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Off-Topic Discussion => Gaming Discussion => Topic started by: Iain Baker on August 21, 2019, 03:06:00 pm
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To avoid becoming 'spammy' all notifications about any new articles I write will be posted on this thread.
To get everyone started, links to all the articles I have written to date under my own name or the Nomad persona are below. NB - this does not include any of the articles I wrote for clients due to confidentiality issues.
My free to download semi-fictional S.T.A.L.K.E.R themed book 'The Chernobyl Zone Survival Guide'
http://bit.ly/TCZSGFULLSIZECOVERART2019 (http://bit.ly/TCZSGFULLSIZECOVERART2019)
The first video game website I wrote for, which (not at all coincidentally) I happen to own :D
https://www.nomadsreviews.co.uk/ (https://www.nomadsreviews.co.uk/)
My freelance writing, proof-reading and editing business website
https://iainbakerfreelance.co.uk/ (https://iainbakerfreelance.co.uk/)
Articles with Exclusively Games
https://www.exclusivelygames.com/top-7-game-franchises-that-radically-shifted-perspective/ (https://www.exclusivelygames.com/top-7-game-franchises-that-radically-shifted-perspective/)
https://www.exclusivelygames.com/3-video-game-franchises-that-devolved-over-time/
https://www.exclusivelygames.com/8-gameplay-mechanics-i-wish-more-fps-games-used/ (https://www.exclusivelygames.com/8-gameplay-mechanics-i-wish-more-fps-games-used/)
Articles with Coin-Drop.com
http://coin-drop.com/video-game-outfits-that-make-no-sense/ (http://coin-drop.com/video-game-outfits-that-make-no-sense/)
http://coin-drop.com/for-the-love-of-mod-why-mods-are-a-game-changer/ (http://coin-drop.com/for-the-love-of-mod-why-mods-are-a-game-changer/)
http://coin-drop.com/the-paupers-guide-to-gaming-on-a-budget/ (http://coin-drop.com/the-paupers-guide-to-gaming-on-a-budget/)
http://coin-drop.com/why-do-console-devs-treat-gamers-like-peasants/ (http://coin-drop.com/why-do-console-devs-treat-gamers-like-peasants/)
http://coin-drop.com/happiness-misery-part-one-welcome-misery/ (http://coin-drop.com/happiness-misery-part-one-welcome-misery/)
http://coin-drop.com/happiness-in-s-t-a-l-k-e-r-misery-part-two/ (http://coin-drop.com/happiness-in-s-t-a-l-k-e-r-misery-part-two/)
http://coin-drop.com/happiness-in-misery-part-3-mutated-nature-is-red-in-tooth-and-claw/ (http://coin-drop.com/happiness-in-misery-part-3-mutated-nature-is-red-in-tooth-and-claw/)
http://coin-drop.com/happiness-in-s-t-a-l-k-e-r-misery-part-4-radiation-weather-and-anomalies/ (http://coin-drop.com/happiness-in-s-t-a-l-k-e-r-misery-part-4-radiation-weather-and-anomalies/)
http://coin-drop.com/happiness-in-s-t-a-l-k-e-r-misery-part-5-brutal-economy/ (http://coin-drop.com/happiness-in-s-t-a-l-k-e-r-misery-part-5-brutal-economy/)
http://coin-drop.com/freespace-blue-planet-masterclass-video-game-storytelling/ (http://coin-drop.com/freespace-blue-planet-masterclass-video-game-storytelling/)
http://coin-drop.com/freespace-blue-planet-is-a-masterclass-in-video-game-storytelling-part-2/ (http://coin-drop.com/freespace-blue-planet-is-a-masterclass-in-video-game-storytelling-part-2/)
http://coin-drop.com/freespace-blue-planet-is-a-masterclass-in-video-game-storytelling-part-3/ (http://coin-drop.com/freespace-blue-planet-is-a-masterclass-in-video-game-storytelling-part-3/)
http://coin-drop.com/dumb-and-exploitative-character-design-in-video-games/ (http://coin-drop.com/dumb-and-exploitative-character-design-in-video-games/)
http://coin-drop.com/diversity-in-video-games-a-conversation-with-destiny-writer-seth-dickinson/ (http://coin-drop.com/diversity-in-video-games-a-conversation-with-destiny-writer-seth-dickinson/)
http://coin-drop.com/s-t-a-l-k-e-r-2-website-gets-an-update/ (http://coin-drop.com/s-t-a-l-k-e-r-2-website-gets-an-update/)
http://coin-drop.com/metro-exodus-open-world-but-no-side-quests/ (http://coin-drop.com/metro-exodus-open-world-but-no-side-quests/)
