In 1998 "The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time" toppled the US box office, making more money than any film in the last six weeks of that year. This unprecedented success of a video game - a mere childrens' pastime - forced hitherto the dominant cultural and artistic domains and mediums to sit up and take notice: videogames could...
One thing I remember in the old days before the market was awash with readily available graphics cards that had more power than your entire street- was the difficulty in making your PC and its games actually work. Even though it was a fun time on the whole I wont let my nostalgia completely smother the feelings of frustration...
In a news cycle dominated by big companies spending big bucks and getting big headlines, a Nintendo Direct was a refreshing treat, allowing gamers to talk about games and not investment portfolios. While this recent Direct may very well be regarded as one of the best in recent memory, the deafening silence of some of the biggest hitters in...
A fan favourite amongst arcade goers, Excitebike was an extremely successful title for the Nintendo Entertainment System in 1984. It pioneered the 2D motorbike racing and stunt genre that we still today. From hundreds, if not thousands, of flash games to the incredible Trials series, Excitebike laid the foundations for future endeavours in this...
The Average Pilgrimage is an adventure through time. I aim to play 1 game from each year chronologically from 1983 up until the present day to broaden my horizons in regards to the gaming world. Whilst doing so, I will share my opinions and experiences until I reach the current year. At which point I will reset and start again...
First Impressions of the Preview.
A rather soft-spoken voice actor for, what was supposed to be, a rather epic intro-scene set my expectations rather low of Achilles: Legends Untold.
Exploring The Prehistoric Past
As most people have probably done when they have been growing up I must confess I gained access to media which was rated for someone much older. My progression from kids PC educational software to kill everything mature games was pretty swift. It wasn't a new experience either. On my Amiga I played many sophisticated RTS games that you...
A long time ago in 1995 to be exact, when money and lack of awareness for game consoles was at a low I made a discovery of our hobby. My dad was friends with a pc builder in the mid 1990s and he gave us some great tech on the cheap. This was my first exposure to something called Windows...
If I earned $100 a day it would take me 27.3 years to accumulate a million dollars. However, if I
earned the same amount of money each day it would take me 27,397 years to make a billion
dollars. That is how astronomical and unfathomably large the sum of a billion is. This clearly
doesn't concern Microsoft...
