R.I.P. Robin Williams

I just heard the news about Robin Williams, and I was very shocked about it, I used to watch a load of his films, like Hook, Flubber and Mrs. Doubtfire. He apparently committed suicide, but I don’t get that, what would be his motive? He wasn’t living a hard life, he didn’t end up like […] ...To receive more of these posts, you should follow my new blog, over at wordpress, the link is: http://ift.tt/1ukNCLB

My (Quick) thoughts on the STV Scotland Referendum Live Debate

DISCLAIMER: I am aware that this isn’t the usual kind of stuff I would post here, but I feel that this topic was too important not to discuss, however, if you feel that this is too off topic for your liking, then feel free to disregard. I usually don’t like talking about personal events in […] ...To receive more of these posts, you should follow my new blog, over at wordpress, the link is: http://ift.tt/1r2RdJj

Retro Pick-ups: A DVD game and a couple of PC games

I had a friend’s birthday party to go to yesterday, and me and another friend were in town to get him a present, and got him a couple of DVDs, but I also got myself some things as well, some cheap things I found. I found Worms Blast and Pariah for PC, the latter of […] ...To receive more of these posts, you should follow my new blog, over at wordpress, the link is: http://ift.tt/1oZfxh4

Rant: Checkpoints in Video Games

It’s that time of the month again, where I need to get something off of my (mostly) hairless chest (better there than my head), and this time I am going to be ranting about games that use checkpoint, and use them sparingly, and especially thos who defend it over quicksaves/quickloads. I will be mostly talking […] ...To receive more of these posts, you should follow my new blog, over at wordpress, the link is: http://ift.tt/1A668Jc

Cobra!’s Retrospectives – Soldier of Fortune

I have finally finished a game series, and thus stars a new series I am doing! Retrospectives! Well okay, this series was only 3 games long, but it’s still an achievement, at least it is for me. So as you could probably guess, I have been delving into the Soldier of Fortune games, and now […] ...To receive more of these posts, you should follow my new blog, over at wordpress, the link is: http://ift.tt/VYhwXI

Retro Arrivals: Sony Pocketstation

I got a Pocketstation… so yeah. “What’s a Pocketstation?” I hear you ask. Well, long story short, it’s Sony’s take on the Dreamcast’s VMU for the PS1. I saw this Pocketstation on eBay a while back, and I thought I’d try and bid a bit on it, so I put in £5, and decided if […] ...To receive more of these posts, you should follow my new blog, over at wordpress, the link is: http://ift.tt/1fEglpk

My Thoughts on the new Call fo Duty announcement (mostly)

My Thoughts on the new Call fo Duty (mostly) So a new Call of Duty had been announced, who would’ve saw that coming!? The plot actually seems interesting, Basically, a team are invading a dictatorship country in hopes of overthrowing the leader and turning the country into a democracy. Now I usually get the Call […] ...To receive more of these posts, you should follow my new blog, over at wordpress, the link is: http://ift.tt/1mok48X

My argument against digital games

My argument against digital games If you’ve been following my blog for quite some time (precisely none of you) then you’ll know that I hate digital and DRMed (That includes Steam!) games with a passion! I much prefer getting a physical, DRM-free (or disk-check) product! “But why?” I keep hearing people whine at me. This […] ...To receive more of these posts, you should follow my new blog, over at wordpress, the link is: http://ift.tt/1gDlSKI

Review: Klonoa 2 [PS2]

Okay, I just found out about this event they’re calling “Review a Great Game Day”, which is today, so I thought I’d write a quick review for today, with a game that never appears on any top PS2 games list, but is one of my all time favourite games, Klonoa 2! I never spent much […] ...To receive more of these posts, you should follow my new blog, over at wordpress, the link is: http://ift.tt/1hd1Gjs

Yay(!) Thanks(!)… ?

