The Game That Taught Me What Addiction Actually Feels Like
I can pinpoint the exact moment I understood what proper gaming addiction felt like, and it wasn’t on my beloved Amiga or Mega Drive. No,...
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The N64 Nearly Broke My Brain (And Changed Gaming Forever)
The Nintendo 64 launch was a proper wake-up call for those of us deep in the European gaming scene. September 29th, 1996 – though we...
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The Great Motion Control Con: How We All Got Fooled Into Waggling Plastic Wands
Right, let me tell you about the time the entire gaming industry collectively lost its mind over wiggling controllers about like demented orchestra conductors. This...
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The Day Command & Conquer Ruined My Social Life (And Why I’m Still Grateful)
Christ, it was 1995 and I should’ve been doing proper grown-up things, you know? Had this dead-end job writing manuals for household appliances – riveting...
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Why I Keep Going Back to Bloodborne Despite My Sanity
Something’s definitely wrong with me, and I know this because normal people don’t voluntarily put themselves through the same punishment for hundreds of hours and...
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From Verdansk to Victory: How Warzone Became My Middle-Aged Gaming Obsession
“He’s bloody cracked! Push him now!” I’m bellowing into my headset at half past eleven on a Tuesday night, loud enough that I’m probably annoying...
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Fallout Episode 4 Made Me Stay Up Until 3 AM and I Don’t Regret It
Right, so there I was at half past two in the morning on a Tuesday, knowing full well I had a team meeting at 9...
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Why Henry and Sam Still Make Me Cry Every Bloody Time
Right, so I need to get something off my chest about The Last of Us telly adaptation, specifically about Henry and Sam’s storyline. Now, I’ve...
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Fallout Episode 5 Just Broke My Brain (And I’ve Been Playing These Games Since the 90s)
Right, I’ve been putting off writing about this bloody episode for days now. Every time I boot up the PC and open a document, I...
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That First Rocket to the Face – How Quake Taught Me What Online Gaming Really Meant
The first time someone properly murdered me in Quake multiplayer, I didn’t even know what hit me. One second I’m creeping through some dodgy corridor...
