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Archive for January, 2010

Why I Won’t Be Playing Mass Effect 2

Friday, January 29th, 2010 Posted in Misc | 2 Comments »

Fuck you, Microsoft. Seriously, fuck you. So the other day I took my Xbox 360 to my girlfriend's house so we could watch some TV off her hard drive on the big screen rather than all crowding round her laptop. Upon ...

The Glee Drinking Game

Thursday, January 28th, 2010 Posted in Misc | 2 Comments »

After merely a few episodes, it soon became clear to me that Glee could provide the perfect follow-up to The Atonement Drinking Game and The House Of Flying Daggers Drinking Game. No, it has nothing to do with games or ...

Commuter Games: Scribblenauts

Monday, January 25th, 2010 Posted in Commuter Games | No Comments »

Format: DS / Developer: 5th Cell / Publisher: Warner BrosPick up and play? Yes Definitely. A new puzzle or action challenge is never more than a few taps away as soon as Scribblenauts' title screen loads up. In fact, the game ...

Accepting Failure

Friday, January 22nd, 2010 Posted in Comment | No Comments »

"What happened? Did you find her?" "I'm sorry... she's dead." Telling a father his child is dead is hard. Even harder still when, only five minutes beforehand, it was you that killed her. Not intentionally, of course. In fact, in bartering and ...

MCV Recruitment Special

Thursday, January 21st, 2010 Posted in Portfolio | No Comments »

A new analysis feature originally published in MCV, Issue 570 - Friday, January 15th 2010, and subsequently published on MCVUK.com. A new year can mean a new start for many and 2010 could be the ideal year fpr industry members to ...

What I need to do in 2010

Wednesday, January 20th, 2010 Posted in Career, Misc | 2 Comments »

I know New Year's is almost a month ago, but I wasn't about to start 2010 with some random post or another copy-and-paste feature for my portfolio (although I have just scheduled one of the latter for tomorrow evening). 2009 was ...