Gaming

26: This Is My Island In The Sun…Heatwave! Hello, dear reader. Firstly, congratulations to those who recognised that this week’s title is a seemingly random reference to a line in The Muppet Christmas Carol sung by a rat. I love Christmas and, if you got the reference, I love you too. Despite loving Christmas, I’ve chosen to spend a lot of the last week on a tropical island. Not on a ‘winter sun break’ like those self-satisfied idiots you work...

25: AAArgh! Hello, dear reader! It’s “Triple-A” Season in Gameland at the moment. “What’s Triple-A Season?” I hear you all ask, or at least those of you who’ve never heard of “Triple-A Season” and are curious as to what “Triple-A Season” means. “Triple-A Season” is a phrase brought to you by the same tedious husks who give things 11-out-of-10. It means “big budget games we need to sell tonnes of copies of, to make our money back”, so they’re ranked...

24: The National Videogame Arcade (Wed 11th November 2015) Greetings, once again, dear word-absorber. What a busy week it is in Gameland. Last Thursday, I dashed over to Chris Slight’s house to record some videos with him for our podcast’s YouTube channel. Why a podcast needs a YouTube channel I have no idea, but Chris seems keen and I hate to crush his enthusiasm just because he’s making absolutely dreadful use of his time in a way that he’ll never...

23: The Nicest Person You’ve Never Heard Of... As is customary, dear reader, let me begin by saying hello. Hello. Lovely stuff. Great banter. Anyway, let’s talk about me as that, somewhat unbelievably, is my remit for this column. I assure you, no-one’s more surprised about that than me. I’m absolutely disgusted. Shame on you, London Economic. It’s particularly galling as, this week, I really don’t have much to tell you about. Remember last week when I mentioned Assassin’s Creed:...

22: Victorian London, Dizzy Eggs and an Abominable Snowman! Hello, dear reader! I hope you are well! Given you’re unable to ask, I shall simply confirm that I am also well, should you be curious. My adventures in Gameland this past week have taken me to some lovely places, so let’s get stuck in… On Friday, I was over at Ginx to host a live two-hour TV show about the latest Assassin’s Creed game, “Syndicate”, alongside the wonderful Holly Nielsen,...

21: Minecraft – Story Mode! (Wed 21st October 2015) Hello dear reader. As regulars to this dusty corner of the internet will be aware, I quite like Minecraft. I’ve even made a TV series about it - Wednesdays, 7.30pm, Ginx TV...sorry. Absolutely shameless. But, fear not! I’m not going to talk about Minecraft again this week. I’m going to talk about Minecraft: Story Mode. “How is that not talking about Minecraft?” you may well ask. Well, because it’s an entirely...

20: Big Day! (Wed 14th October 2015) Hello, dear reader! Today’s a big day for me, so please cross all the things you can cross for me immediately. Oh, go on. I’ll tell you a bit more about why in a minute but, first, I should tell you about some of my other Adventures In Gameland – it’s been a big week too! On Friday, I popped up on Sky News/Sky One tech show, “Swipe”, reviewing the week’s games before...

19: The Other Football (Wed 7th October 2015) Hello once again! As regular readers will know, last week I was banging on about American Football. This week, I’m going to be chatting about the other football (or “English Soccer” as I understand fans of the sport prefer it to be known) as I’ve been asked to review both FIFA 16 from EA Sports, and Konami’s Pro Evolution Soccer – better known as PES 2016. I’ve always had a strange relationship...

18: Football at Wembley (Wed 30th September 2015) Hello dear reader. Before we go any further, let me say a big thank you to those who came and said hi at EGX’s after-party last weekend – it’s reassuring to know that SOMEONE is reading this stuff and that it’s not universally hated. BIG. WIN. This week, I’m incredibly excited because I’m off to the football at Wembley. Not ‘proper’ football. I’m off to the ‘other’ ‘proper’ ‘football’. American Football. Miami...