http://coin-drop.com/metro-exodus-jumps-ship-from-steam-to-epic-game-store/ (http://coin-drop.com/metro-exodus-jumps-ship-from-steam-to-epic-game-store/)
http://coin-drop.com/serious-sam-collection-game-lineup-leaked/ (http://coin-drop.com/serious-sam-collection-game-lineup-leaked/)
http://coin-drop.com/system-shock-remake-ut4-video-looks-spectacular/ (http://coin-drop.com/system-shock-remake-ut4-video-looks-spectacular/)
Articles with Nomad's Reviews
Books, audiobooks and radio dramas
https://www.nomadsreviews.co.uk/blog/the-black-series-by-paul-e-cooley-no-spoiler-audiobook-review (https://www.nomadsreviews.co.uk/blog/the-black-series-by-paul-e-cooley-no-spoiler-audiobook-review)
https://www.nomadsreviews.co.uk/blog/alien-solara-audio-drama-no-spoiler-review (https://www.nomadsreviews.co.uk/blog/alien-solara-audio-drama-no-spoiler-review)
https://www.nomadsreviews.co.uk/blog/metro-2033-no-spoiler-book-review (https://www.nomadsreviews.co.uk/blog/metro-2033-no-spoiler-book-review)
Tech Reviews
https://www.nomadsreviews.co.uk/blog/tech-review-thrustmaster-t-flight-hotas-x-joystick-for-pc-and-ps3 (https://www.nomadsreviews.co.uk/blog/tech-review-thrustmaster-t-flight-hotas-x-joystick-for-pc-and-ps3)
Film reviews
https://www.nomadsreviews.co.uk/blog/the-ingeniously-sensible-casting-of-inglourious-basterds (https://www.nomadsreviews.co.uk/blog/the-ingeniously-sensible-casting-of-inglourious-basterds)
Video Games
https://www.nomadsreviews.co.uk/blog/video-game-developer-brands (https://www.nomadsreviews.co.uk/blog/video-game-developer-brands)
https://www.nomadsreviews.co.uk/blog/top-ten-and-then-some-reasons-to-love-pc-gaming (https://www.nomadsreviews.co.uk/blog/top-ten-and-then-some-reasons-to-love-pc-gaming)
Horror Games 101
https://www.nomadsreviews.co.uk/blog/horror-games-101-part-4-how-aliens-vs-predator-2000-creates-three-unique-fear-factors-nsfc (https://www.nomadsreviews.co.uk/blog/horror-games-101-part-4-how-aliens-vs-predator-2000-creates-three-unique-fear-factors-nsfc)
https://www.nomadsreviews.co.uk/blog/horror-games-101-part-3-how-games-rob-us-of-our-senses-to-scare-us-witless-nsfc (https://www.nomadsreviews.co.uk/blog/horror-games-101-part-3-how-games-rob-us-of-our-senses-to-scare-us-witless-nsfc)
https://www.nomadsreviews.co.uk/blog/horror-games-101-part-2-keeping-you-scared-by-keeping-you-poor (https://www.nomadsreviews.co.uk/blog/horror-games-101-part-2-keeping-you-scared-by-keeping-you-poor)
https://www.nomadsreviews.co.uk/blog/horror-games-101-part-1-how-games-keep-you-looking-over-your-shoulder (https://www.nomadsreviews.co.uk/blog/horror-games-101-part-1-how-games-keep-you-looking-over-your-shoulder)
The History of Video Games
https://www.nomadsreviews.co.uk/blog/the-history-of-video-games-7-gaming-on-the-speccy. (https://www.nomadsreviews.co.uk/blog/the-history-of-video-games-7-gaming-on-the-speccy.)
https://www.nomadsreviews.co.uk/blog/the-history-of-video-games-6-the-audio-visual-capabilities-of-the-good-old-speccy (https://www.nomadsreviews.co.uk/blog/the-history-of-video-games-6-the-audio-visual-capabilities-of-the-good-old-speccy)
https://www.nomadsreviews.co.uk/blog/the-history-of-video-games-5-the-first-home-computer-the-zx-spectrum (https://www.nomadsreviews.co.uk/blog/the-history-of-video-games-5-the-first-home-computer-the-zx-spectrum)
https://www.nomadsreviews.co.uk/blog/the-history-of-video-games-4-gaming-on-the-atari-2600-and-the-great-video-game-crash-of-1983. (https://www.nomadsreviews.co.uk/blog/the-history-of-video-games-4-gaming-on-the-atari-2600-and-the-great-video-game-crash-of-1983.)
https://www.nomadsreviews.co.uk/blog/the-history-of-video-games-3-gaming-comes-to-the-living-room. (https://www.nomadsreviews.co.uk/blog/the-history-of-video-games-3-gaming-comes-to-the-living-room.)
https://www.nomadsreviews.co.uk/blog/the-history-of-video-games-2-where-it-all-started. (https://www.nomadsreviews.co.uk/blog/the-history-of-video-games-2-where-it-all-started.)
https://www.nomadsreviews.co.uk/blog/the-history-of-video-games-1-introduction. (https://www.nomadsreviews.co.uk/blog/the-history-of-video-games-1-introduction.)
