You know what? I hate games.
There. I said it. After an entire day of mulling over what to do in regards to my coursework for uni I decided to play a quick game of Battlefield citing the reason "I probably won't have much time to play it until after Thursday", Thursday being the hand-in day for one of my courseworks. This quick game then turned into a few quick games and before i knew it the clock had already span past 8 o'clock. And instead of stopping there i decided to play a few more quick games on other titles before returning to Battlefield again but this time to go through the campaign. At this point it became a "one more level" situation and now its 2am and I'm going to get hardly any sleep.
On the plus side, i did get a fair few achievement points (Xbox) and from what I've heard I'm fairly close to finishing Battlefield AND I got the MVP pin in multiplayer! BEST. FEELING. EVER. This was after failing to even get close to the top half of the scoreboard for the first few rounds so i felt unbelievably happy with what i accomplished. Adding to the fact that it was a tremendously closely fought round and a brief moment of adrenaline where i had to flee a crumbling building which pulled me to the edge of my seat (bed) for the rest of the round. You just can't beat the feeling you get from epic moments of action like that in games, or drama for that matter, or sudden epiphanies if you're playing a puzzle game, or the sheer smugness you get from outsmarting your opponent in strategy games.
You know what? I love games.
And while I'm here I should let you know about the other blog I started, A Game Developer Reviews:. This one will concentrate on game reviews and possibly on game related news if I feel that this one is getting a bit clogged. Anyway, this week the review is on Batman: Arkham City so have a look and let me know what you think.
Monday 31 October 2011
Saturday 29 October 2011
Daily (MAYBE)
Yes, maybe is an important part of this blogs title. As much as i want to keep things as up to date as possible, i find that I'm just too busy...with games.
As some of you may know, this past month and the following months are very full for us gamers. With many high profile games coming out its hard to find the money and time for all of them, with that in mind i have decided this year to concentrate on the top 3 games of the season. NO it is not Call of Duty, Assassins Creed and Fifa 12. The games I personally consider to be the top of this season are Arkham City, Battlefield 3 and Skyrim, that being said i have found the Assassins Creed series to be one of the few games in recent years to improve in quality despite yearly releases.
As is the case with most gamers over the mental age of 12, Skyrim is the main fixture of this seasons releases, but I'll get round to talking about that when I've actually played it (Nov 11th or 10th if I'm lucky). Batman: Arkham City on the other hand can be talked about at great length, unfortunately i don't have the time at the moment though. My plans are to start a blog alongside this one for game reviews so if anyone has any clever ideas for a name for that one please let me know. For the moment though all you need to know is you should get it and the same can be said for Battlefield, despite release bugs which are currently being worked on and the unbelievably amount of lag i experienced on day 1, is a very good game, so far the campaign is much better than previous years attempts at a war-based storyline and the online is incredible and much more engrossing than its rivals, assuming Activision stick with the same formula they've had for the last 4 years. But again, I'll get into that in more detail when i have time.
For the moment i need to start on coursework, so if anyone has any knowledge of database systems or SQL i wouldn't mind hearing from you. I will try and write again tomorrow when i don't have as much work to do, but until then *insert witty sign off phrase*!
As some of you may know, this past month and the following months are very full for us gamers. With many high profile games coming out its hard to find the money and time for all of them, with that in mind i have decided this year to concentrate on the top 3 games of the season. NO it is not Call of Duty, Assassins Creed and Fifa 12. The games I personally consider to be the top of this season are Arkham City, Battlefield 3 and Skyrim, that being said i have found the Assassins Creed series to be one of the few games in recent years to improve in quality despite yearly releases.
As is the case with most gamers over the mental age of 12, Skyrim is the main fixture of this seasons releases, but I'll get round to talking about that when I've actually played it (Nov 11th or 10th if I'm lucky). Batman: Arkham City on the other hand can be talked about at great length, unfortunately i don't have the time at the moment though. My plans are to start a blog alongside this one for game reviews so if anyone has any clever ideas for a name for that one please let me know. For the moment though all you need to know is you should get it and the same can be said for Battlefield, despite release bugs which are currently being worked on and the unbelievably amount of lag i experienced on day 1, is a very good game, so far the campaign is much better than previous years attempts at a war-based storyline and the online is incredible and much more engrossing than its rivals, assuming Activision stick with the same formula they've had for the last 4 years. But again, I'll get into that in more detail when i have time.
For the moment i need to start on coursework, so if anyone has any knowledge of database systems or SQL i wouldn't mind hearing from you. I will try and write again tomorrow when i don't have as much work to do, but until then *insert witty sign off phrase*!
Wednesday 26 October 2011
Beginning
I would like to begin things with a somewhat formal overview of why I have created this blog.
The purpose of this site is partly to record any academic ideas and achievements in an easy and accessable manner but also so that I have a place to put my own ideas for various projects and to get helpful feedback (if enough people read it). Hopefully I will have enough time to devote to keeping this blog going by writing useful reviews of games and new technologies to keep people coming back and to write about interesting happenings in my life to ammuse and enlighten.
Don't worry, it won't all be that formal. It was a struggle just writing that paragraph that formally.
The purpose of this site is partly to record any academic ideas and achievements in an easy and accessable manner but also so that I have a place to put my own ideas for various projects and to get helpful feedback (if enough people read it). Hopefully I will have enough time to devote to keeping this blog going by writing useful reviews of games and new technologies to keep people coming back and to write about interesting happenings in my life to ammuse and enlighten.
Don't worry, it won't all be that formal. It was a struggle just writing that paragraph that formally.
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