This was ages ago, but as always, I was planning to upload it somewhere, like Facebook, but never got around to it, so here it is here. I was sent an email saying I got a key to access a Wildstar, but when I read the email, I found out that I only got what […] ...To receive more of these posts, you should follow my new blog, over at wordpress, the link is: http://ift.tt/QDLApa

Retro Pick-Ups – 19/03/2014

Well I was at CEX again, and I decided to get FIFA Football and Virtua Tennis 4 for the Vita. Do you ever get that exciting feeling when you got a new console, that you’re game collection for it is really starting to grow? Well, I’m starting to feel that now with my Vita! Also, […] ...To receive more of these posts, you should follow my new blog, over at wordpress, the link is: http://ift.tt/1h0SD0z

Mystery Console 2 Revealed

That’s right, I got a PS Vita! I managed to get what I thought was a great deal, I got the Tearaway bundle for £150, it also came with Little Big Planet and a 16GB Memory Card I say Thought, it turns out that both games were merely downloads, and I hate downloads! Also, the […] ...To receive more of these posts, you should follow my new blog, over at wordpress, the link is: http://ift.tt/1gjJSxK

Retro Pick-Ups – Not PSP this time!

I’ve got a few deals in the past week that I’ve been forgetting to post here, so here’s a round-up of what I got this week. Clockwise starting from bottom left, I got Tony Hawk’s Project 8 for the Xbox, because why not? I was wanting to see what the Xbox version of the game […] ...To receive more of these posts, you should follow my new blog, over at wordpress, the link is: http://ift.tt/1iKv2Ih

Retro Pick-Ups: A bunch of PSP games

On the train home from college today, I was talking to one of my college friends about, what else? College work… Nah, we talked about games… I told him I was getting a new console, I never mentioned it here, so I want to keep it a surprise, yep, it’s another mystery console! The only […] ...To receive more of these posts, you should follow my new blog, over at wordpress, the link is: http://ift.tt/1nCbyEu

Rambo: The Video Game [PC] – Review

Rambo: The Video Game is an on rails shooter released on the Xbox 360, Playstation 3, and PC. The game was developed by Teyon and was published by Reef Entertainment. The game was released on the 21st February 2014 here in Europe, and is due for release on the 25th March in North America, according […] ...To receive more of these posts, you should follow my new blog, over at wordpress, the link is: http://ift.tt/1k76W7W

Retro Pick-Ups: PSP 3000 and some games

I got (Another) PSP today! It’s a 3000 model. I got it from CEX for £52, it came with a 4GB memory stick and a years guarentee! For comparison: On eBay, the cheapest deal on a working PSP I found is £80, and it comes with no memory stick or any guarentee, you DO get […] ...To receive more of these posts, you should follow my new blog, over at wordpress, the link is: http://ift.tt/1fHRb7W

Last one, I promise!

Here’s another Harvester Screenshot I took, I found this hint funny!Filed under: Other gaming stuff Tagged: MS-DOS ...To receive more of these posts, you should follow my new blog, over at wordpress, the link is: http://ift.tt/1d7p67B

I had no idea! Thanks for telling me that, game(!)

Another screenshot I was originally going to send, but didn’t, so here it is, this is a screenshot for Harvester on the PC.Filed under: Other gaming stuff Tagged: MS-DOS ...To receive more of these posts, you should follow my new blog, over at wordpress, the link is: http://ift.tt/1mSD6VM

Guys, there’s a new Tony Hawk game coming out… and it’s a mobile game…

Guys, there’s a new Tony Hawk game coming out… and it’s a mobile game… When I started hearing that Activision were working on a new Tony Hawk game, I got super exited, it could be Activision’s chance to bring Tony Hawk back to it’s glory days! Close to it anyway! There weren’t many details about […] ...To receive more of these posts, you should follow my new blog, over at wordpress, the link is: http://ift.tt/1cqqPBx

I’m thinking of starting game reviews again.

Yes, this was my “Announcement”, but why? I hear you ask, well, recently, as I’ve been writing my retro diary and my retro pick-ups articles, I’ve been thinking to myself, “Who cares about these?”, but then I remembered gaming channels such as the all gen gamers channels, they all do game pick-up videos, who cares […] ...To receive more of these posts, you should follow my new blog, over at wordpress, the link is: http://ift.tt/1fDUtaG