Gaming Highs
https://www.nomadsreviews.co.uk/blog/gaming-highs-6-video-game-source-ports (https://www.nomadsreviews.co.uk/blog/gaming-highs-6-video-game-source-ports)
https://www.nomadsreviews.co.uk/blog/gaming-highs-5-graphics-mods (https://www.nomadsreviews.co.uk/blog/gaming-highs-5-graphics-mods)
https://www.nomadsreviews.co.uk/blog/gaming-highs-4-video-game-cut-content-mods (https://www.nomadsreviews.co.uk/blog/gaming-highs-4-video-game-cut-content-mods)
https://www.nomadsreviews.co.uk/blog/gaming-highs-3-unofficial-patches-for-broken-video-games (https://www.nomadsreviews.co.uk/blog/gaming-highs-3-unofficial-patches-for-broken-video-games)
https://www.nomadsreviews.co.uk/blog/gaming-highs-2-video-game-mods (https://www.nomadsreviews.co.uk/blog/gaming-highs-2-video-game-mods)
https://www.nomadsreviews.co.uk/blog/gaming-highs-1-aa-video-game-developers (https://www.nomadsreviews.co.uk/blog/gaming-highs-1-aa-video-game-developers)
Gaming Lows
https://www.nomadsreviews.co.uk/blog/gaming-lows-5-corrupted-physical-media-in-the-bad-old-days-of-video-gaming (https://www.nomadsreviews.co.uk/blog/gaming-lows-5-corrupted-physical-media-in-the-bad-old-days-of-video-gaming)
https://www.nomadsreviews.co.uk/blog/gaming-lows-4-no-save-game-system (https://www.nomadsreviews.co.uk/blog/gaming-lows-4-no-save-game-system)
https://www.nomadsreviews.co.uk/blog/gaming-lows-3-dumb-non-controllable-npcs (https://www.nomadsreviews.co.uk/blog/gaming-lows-3-dumb-non-controllable-npcs)
https://www.nomadsreviews.co.uk/blog/gaming-lows-2-let-me-choose-my-own-censored-controls (https://www.nomadsreviews.co.uk/blog/gaming-lows-2-let-me-choose-my-own-censored-controls)
https://www.nomadsreviews.co.uk/blog/gaming-lows-1-arcade-joysticks-and-why-they-sucked (https://www.nomadsreviews.co.uk/blog/gaming-lows-1-arcade-joysticks-and-why-they-sucked)
Articles with Vocal Media
Sci-Fi Aliens
https://futurism.media/the-implausibility-of-popular-sci-fi-aliens (https://futurism.media/the-implausibility-of-popular-sci-fi-aliens)
https://futurism.media/the-implausibility-of-popular-sci-fi-aliens-part-two (https://futurism.media/the-implausibility-of-popular-sci-fi-aliens-part-two)
https://futurism.media/the-implausibility-of-popular-sci-fi-aliens-part-three (https://futurism.media/the-implausibility-of-popular-sci-fi-aliens-part-three)
My shenanigans with the (sort of) British Army
https://serve.media/a-comedy-of-errors-in-the-british-army-uotc-part-1 (https://serve.media/a-comedy-of-errors-in-the-british-army-uotc-part-1)
https://serve.media/a-comedy-of-errors-in-the-british-army-uotc-part-2 (https://serve.media/a-comedy-of-errors-in-the-british-army-uotc-part-2)
https://serve.media/a-comedy-of-errors-in-the-british-army-uotc-part-3 (https://serve.media/a-comedy-of-errors-in-the-british-army-uotc-part-3)
https://serve.media/a-comedy-of-errors-in-the-british-army-uotc-part-4 (https://serve.media/a-comedy-of-errors-in-the-british-army-uotc-part-4)
https://serve.media/a-comedy-of-errors-in-the-british-army-uotc-part-5 (https://serve.media/a-comedy-of-errors-in-the-british-army-uotc-part-5)
https://serve.media/a-comedy-of-errors-in-the-british-army-uotc-part-6 (https://serve.media/a-comedy-of-errors-in-the-british-army-uotc-part-6)
Tanks
https://serve.media/in-defence-of-the-tank-1-introduction (https://serve.media/in-defence-of-the-tank-1-introduction)
https://serve.media/in-defence-of-the-tank-2 (https://serve.media/in-defence-of-the-tank-2)
https://serve.media/in-defence-of-the-tank-3-the-arms-race-begins (https://serve.media/in-defence-of-the-tank-3-the-arms-race-begins)
https://serve.media/in-defence-of-the-tank-4-ww2-part-1 (https://serve.media/in-defence-of-the-tank-4-ww2-part-1)
Video Games
https://gamers.media/design-sins-1-die-once-you-may-as-well-quit (https://gamers.media/design-sins-1-die-once-you-may-as-well-quit)
https://gamers.media/the-history-of-video-games-part-one (https://gamers.media/the-history-of-video-games-part-one)
https://gamers.media/the-history-of-video-games-part-2 (https://gamers.media/the-history-of-video-games-part-2)
https://gamers.media/the-history-of-video-games-3-the-sinclair-zx-spectrum-part-one (https://gamers.media/the-history-of-video-games-3-the-sinclair-zx-spectrum-part-one)
https://gamers.media/the-history-of-video-games-4-the-sinclair-zx-spectrum-part-two (https://gamers.media/the-history-of-video-games-4-the-sinclair-zx-spectrum-part-two)
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New article: https://www.exclusivelygames.com/emulation-a-post-mortem/ (https://www.exclusivelygames.com/emulation-a-post-mortem/)
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Cloud gaming is basically born dead, unless they give the best fiber to everyone they are going to sell only to the population of a few big cities and even then I wouldn't discount control lag problems. Probably retrogames might be more viable because you could basically download it on your device with some DRM added on thus not really being "streaming" but at that point it would basically be Steam.
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New article: https://www.exclusivelygames.com/6-more-video-game-franchises-that-devolved-over-time/ (https://www.exclusivelygames.com/6-more-video-game-franchises-that-devolved-over-time/)
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Cloud gaming is basically born dead, unless they give the best fiber to everyone they are going to sell only to the population of a few big cities and even then I wouldn't discount control lag problems. Probably retrogames might be more viable because you could basically download it on your device with some DRM added on thus not really being "streaming" but at that point it would basically be Steam.
