The Challenge of New Consoles Is Growth.
Sorry about the away-ness, but here’s a little pause for thought. The Nintendo Switch, the PS4 “Pro” and the XBox Scorpio all face a lot of challenges in the coming years. Yes, there’ll be a lot of...
View ArticleA Level-Headed Musing of the Nintendo Switch.
Well, it’s been a few days so let’s do what everyone is doing and talk about the hangover. The Nintendo Switch looks like Nintendo is back swinging for the moon. It’s fair to suggest that the NS – yup,...
View ArticleNintendo Switch – Wow!
EuroGamer, you have permission to be smug now. Well, it’s finally time. The Nintendo NX has been revealed… and is actually called the Nintendo Switch. Everything we thought the Switch would be – it is....
View ArticleThe PlayStation 4 “Pro”… and the New Nintendo 3DS.
Why do I have the horrible feeling we’re not learning from past mistakes? It’d be easy to tear down the underwhelming PlayStation 4 “Pro” (yes, I am going to use the bunny ears for that). Of course,...
View ArticleThe Real Problem With PS Plus… Is Expectation.
Sony isn’t getting much love with the PS Plus price hike. But it has no-one to blame but itself. I understand the rational logic. Over time, costs increase. The PS Network today is a very different and...
View ArticleThe NX Is A Brave New Concept In Troubled Times.
With the market suffering its worst results in years, the Nintendo NX looks to be very different from what we know – but that may be no bad thing. To understand why the NX is a necessary move for...
View ArticleFads and Gimmicks.
Dismiss Pokémon Go as a fad all you want – Nintendo will dry its tears with millions of dollars… Fad (Noun) An intense and widely shared enthusiasm for something, especially one that is short-lived; a...
View ArticlePokémon Go – A Very Good Thing Overall.
After a bit of negativity, time to deploy some cheer and optimism! YAY! The success that Pokémon Go has already had in the last few days is pretty crazy. With daily earnings from microtransactions...
View ArticleThe Grey Zone, Act Two: Gambling With Trouble…
It’s been a long time since Act One, so let’s finally shift into Act Two – thanks to Valve, CS:GO, CS:GO Lotto and for the hell of it, KickStarter. At this point it would be easy to pick the corpse of...
View ArticleWe Need To Talk About Sonic…
Sonic the Hedgehog has turned 25… frankly, I’m amazed he’s not dead yet… I’ll kick off with a controversial argument; Sonic Generations and Sonic: Lost World were not as good as people think they...
View ArticleSo, Brexit…
Yup, a non-gaming topic. Being British, I’d like to take a moment here. Whatever your views on Britain exiting the European Union, you cannot deny it is a significant event in world politics. My...
View ArticleGame Journos, Skill And Specialising.
Well, back to game reviewers again. At least this time I do so with a wry smile… When Polygon put out footage of one of their staff playing Doom – and playing it badly – there was an immediate...
View ArticleBrace For Delays! The New Consoles Are Coming!
I think deep down we all knew this was going to happen, but still… it’s a bit of a pain. So one of this years most hyped and talked-about games, No Man’s Sky, has been delayed. What was meant to be...
View ArticleNX, Neo and Tokyo Game Show.
With word that both of these new consoles will miss E3 and likely make their first showing at TGS, here’s my two cents. On the surface, having both the Nintendo NX and the Sony PlayStation Neo miss...
View ArticleNintendo Should Keep the NX Name.
It seems like a stupid thing to say, but seriously, with talk of it being just a codename – why not just “Nintendo NX?” The NX has been a codename for the last fifteen months for Nintendo’s new...
View ArticleProgress Is Not A Straight Line.
Never dismiss or completely disregard what has come before; it may yet have its time to shine… If you listen to gamers or the gaming press, you’d think failure is the end of everything. Those of us...
View ArticleThe NX Cometh March 2017. And I’m Okay With That.
For those chanting how awful it is that the NX will miss the holiday season, let’s remind ourselves of a few things. The Holiday Season is, of course, a great time to release a games console. Nintendo...
View ArticleWhy The Console Industry Needs To Move On (From Gen-8)
With talk that Microsoft is gearing up for an updated XBox One, I’ve suddenly realised that old-console parity is a nice idea in theory, but it may not be all that in practice… So, at a time that the...
View ArticleWorld of Warcraft, Nostalrius and Legacy Servers.
Some companies really just hate your money. It’s a sad thing to realise in today’s world… Blizzard served a Cease and Desist on a private World of Warcraft server called Nostalrius. There’s nothing...
View ArticleMy Problem With Dark Souls 3 (Before I Play It)
So, I have Dark Souls 3 raring to go. But before I indulge… something is bothering me. And that something is… timing. To say FROM Software timed the release of Dark Souls perfectly would be an...
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