marketing could PS Vita have been Sony’s Nintendo Switch? Here are some thoughts I had recently while playing teh smashing Rainbow Skies on my Vita. If
2017 was without a doubt a fantastic year for games, particularly on the PlayStation 4 and 2018 is off to a strong start. Sony is knocking it out of the park with exclusive after exclusive. But rather than focus on the big hyped games, I’d like to do introduce you to 7 games worth a
The PlayStation 4 really found its feet in 2017 and delivered some incredible games. Picking my Top 5 Games of 2017 was never going to be an easy task, but here it is. Please feel free to add your thoughts to the comments either here or on the YouTube Video. Other great games I
Graphics seem to lead the way in game development these days with games looking more gorgeous all the time. Horizon, Hellblade, Uncharted are all gorgeous games that play beautifully. BUT sometimes gorgeous doesn’t equate to good (The Order 1886 I’m looking at you!!). So Graphics vs Gameplay what is important? Here are 7 games I
Elite Dangerous has finally launched on PlayStation 4 after swanning around on PC and X Box for the last few years. However, unfortunately, the in game tutorials are not altogether helpful. So here are my Elite Dangerous PS4 Tutorials to help you get your head around this excellent game. You can access the full playlist
The upcoming game Prey, has just announced a playable demo for the 27th April. However, this seems to be a rare thing for developers to do, is this signalling the death of the demo? Try before you buy Now I have been a gamer for a very long time and my first real recollection of
Open World Fatigue I’ve heard the term ‘Open World Fatigue’ mentioned a few times recently, particularly due to the imminent release of Horizon Zero Dawn. Are we now so saturated with massive playable areas that we have become a little lost as gamers? Are we beginning to feel the need to go back to more tightly
The Changing Face of War in Games I have been a gamer for nearly 40 years now and I have witnessed first-hand the evolution of games. One thing that has seen a big change over the last few years is developers approach to the depiction of war in games. Yes, we still get a swathe