Sorry for the late reply. But yep, agreed. I notice antstream is running ads on YT now. That might be worth a look one day, although I already have all the ROMs I want. (Just don't tell 'the man' :p )
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And another one :-) https://www.exclusivelygames.com/10-levels-and-games-set-inside-somethings-body/ (https://www.exclusivelygames.com/10-levels-and-games-set-inside-somethings-body/)
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And one more before crimbo :-)
https://www.exclusivelygames.com/8-types-of-gaming-peripherals-to-ask-santa-for-this-christmas/
Merry Christmas everyone! :)
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Aaaaand another one - this one's funny :lol:
https://www.exclusivelygames.com/behind-the-boing-exclusive-interview-with-left-and-right-bumpers-of-pong/ (https://www.exclusivelygames.com/behind-the-boing-exclusive-interview-with-left-and-right-bumpers-of-pong/)
Hope you like it 🙂
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...aaaaand another one has gone live. I waited patiently for ages for them to publish something then two come at once :)
https://www.exclusivelygames.com/top-5-games-based-on-books/ (https://www.exclusivelygames.com/top-5-games-based-on-books/)
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Hi All!
Looks like I'm now a paid journo at two gaming sites, ‘Exclusively Games’ and now the fantastically titled ‘The Nerd Stash’.
looks like I'm going up in the world 😊 Shame the same can't be said about gaming... ☹
https://thenerdstash.com/is-gaming-in-decline-a-gen-xers-perspective/ (https://thenerdstash.com/is-gaming-in-decline-a-gen-xers-perspective/)
Enjoy!
Enjoy!
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Two in one day? I must be part bus...😛
https://thenerdstash.com/bubble-bobble-4-friends-releasing-march-31-in-north-america/?doing_wp_cron=1582748697.3300619125366210937500 (https://thenerdstash.com/bubble-bobble-4-friends-releasing-march-31-in-north-america/?doing_wp_cron=1582748697.3300619125366210937500)
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Looks like I'm now a paid journo at two gaming sites, ‘Exclusively Games’ and now the fantastically titled ‘The Nerd Stash’.
Congrats!
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Looks like I'm now a paid journo at two gaming sites, ‘Exclusively Games’ and now the fantastically titled ‘The Nerd Stash’.
Congrats!
Thank you. There will be another one early next week :-)
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Ever notice that old video arcade cabinet joysticks were left-handed?
Ever notice that joypads today appear to be as well?
Some people claim this is a holdover from a 40-year-old conspiracy designed to separate children from their pocket money. Is this tin-foil hat territory, or might they have a point? We look at the case for and against.
https://thenerdstash.com/virtual-debate-are-joypads-and-arcade-joysticks-the-wrong-way-around/ (https://thenerdstash.com/virtual-debate-are-joypads-and-arcade-joysticks-the-wrong-way-around/)
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Weirdly enough I'm right handed and used to flightsitcks but apart from being uncoordinated in general I didn't have any problem switching to the left-handed digital stick I use for fighting games.
I guess that while the intention was originally to insure less movement coordination from most people in the end it's just matter of habit? After all even with a right handed flightstick the left hand on a keyboard must still be coordinated enough to hit the right key combinations and that skill might help a lot with an arcade stick.
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Weirdly enough I'm right handed and used to flightsitcks but apart from being uncoordinated in general I didn't have any problem switching to the left-handed digital stick I use for fighting games.
I guess that while the intention was originally to insure less movement coordination from most people in the end it's just matter of habit? After all even with a right handed flightstick the left hand on a keyboard must still be coordinated enough to hit the right key combinations and that skill might help a lot with an arcade stick.
Unless you are wired up all wonky like I appear to be :lol: I added a comment to it to explain the reason for writing it. it reads:
Hi there. You might be wondering what was the inspiration behind this article. I’m happy to share.
I remember as a kid having real difficulty in the arcades due to their left-handed joysticks, despite being semi-ambidextrous and cross dominant in the eyes. Or perhaps it was because of that???
When at home on my Atari 2600, Spectrum +3 or Amiga 500 - all of which used ambidextrous joysticks - I did great, but at the arcades - I was hopeless.
Trying to pull off hardokens and dragon punches in SF2 was an exercise in futility and embarrassment. In the end, I just stopped playing in the arcades.
This also partly explains my resistance to becoming a console gamer when I was younger. I tried using joypads on friends and relatives’ consoles, but I just couldn’t get on with them. D-pad on the left, buttons on the right? It simply felt unnatural. It may have been due to muscle memory. After all, I’m old enough that my first gaming experiences were on the Atari 2600 with its obligate right-handed joystick, immediately followed by the Spectrum with its ambidextrous joysticks.
I have managed to force myself to use joypads over the years, but they still feel ‘wrong’ in my hands, and thus playing on consoles isn’t all that enjoyable for me. This partly explains my preference for PC gaming. (That and mods. And steam sales…)
Has anyone else experienced something like this, or is it just me?
So now you probably all think I’m weird. That’s ok, I think I’m weird too 😉
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If you think about it, the importance of each side of the gamepad has also shifted to place much greater importance on the right side.
In the 6th generation(PS2, OG Xbox, Gamecube) with all 3 consoles using a dual analogue layout and the 4 face buttons made standard in the previous generation the importance of the D-pad was reduced dramatically. The rising popularity of FPS games on consoles also placed a much greater emphasis on right-stick precision than left stick precision, as movement never needs to be as precise as aiming.
