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While I enjoy Drake's adventures I do feel a great loss at the untold story of his relationships. Uncharted 3 cements these frustrations and provides a rollicking adventure that's as shallow as it is gorgeous. .. read now
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(Overview) Augmented Reality Dating games First Person Meta-games Physical Real-time Single Player Campaign Third Person Turn Based 3DRichard Murphy' Juvenile Gamer content:
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RSS Newsletter email.When we grow up we leave behind childish things. That's what keeps me up at night. Surely there's a way to be a gamer in an adult life? These reviews help me are treatise to keep something I dearly love with me without remaining a juvenile.
Videogames stand as a point of contention in my continued emotional maturity. I shouldn't be writing this; in fact, I shouldn't really be writing about games at all. I should be focusing my attentions on more important and adult enterprises like sorting out the finances and washing the car on a Sunday.
Leaving university and entering the realm of the grown-up is a shockingly revealing time for those of us that remain childish at heart and juvenile at head. When I discuss my future plans of videogame journalism the disappointment in my parents' glances is never quite adequately disguised. Games have grown up with me and although they can seem immature and downright delinquent at times, in other instances they can be profound and beautiful.
In many ways I think games are just like me; struggling to rid themselves of the cloak of adolescence and fit into the chinos of adult life. When I play a game I need to feel like I'm somehow improving myself by doing so. Growing up with games is not something which stopped when I became an adult, it is a factor of my existence which will continue as long as I keep learning new things.
In my reviews you'll find a selection of my musings, pondering and fretful flappings as I wade into the murk of adulthood whilst desperately clinging onto my juvenility. Will games be a hindrance or a boon to my continued leanings? Only time and gaming will tell.
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While I enjoy Drake's adventures I do feel a great loss at the untold story of his relationships. Uncharted 3 cements these frustrations and provides a rollicking adventure that's as shallow as it is gorgeous. .. read now
Final Fantasy XIII-2 takes another stab at telling the story of Lightning, Serah, Snow in a more open and wild world. Unfortunately it replaces the charm and narrative drive of the first game with confusion, convolution and complexity. .. read now
Persona 4 PS3 captures the wonder of wasted youth. Spending time in the quaint Japanese town of Inaba has reignited my love for both JRPGs and oblique Japanese colloquialism. .. read now
As with the films that have influenced it, Deus Ex's main strengths lie in its ability to craft a monumental story in an evocative world. The multi-faceted gameplay options and open ended narrative tracks only add to this masterful and very human videogame. .. read now
My love for traditional RPGs is often tested by lazy design and sloppy implementation. White Knight Chronicles proved to be the straw that broke the camel's back. However strong the connection to tradition, a new experience should move thigns forwards if it is genuinely new... read now
Picking up a control pad should be a moment to cherish and look forward to, but Under Siege's complicated button map and monotonous presentation sends my mind wandering to different, more domesticated pastures... read now
Warhawk may have an impressively dedicated community five years since release, but I'm not sure I have the patience or desire to become part of it. Even the joy of flight isn't enough to overcome what is one of the PS3's most demanding online experiences. .. read now
Monster Hunter Freedom Unite's limitless depth pairs it with extremists, gluttons for punishment and obsessive compulsives. Perfect for a teenage me, but I don't think another addictive collect em' up is what my life needs at the moment... read now
Gods Eater Burst PSP is a simple game, in the same family as the Monster Hunter franchise and with a strong emphasis on repetition, familiarity and grinding. Its tedious tempo has become a metronome for my downtime. .. read now
Trying to forget the successes of the past is not easy when they come in the form of the most popular RPG ever produced. Final Fantasy XIII persuaded me to shrug off the misty eyed memories of times gone by with previous Final Fantasy... read now
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