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The most depressing day annually, and weird Christmas traditions

Next year, I am improving my chess skills. Here’s how

To Monetize Or Not? Reaching An Astonishing 100 Subscribers On Substack

From Zork to AI Dungeon: How AI is Revolutionizing Interactive Text Adventures

How to be more productive when writing – great music and apps!

Getting Substack subscribers and changing writing focus

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Tag: games

From Zork to AI Dungeon: How AI is Revolutionizing Interactive Text Adventures
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From Zork to AI Dungeon: How AI is Revolutionizing Interactive Text Adventures

ward 10/12/2024

AI is so damned useful that I am overwhelmed and am still thinking of ways to use it. You can probably tell that I don’t use for writing by looking … Read More

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The Gaming Industry is going in the wrong direction, but it isn’t too late
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The Gaming Industry is going in the wrong direction, but it isn’t too late

ward 06/04/2024

I’ve been playing whatever the gaming industry has put out since Asteroid and Galaga and the Atari console came out. I bloody love games. In some respects, games are better … Read More

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Playstation PS5 – Congratulations, you’ve been selected
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Playstation PS5 – Congratulations, you’ve been selected

ward 15/06/2022

I got a PS5 recently, after having held out against scalpers for a year. The way I got one was down to luck – but I almost thought it was … Read More

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One aspect of Last of Us rekindled my love of games

ward 28/07/2020

I replayed The Last of Us a few days ago and after a month of no games and concern I was going off the medium, I was suddenly back in … Read More

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Can a gamer suddenly get bored with games?

ward 04/06/2020

A weird thing happened to me recently. I got bored playing a game on my Playstation. This happens occasionally but even so, I normally try and get an hour or … Read More

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Spider-Man PlayStation 4

ward 22/10/2018

In the game, you play Peter Parker and Spider-Man (obviously), when he is a 23-year-old research assistant for Dr Otto Octavius. So you can pretty much guess one of the bad guys from the start.

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Skull and Bones trailer

ward 24/07/2018

Skull and Bones isn’t due to be released until 2019 or possibly even 2020. Pirates and programmers are notoriously resistant to deadlines.

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Until Dawn: Rush of Blood review

ward 11/04/2017

Until Dawn: Rush of Blood is a lot of fun for the price. Not brilliant, but certainly enjoyable and a good intro to VR. Costs vary but I paid around £15, which seems about right.

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Far Cry 4 review

ward 04/02/2016

Far Cry 4 is a colossal sandbox adventure in the fictional kingdom of Kyrat. It is a gorgeous but deadly little place.

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Acapella versions of classic game themes

ward 13/03/2014

Everyone loves acapella and playing computer games from the 80s and 90s don’t they? I’m going to assume you answered yes there.

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Why I won’t be buying the next gen consoles

ward 23/02/2013

Consoles were great multimedia gaming devices and my PC was for toil or writing superb website entries. Recently however, this seems to be changing and it is a change that will be permanent and the end of consoles.

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Pac-man the movie

ward 06/04/2012

I just thought I would share this with you. It’s pretty cool. Not brilliant as such but I just like the fact that someone has gone to so much effort … Read More

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A real LA cop plays LA Noir

ward 22/06/2011

I am currently obsessed with the uber awesome game LA Noir. It really is as groundbreaking as all the reviews have said. I don’t normally write about games until I … Read More

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Amazon can see into my brain

ward 15/04/2011

This morning I logged into Amazon and checked out my recommendations. At first I was a bit shocked at what kind of twisted artistic deviant they must think I am. … Read More

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Killzone 3 review

ward 23/03/2011

An awesome of review of the incredible Killzone 3. Read the review, stay for the trailer.

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The future of storytelling

ward 22/02/2011

Computer games have come into their own and are now a full blown story-telling medium in their own right.

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Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

ward 23/12/2009

In case you are lazy and don’t want to read the rest of this review – this game is brilliant! I mentioned previously, elsewhere, that it was better than watching … Read More

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Batman Arkham Asylum

ward 22/10/2009

Holy game-playing brilliance Batman! Sorry but I had to do that. First, the plot. Batman has captured the Joker and is delivering him to Gotham’s legendary Arkham Asylum. The caped … Read More

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Computer games are good for you

ward 19/09/2009

I have been meaning to write about this topic before, as it is clearly a topic close to my heart. Not really because I give a flying fuck about about … Read More

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inFamous

ward 07/09/2009

In inFamous You play a delivery man called Cole, who lives on a roof with an annoying friend and is dating a woman called Trish who whinges a lot. (Although … Read More

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