Fighting games are one of the few genres where both speed and precision are required from your left thumb. 3rd person action games that don't involve aiming are also more focused on precise button combinations, something done by your right hand since it's on the face buttons. Outside of fighting games and some 2D platformers the D-pad is mostly used for secondary functions like weapon/item selection.
Even if you go back to the NES the D-pad being on the left made some sense, especially when you consider that its most popular and most famous game, Super Mario Bros, has a dedicated jump button. A trend followed by almost every other platformer since. You're performing the most important action with a face button press instead of doing it by pressing up on the D-pad like you would in a fighting game. This greatly diminishes the role of the D-pad and the dexterity required. Outside of some extreme speedrunning strats that require a perfect 1-frame release and 1-frame re-press you just don't need to do much with it. Just hold right, sometimes hold left for brief periods then hold right again. Meanwhile the action the game is built around, jumping, is handled by your right thumb.
Of course, the biggest exception here are racing games and flight games, both of which feature analogue movement as their most important mechanic and in most of them the gamepad control scheme still places that movement onto the left stick. So steering in a racing game with triggers acting as throttle and brakes and pitch+roll(or yaw) in flight games.
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Howdy all!
If you, like me, are on lockdown for the foreseeable future, then there are a few things you can do to stop yourself going stir crazy from cabin fever. One of these is binge-watching Netflix.
Kingdom comes highly recommended - think Korean Game of Thrones with zombies 😊
Another two are gaming and reading. Better yet, why not (sort of) combine the two? And that is my inelegant segue into letting you all know that my latest article is up on Exclusively Games “Nine MORE Games Based on Books.”
Enjoy!
https://www.exclusivelygames.com/9-more-games-based-on-books/ (https://www.exclusivelygames.com/9-more-games-based-on-books/)
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Hi All!
The first in a thirteen-part article series about the FPS games which shaped the genre is now up on Exclusively Games. We start with Wolfenstein 3D-the first major FPS (But not the first FPS full stop, as we will see.)
Feel free to take a look
Enjoy!
https://www.exclusivelygames.com/influential-fps-games-part-1-wolfenstein-3d-1992/
(https://www.exclusivelygames.com/influential-fps-games-part-1-wolfenstein-3d-1992/)
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Howdy all!
If you, like me, are on lockdown for the foreseeable future, then there are a few things you can do to stop yourself going stir crazy from cabin fever. One of these is binge-watching Netflix.
Kingdom comes highly recommended - think Korean Game of Thrones with zombies 😊
Another two are gaming and reading. Better yet, why not (sort of) combine the two? And that is my inelegant segue into letting you all know that my latest article is up on Exclusively Games “Nine MORE Games Based on Books.”
Enjoy!
https://www.exclusivelygames.com/9-more-games-based-on-books/ (https://www.exclusivelygames.com/9-more-games-based-on-books/)
Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth was a great experience. Kind of clunky mechanically due to its age, but absolutely dripping with atmosphere.
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Howdy all!
If you, like me, are on lockdown for the foreseeable future, then there are a few things you can do to stop yourself going stir crazy from cabin fever. One of these is binge-watching Netflix.
Kingdom comes highly recommended - think Korean Game of Thrones with zombies 😊
Another two are gaming and reading. Better yet, why not (sort of) combine the two? And that is my inelegant segue into letting you all know that my latest article is up on Exclusively Games “Nine MORE Games Based on Books.”
Enjoy!
https://www.exclusivelygames.com/9-more-games-based-on-books/ (https://www.exclusivelygames.com/9-more-games-based-on-books/)
Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth was a great experience. Kind of clunky mechanically due to its age, but absolutely dripping with atmosphere.
Its in my steam library somewhere, and is on my 'I must get around to playing sometime' list :)
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Hi all,
I hope you are keeping well in these difficult times, and for anyone who is suffering from this infection I wish you a full and speedy recovery.
The 2nd part of the ‘Influential FPS Games’ series is ready and waiting for you over at Exclusively Games. This time we are investigating the daddy of all FPS games - Doom (93)
Enjoy!
https://www.exclusivelygames.com/influential-fps-games-part-2-doom-1993/ (https://www.exclusivelygames.com/influential-fps-games-part-2-doom-1993/)
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A few more for you :-)
https://www.exclusivelygames.com/influential-fps-games-part-3-doom-2-1995/ (https://www.exclusivelygames.com/influential-fps-games-part-3-doom-2-1995/)
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This article will probably apply to anyone who remembers the early days of retail FS :p
https://www.exclusivelygames.com/9-difficulties-faced-by-the-middle-age-gamer/ (https://www.exclusivelygames.com/9-difficulties-faced-by-the-middle-age-gamer/)
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Greetings everyone.
I have recently created a five-part investigative series into the shady world of ‘freemium’ gaming. Why ‘shady?’ Because under the bright colours and cute cartoony graphics there lays a very dark heart.
In this series we will investigate what a freemium game is, the vast scale of the freemium gaming industry, and the depths of its unethical and predatory business practices. We will see that these games are designed to be as addictive as possible - at the biological level - and thus exploit the most vulnerable.
