One I've never played but the battle system seems really fascinating

Give me a game and I'll give you my honest opinion on it

Sure, why not?

And they didn't even put that song in the soundtrack album!

I've had only a few trips to America, but I had a pretty bad experience with Dulles. I was stuck in line at customs for 4 hours in front of a child that kept running into my legs.

Kingdom Hearts Re: Chain of Memories title drop. Logo in front of a pointy green castle on a floating purple island in a void.

The subject of an upcoming blog post.

In case you missed it, my most recent blog post went up yesterday!

Why I Never Covered Games Like This Before – Dissidia Duellum Final Fantasy To start, I must be up front about something: I do not typically enjoy free-to-play gacha games on phones. The monetisation within them has too much of an impact on my experience. Their sales pitch…

NEW BLOG POST: I was fascinated by Dissidia Duellum Final Fantasy, but I can't get past my own personal feelings on gacha games to enjoy it.

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That doesn't feel right, it should be the cheapest thing you can pick up in HMV

Hand holding a DVD box of Sonic The Hedgehog the movie (the anime from the 90s), features the tagline "scrape your knuckles. Catch some tails." In front of a silver CRT displaying the DVD menu for the movie. There is a playstation ornament on top of the TV, and a PS2 to the right.

Sometimes you gotta make sure you watch a movie in the best format you can.

If you can, talk to people about what you're writing. I find it a good way to put thoughts together, and sometimes I might be asked questions where thinking about the answers helps me put things in perspective.

Playing Final Fantasy From The Start Here’s the hub page for my personal Final Fantasy writing. Though I am approaching the series in a mostly linear order, you don’t need to read all articles to understand it all so pick …

I've been writing about Final Fantasy on my site for 6 years as of today, having now covered so many games in the series. Have a look at what I've written here:

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Why I Never Covered Games Like This Before – Dissidia Duellum Final Fantasy To start, I must be up front about something: I do not typically enjoy free-to-play gacha games on phones. The monetisation within them has too much of an impact on my experience. Their sales pitch…

NEW BLOG POST: I was fascinated by Dissidia Duellum Final Fantasy, but I can't get past my own personal feelings on gacha games to enjoy it.

pixpen.co.uk/2026/04/19/w...

Strange Journey Redux, I did manage to get a copy myself.

Don't know if it's worth buying a cartridge now since secondhand Atlus 3DS games sell for triple figures.

Finally, an anecdote about an Atlus game that isn't you failing to find one

I'll have another Final Fantasy article tomorrow!

I spent some time with that new Dissidia gacha and I didn't have the best time with it.

Recently played through We Love Katamari for the first time, and while there's so much of it that's clearly more well-made than Katamari Damacy, almost every aspect, I still love Katamari Damacy more.

I've just always loved that game so much.

I'm uncertain whether Tomodachi Life would be a game I'd enjoy playing or one I'd enjoy watching other people play.

hello! i'm going to be streaming some CHRONO CROSS tonight, at around 7pm BST. this is one of my favorite games of all time and i've been wanting to replay it for years. if that is of any interest to you, come to twitch.tv/woodaba at 7!

While definitely fairly simple, this game was perfect when I got it as a child, just the right amount of challenge for a beginner.

A game my parents were happy with me getting as well because I found it very cheap in an Asda back then.

Steel Dragon EX (PS2) Steel Dragon EX is a compilation of two games: Steel Dragon, which is a port of the 1997 arcade game Shienryu, and an all-new game, Steel D...

a shooting game to keep the lights on...

I've tried a little bit of Ultima, I don't know if I have the right frame of mind for that kind of RPG

Yakuza I've already managed but started when it was less than half as many games as it is now

Often when I want to get into a game that's part of a series, I get the desire to start getting the beginning, but I think that's resulted in me putting them off because that's so much more effort.

Any game series where it's a particularly bad idea to run through the entirety of it?

I'm gonna have to find people to play Marathon with regularly. The progress I've made with random groups and playing solo has seemingly hit a brick wall.

These are such good shots!

a lego character with a green head and a purple body has an x on his back ALT: a lego character with a green head and a purple body has an x on his back

We're doing more Lego Batman the game tonight, playing through the villain mode! They're adorable. Probably also talking a bit about Stargate and cartoons, and such random nonsense. www.twitch.tv/wcreaf

If it's like some of the other manga entertainment DVDs I have, it'll be different sound mixes. One for surround sound and the other for stereo.

Slowdown is fine as good stuff is probably happening and Intentional slowdown is the best thing ever

Go for the Gold – “Your name up there in lights” When researching less well-known games, I can generally find something interesting and unexpected about their authors. Go for the Gold, though, stands out for just how wild the journey got when I s…

My new post is about a man who apparently...

Developed his first computer game in 1966, named the Internet, got a payday from the US Olympic Committee, made an unlicensed NES game with his preteen child, wrote Word spellcheck, and invented The Sims.

And at least some of those are even true:

Oh yeah! I finished Silent Hill last year no issue!