Category Archives: Games Blather

The Games of 2011 – ‘Men of War: Assault Squad’

So right off the bat Men of War: Assault Squad is going to win the apparently highly coveted award for MOST GENERIC NAME IN VIDEOGAMES 2011. I say ‘highly coveted’ because videogame developers/publishers can’t seem to get enough of this shit – … Continue reading

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Videogames and Impermanence

On the 31st of May the servers for Demon’s Souls, the seminal roleplaying game developed by From Software, will be shut down for good. As a primarily single-player game it’ll still be playable after that date, but the online features of the game will … Continue reading

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The Games of 2011 – ‘From Dust’

Once, as a young child bored on a cold, grey beach on the barely-acceptable coast of southern England, I saw a tiny stream of water flowing from a tide pool back into the sea. Armed with just a bucket and … Continue reading

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