We start this journey of discovery on a lighter note as I recall my near miss with freemium gaming in The Perils of Freemium Gaming (Part 1): My Story
https://www.exclusivelygames.com/the-perils-of-freemium-gaming-part-1-my-story/ (https://www.exclusivelygames.com/the-perils-of-freemium-gaming-part-1-my-story/)
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I have recently created a five-part investigative series into the shady world of ‘freemium’ gaming. Why ‘shady?’ Because under the bright colours and cute cartoony graphics there lays a very dark heart.
*nervously plays Azur Lane*
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Hello everyone.
As you may know, I have created a five-part investigative series into the murky world of freemium gaming which is being published by Exclusively Games. Episodes will be published at intervals over the coming weeks.
In this, the second part of the series we investigate the size of this multi-billion $/£ a year industry and the questionable methods it uses to attain such astronomical wealth.
We also uncover how freemium games manipulate and abuse the reward centres of the brain to make them as addictive as possible to keep players playing – and paying – long term.
Feel free to take a look if you are interested. If you have any freemium gaming horror stories you would like to share please do. If you would prefer to do so anonymously please PM me – confidentiality assured.
https://www.exclusivelygames.com/the-perils-of-freemium-gaming-part-two-how-they-make-money/ (https://www.exclusivelygames.com/the-perils-of-freemium-gaming-part-two-how-they-make-money/)
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Hey guys!
In addition to my regular work at Exclusively Games, I also write guest posts for other publications, such as the fine folks at GameLuster. This is one of them 😊
Some games are so influential that whole genres are named after them - Doom Clone’s anyone?
Others influence games across multiple genres, and none more so than the games of the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. franchise. Its distinct atmosphere, setting and tone have shaped many of the Eastern European games that followed it. We investigate how in the article below.
Enjoy!
https://gameluster.com/the-thematic-influences-of-s-t-a-l-k-e-r/ (https://gameluster.com/the-thematic-influences-of-s-t-a-l-k-e-r/)
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Hi everyone!
I have completed ‘The Perils of Freemium Gaming’ series and all five episodes (is that the right word for serialised articles?) are now up and ready for viewing at Exclusively Games.
Apologies for forgetting to update you all about episodes three and four. I have been tied up recently with the joyous task of submitting self-assessment tax returns (snore) and dealing with multiple cases of plagiarism - people keep copying my work (Grrrr). More details on that to follow BTW.
Anyway, enjoy. Episode five has links to episodes one-through-four for anyone who missed them or needs a recap.
https://www.exclusivelygames.com/the-perils-of-freemium-gaming-part-5-multi-player-games-peer-pressure/ (https://www.exclusivelygames.com/the-perils-of-freemium-gaming-part-5-multi-player-games-peer-pressure/)
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Hi all, I hope everyone is as well as can be expected under the circumstances. My next article with Game Luster is up and ready for anyone who would like to read it.
"The S.T.A.L.K.E.R. games have greatly influenced the Eastern European games that came later. In this, the second of a two-part miniseries exploring these influences, we investigate the gameplay mechanics that make "Stalkerlikes" what they are. So, put on your gas mask and get out your Geiger counter and join us as we enter the Zone."
Enjoy 😊
https://gameluster.com/the-gameplay-influences-of-s-t-a-l-k-e-r-part-ii/ (https://gameluster.com/the-gameplay-influences-of-s-t-a-l-k-e-r-part-ii/)
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As some of you may know several of my articles with Exclusively Games have been plagiarised, which is a tad annoying.
But what really irks me was the pi$$ poor job they did of it. If you are going to rip off someone’s work, at least do it right. Shoddy plagiarism is just plain lazy and makes the plagiarist look amateurish. Business guru and motivational speaker Marcus Makeprofit explains how to plagiarise like a pro. :lol: :lol: :lol:
https://www.nomadsreviews.co.uk/post/plagiarising-articles-and-getting-away-with-it
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FYI Exclusively Games has closed its doors. Possibly permanently, possibly just on hiatus. I can't say anything more than that since they haven't told us writers anything.
This video sums it up nicely :lol:
https://youtu.be/nX7CeTXoxyU (https://youtu.be/nX7CeTXoxyU)
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Since Exclusively Games is out of action for the time being I am concentrating on my own site. The most recent articles on there are below :-)
https://www.nomadsreviews.co.uk/post/top-8-educational-video-gaming-youtube-channels (https://www.nomadsreviews.co.uk/post/top-8-educational-video-gaming-youtube-channels)
https://www.nomadsreviews.co.uk/post/brawlers-retrospective-and-rebirth-part-one-the-rise (https://www.nomadsreviews.co.uk/post/brawlers-retrospective-and-rebirth-part-one-the-rise)
https://www.nomadsreviews.co.uk/post/brawlers-retrospective-and-rebirth-part-two-the-peak-and-the-fall (https://www.nomadsreviews.co.uk/post/brawlers-retrospective-and-rebirth-part-two-the-peak-and-the-fall)
https://www.nomadsreviews.co.uk/post/brawlers-retrospective-and-rebirth-part-3-resurgence (https://www.nomadsreviews.co.uk/post/brawlers-retrospective-and-rebirth-part-3-resurgence)
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I have set myself the task of creating The (Almost) Complete History of Video Games. I have completed twenty articles already which has brought us up to the 8-bit era. I imagine another 30 - to - 50 entries should bring us up to the present, so about a year's work ahead of me. I figured I should put my *ahem* 'veteran age' to some good use. My main qualification for covering this ancient history of video games? I was there :lol:
The History of Video Games #20: The Famicom Disk System (http://The History of Video Games #20: The Famicom Disk System)
https://www.nomadsreviews.co.uk/post/the-history-of-video-games-20-the-famicom-disk-system
The History of Video Games #19: Gaming on the NES
https://www.nomadsreviews.co.uk/post/the-history-of-video-games-19-gaming-on-the-nes
The History Of Video Games 18: Nintendo NES Hardware, Graphics and Sound.
