The Videogame Style Guide and Reference Manual - it's quite a mouthful for a book title. Videogame journalism is quite a messy one, there are so many words that have variations which makes writing an article so much more difficult. That's why I ordered this book, which tries to set a standard for us videogame bloggers and journalists to help make ( Read more... )

Those of you who follow video games but don't know who David Jaffe is, let me give you some brief history. He's best known as the director of God of War, and also developed games like Twisted Metal before that. He's a very outspoken fellow, unlike most others in the industry. Sure, sometimes he gets in trouble but the rest of the time you really ( Read more... )

I hate my constipation problems, I haven't been able to take a shit for a month, perhaps even longer since I haven't been counting. Yeah, too much information but hey; if I can't speak my mind on my own journal then what's the point? Anyway during my constipation period, I've been enjoying that Orange Box thing. I just finished Half-Life 2, so I ( Read more... )

At the place I'm currently staying there's a private shopping mall only available to residents of the block I stay in. It has restaurants, cinemas and other shops. I was browsing around Tansaş which is basically a Turkish version of Tesco, and while browsing the books section I noticed the Warcraft manga.

I flicked through it and making sure it wasn ( Read more... )

EDIT - Updated the "Last Exile" paragraph with new opinions.

I forgot how awful airline food was, until I got a taste of it once again during flight. They were serving fish and pasta, since I get sick from the simple smell of fish let alone the taste, I asked for Pasta but they were out. After throwing a fit about how I cannot even stand the smell ( Read more... )

Right, this will be my last entry before I leave for Turkey tomorrow morning. Today I went out for some last minute shopping and Jesus did we buy a lot of clothes, roughly £1000 worth if you add up all the crap we bought from the various outlets in the shopping centre. Aside from the clothes whoring I bought a new game since I had some spare cash ( Read more... )

Yeah so I’ve been away for a while due to the release of Gears of War (finally). Don’t be afraid my friends, I’ve been kicking enough ass online for all of you, so no need to feel left out or jealous. It’s business as usual really, now that I’ve completed the single player myself and the other Elites are focussing our attention on our teamwork and ( Read more... )