Playing games this week...

Has seen me enjoy the experience of Operation Flashpoint. I am on the last level, and in doing that I am attacking the final base. While I have died several times, I have enjoyed, somehow, playing through this last part. In addition, I have really got into PES2009. I am enjoying winning the games, and doing well. I do not enjoy winning 2-1 with Porto on the more difficult lev...

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Three times

I have played a good number of games the past few weeks. The focus of this shall be PES 2009. The become a legend mode has always held some interest. The issue is, of course, that the vertical camera used often does not aid my skills and experience in using the wide camera. As such, I was utterly unable to score, or even play, in the vertical mode. Interestingly enough, I had a housemate who persevered with this mode for something like three seasons. When you bear in mind this can be 40 games or more, at ten minutes each, this is a substantial amount of time. Add to this the fact that he scored something like 2-3 goals in an entire season, and those goals were always tackling a defend, or hitting in a rebound. So why play it? Why suffer this frankly atrocious gameplay? Because the idea is...

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Gaming

I would like to make some points on gaming as they stand now. They only link in the sense that they are in my mind, and on my mind. There is not much else. a) I recently stopped playing games, perhaps even for 3-4 weeks. When I logged onto steam, I simply saw a list of game names. For some reason, this did not make me want to play them. Having put my games into a new list, I have begun playing many old and new games. So, firstly, it seems clear to me that I need to reorganise my games. In fact, I am waiting with anticipation for when Steam allows organisation by tags, rather than by just category. I also spoke with someone who spoke negatively of gaming. The arguments are clear: why should play stop when you hit 18? Why do I need to passively imbibe relaxation through a film/book/TV when I...

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FPS

FPS games have caught my attention over the past few months. Mostly because I don't have much time, and in doing so have found can offer an easy way to immerse myself in. Have played - New Zealand Story, Amiga. Iconic game, classic music, just bloody weird. Playing - Black Ops. Broken game, reasonable for a blockbuster, not worth the mon...

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RTS

RTS games often require much time. They are, in some ways, the pinnacle of PC gaming. As a hobby, an RTS require the management of people, resources and time in the way indicative of a real-life intelligence. However, they often require time that a working professional cannot always give. However, the modern RTS game seem to have the benefit of guiding the gamer through the mechanics. For example, Dawn of War is able to guide the gamer through a series of ever increasing meetings. Have played - Megalomana. As an Amiga RTS game, it was superb. Quirky, detailed and with an intricate system of battling. Playing - Empire Total War. It seems difficult, to say the lea...

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So what's this all about?

It's a Sunday afternoon here on Britain's lovely Northern coast. Outside it's sunny, if a little cold, and inside here I am typing away at this new blog. What does it intend to do? It intends to look back on some classic gaming moments in my life, look at my gaming habits now, as a professional in his late 20s, and review/complain/eulogise about some of the current games I'm playing. So! Looking backI remember playing a hideous Amiga game - full priced at £20, which was utterly unworth the quality of the game - that was a mash of riding on a 2D boat avoiding monsters dropping stones, generic sea-side arcade sidegames, and a chess board that shot snakes and eyes at you. The instructions didn't really explain what was happening, there were no continues, and only three lives. Hours were spent...

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