https://www.nomadsreviews.co.uk/post/the-history-of-video-games-18-nintendo-nes-hardware-graphics-and-sound
The History Of Video Games 17: Nintendo Famicom and NES
https://www.nomadsreviews.co.uk/post/the-history-of-video-games-18-nintendo-nes-hardware-graphics-and-sound
The History Of Video Games 16: The Birth of Donkey Kong and Mario
https://www.nomadsreviews.co.uk/post/the-history-of-video-games-16-the-birth-of-donkey-kong-and-mario
The History Of Video Games 15: Nintendo's Game & Watch
https://www.nomadsreviews.co.uk/post/the-history-of-video-games-15-nintendo-s-game-and-watch-gaming-on-the-go
The History Of Video Games 14: The Birth of Nintendo
https://www.nomadsreviews.co.uk/post/the-history-of-video-games-14-the-birth-of-nintendo
The History Of Video Games 13: Gaming on the Amstrad CPC 464
https://www.nomadsreviews.co.uk/post/the-history-of-video-games-13-gaming-on-the-amstrad-cpc-464
The History Of Video Games 12 The Amstrad CPC 464
https://www.nomadsreviews.co.uk/post/the-history-of-video-games-12-the-amstrad-cpc-464
The History Of Video Games 11 Gaming on the Commodore C64
https://www.nomadsreviews.co.uk/post/the-history-of-video-games-11-gaming-on-the-commodore-c64
The History Of Video Games 10: The Audio Visual Capabilities of the commodore C64
https://www.nomadsreviews.co.uk/post/the-history-of-video-games-10-the-audio-and-visual-capabilities-of-the-commodore-c64
The History of Video Games 9: The 8- Bit Home Computers - commodore C64 - Hardware
https://www.nomadsreviews.co.uk/post/the-history-of-video-games-9-the-8-bit-home-computers-commodore-c64-hardware
The History Of Video Games 8: Spectrum Native Games
https://www.nomadsreviews.co.uk/post/the-history-of-video-games-9-the-8-bit-home-computers-commodore-c64-hardware
The History of Video games 7: Gaming on the Speccy.
https://www.nomadsreviews.co.uk/post/the-history-of-video-games-7-gaming-on-the-speccy.
The History Of Video Games 6: The audio visual capabilities of the good old Speccy.
https://www.nomadsreviews.co.uk/post/the-history-of-video-games-6-the-audio-visual-capabilities-of-the-good-old-speccy
The History Of Video Games 5: The first home computer the ZX spectrum.
https://www.nomadsreviews.co.uk/post/the-history-of-video-games-5-the-first-home-computer-the-zx-spectrum
The History Of-Video-Games 4: Gaming On The Atari 2600 and the great video game crash of 1983.
https://www.nomadsreviews.co.uk/post/the-history-of-video-games-4-gaming-on-the-atari-2600-and-the-great-video-game-crash-of-1983.
The History Of Video Games 3: Gaming comes to the living room.
https://www.nomadsreviews.co.uk/post/the-history-of-video-games-3-gaming-comes-to-the-living-room.
The History Of Video Games 2: Pong
https://www.nomadsreviews.co.uk/post/the-history-of-video-games-3-pong
The History of Video games 1: Where it all started.
https://www.nomadsreviews.co.uk/post/the-history-of-video-games-2-where-it-all-started.
The History of Video games: Introduction.
https://www.nomadsreviews.co.uk/post/the-history-of-video-games-1-introduction.
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Woah that's a lot of articles. Nice work! Sorry about your job maybe evaporating...
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Woah that's a lot of articles. Nice work! Sorry about your job maybe evaporating...
Thank you. I have 145 long-form (i.e 1K+ word count) completed articles under my belt at the last count - if I include the 30 odd articles that were supposed to be published on Exclusively Games but now won't be for obvious reasons. I'm planning on uploading at least two of these a day to my own site until they are all published. Therefore this thread is going to be pretty active for the next few weeks - apologies in advance if it starts getting a little spammy.
Then I'm planning to rebrand the site, framing it as a repository of historical video game information, that way it should not be seen a conflict of interest when I attempt to whore myself out to IGN, PC Gamer, ARS Technica etc. :-)
PS - video from Exclusively Game's founder explaining the closure of the site - since I just realised I forgot to post it last time - oops: https://youtu.be/7RNlrw5rlW0 (https://youtu.be/7RNlrw5rlW0)
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Hey guys!
In addition to my regular work at Exclusively Games, I also write guest posts for other publications, such as the fine folks at GameLuster. This is one of them 😊
Some games are so influential that whole genres are named after them - Doom Clone’s anyone?
Others influence games across multiple genres, and none more so than the games of the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. franchise. Its distinct atmosphere, setting and tone have shaped many of the Eastern European games that followed it. We investigate how in the article below.
