A Gamer Collection

In my house standard a display cabinet, not out of the ordinary in most homes. The shelves on this cabinet hold many of my favourite items behind a glass screen so no-ones dirt fingerprints can affect their quality. The items themselves range from Aphrodite statues and Greek pots, since my girlfriend is a massive classic civilisation’s fan, to Pac Man stress relievers SNES Classics and Lego AT-AT’s. Most hardcore gamers, and I am definitely...

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Metacritic-al Industry Issues

Let’s run through a little story…. A new Video Game blockbuster has been released a few weeks ago with well crafted design choices, substantial upgrades to all its previous franchise outings, large well-designed maps, and incredible graphics which has recently helped it become the most sold game of all time. You have decided to see whether this new action epic is the game for you and run of searching the web to hear what everyone has to say. IGN...

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The Deterioration of Battlefield 3

Battlefield 3 has been one of my most played games in the part 12 months and always seems to be in the headlines with new DLC and tweaks to the gameplay. It’s not just me that loves the game either as 15 million players are still sticking around for the war, but as is so often the case, many have cut their ties with Battlefield 3 and hitched onto the back of the next hype train. Those players unlike me probably haven’t seen the horror that I am...

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Skyrim Hearthfire Review

I guess I should begin with an honest comment – I am disappointed thoroughly with this piece of content. Hearthfire is the new Skyrim DLC that lets you build houses, adopt children and break away from city walls for your own adventurer house in the middle of no-where. The content on offer will really please some and disappoint others and it really comes down to the sort of Skyrim player you are. If you are a true role-player and you will have opened...

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A Nightmare on Anfield Road

Those of you who follow my Twitter feed will be fully aware that I am a big Liverpool supporter and as such feel now is the time to come forward and explain my fan feeling towards the year ahead. I know this is an irregular experience for a video game blog but I need to get a few things off my chest. This season has been very unfamiliar territory for us as a team following a tragic opening few games and a calamitous final 24 hours of the transfer...

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Your Upgradable Video Games Blog

Your Video Games Blog has now been running for just over a year and as you can see (those long term readers out there) we have been going through numerous updates and designs to find the best we can offer you as the reader. Throwing around a few ideas lately we have come up with the fact that we need to start running this a little more regularly and get some input from you directly. We have toyed with the idea of video’s including; regular review pieces, retro analysis, comedy skits and achievement hunting help pages but wanted to get some input...

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The 3DS XL Upgrade

The 3DS XL has been out for a few weeks now but is it worth another large investment; especially if like me you own the original 3DS handheld. In terms of models these come in three new colours but again these are all styled the same; silver, red and blue are your options. The most interesting thing is that Nintendo have decided to ditch their boy racer metallic paint in favour of a matt finish – and there I was waiting the XL with the hope that...

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The Final Frontier - Curiosity

Over the last few weeks I have been following the coverage of NASA’s rover Curiosity following it’s landing in ‘Yellowknife’ Quad 51 of Aeolis Palus area of Mar’s Gale Crater. The crater itself is estimated to be a 2 billion year old impact crater and scientists hypothesised that this is the best chance for the rover to complete it’s mission as it will have a vast array Martian history within its sediment. The landing site is also near an alluvial...

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Skyrim DLC - Hearthfire Preview

The next pieces of content for Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim has been announced this week and will be apply named Hearthfire. The due date for arrival is 4th September Bethesda have also announced and will set you back 400 Microsoft points. , With this content you will be able to devise, assemble and customise your own house. Players will be able to purchase a plot of land and then turn raw materials into a cost new home. Various rooms, such as a kitchen and a library will also be available making Whiterun far less appealing as a base point. This...

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My Love Of Video Games

I’ve recently found that several conversation with my acquaintances have spun into a full on question and answers session about my blog and why I writing specifically about Video Games. They asked the usual questions about whether I play games all day and why I decided to start writing about them but then they grabbed me with….. “Why do you like games so much? Why haven’t you grown out of them yet?” The second questions made me feel old but they...

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