Enjoy!
https://gameluster.com/the-thematic-influences-of-s-t-a-l-k-e-r/ (https://gameluster.com/the-thematic-influences-of-s-t-a-l-k-e-r/)
....and here is its follow up :-)
https://gameluster.com/the-gameplay-influences-of-s-t-a-l-k-e-r-part-ii/
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Hi all! me again :-)
I have been a bit crap at keeping people up-to-date with my work. Sorry about that. This has been due to spending so much time and energy creating that I haven't had the time or energy to indulge in my usual shameless self-promotion afterwards ;)
I will be updating this thread regularly from now on. :)
So, without further ado...
Do any of you have phobias? If so, have they ever been 'set off' by a video game? If so, you are not alone - far from it in fact. I have investigated phobias and video games and summed up my findings in a two-parter article with Game Luster. This covers the negative ways players have been affected by phobias when playing video games, what both developers and players can do to make their games 'phobia-friendly' and how video game technology has been used by professionals to treat people's phobias. Enjoy :)
https://gameluster.com/phobias-and-video-games-part-one-the-negatives/ (https://gameluster.com/phobias-and-video-games-part-one-the-negatives/)
https://gameluster.com/phobias-and-video-games-part-two-the-positives/
(https://gameluster.com/phobias-and-video-games-part-two-the-positives/)
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Hi all!
I have *recently* completed a mini-series on mods which features the work of many HLP members. Feel free to take a look if you are interested :-)
https://www.nomadsreviews.co.uk/post/gaming-highs-2-video-game-mods (https://www.nomadsreviews.co.uk/post/gaming-highs-2-video-game-mods)
https://www.nomadsreviews.co.uk/post/gaming-highs-3-unofficial-patches-for-broken-video-games (https://www.nomadsreviews.co.uk/post/gaming-highs-3-unofficial-patches-for-broken-video-games)
https://www.nomadsreviews.co.uk/post/gaming-highs-4-video-game-cut-content-mods (https://www.nomadsreviews.co.uk/post/gaming-highs-4-video-game-cut-content-mods)
https://www.nomadsreviews.co.uk/post/gaming-highs-5-graphics-mods (https://www.nomadsreviews.co.uk/post/gaming-highs-5-graphics-mods)
https://www.nomadsreviews.co.uk/post/gaming-highs-6-video-game-source-ports (https://www.nomadsreviews.co.uk/post/gaming-highs-6-video-game-source-ports)
https://www.nomadsreviews.co.uk/post/gaming-highs-7-total-conversions-and-other-types-of-top-tier-mods (https://www.nomadsreviews.co.uk/post/gaming-highs-7-total-conversions-and-other-types-of-top-tier-mods)
*Technically I started this mini-series ages ago, but I got caught up in work for other sites and then forgot to finish it. Oops. So I have updated the series as a whole and finally got around to writing the concluding episode. er, better late than never? :lol:
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Unless it's air support.... Air support is never good when it's late.
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Unless it's air support.... Air support is never good when it's late.
Fair point :lol:
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Hi all!
Exactly 12 months ago today I wrote an article about emulation. In it, I predicted that Nintendo’s aggressive pursuit of ROM sites would either end emulation or make it far more difficult and risky - at least for the ‘downloading ROMs and running them via an emulator’ form of emulation – since there are other methods.
Many people said I was wrong and that emulation would continue. With the benefit of hindsight, I can confirm that they were right, and I was wrong - and never have I been happier to be wrong about something. 😊 To celebrate this, I have split the article in-two and rewrote it to account for subsequent events. Therefore, I bring you “Emulating Retro Games – Past Present and Future: Part One and Two.
Enjoy 😊
https://www.nomadsreviews.co.uk/post/emulating-retro-games-past-present-and-future-part-one (https://www.nomadsreviews.co.uk/post/emulating-retro-games-past-present-and-future-part-one)
https://www.nomadsreviews.co.uk/post/emulating-retro-games-past-present-and-future-part-two (https://www.nomadsreviews.co.uk/post/emulating-retro-games-past-present-and-future-part-two)
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I'm quite glad you were wrong as well :nervous:
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I'm quite glad you were wrong as well :nervous:
Same!
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I reckon this one is particularly appropriate for this group :-)
https://www.nomadsreviews.co.uk/post/game-mechanics-every-space-combat-sim-should-have-part-one-controls-and-features (https://www.nomadsreviews.co.uk/post/game-mechanics-every-space-combat-sim-should-have-part-one-controls-and-features)
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Hi all! I have uploaded several articles whilst the forums were down, so I'm pasting the links to all of them in this e-mail so thinhs don't start getting 'spammy' :-)
https://www.nomadsreviews.co.uk/post/top-5-games-based-on-mythology
https://www.nomadsreviews.co.uk/post/the-best-and-worst-games-based-on-tv-shows
https://www.nomadsreviews.co.uk/post/top-5-games-based-on-books
https://www.nomadsreviews.co.uk/post/nine-more-games-based-on-books-as-chosen-by-the-community
https://www.nomadsreviews.co.uk/post/top-official-books-based-on-games-part-one-the-books-of-halo
https://www.nomadsreviews.co.uk/post/books-based-on-video-games-that-aren-t-halo
https://www.nomadsreviews.co.uk/post/top-eight-fps-tropes-that-hilariously-make-no-sense
https://www.nomadsreviews.co.uk/post/eight-gameplay-mechanics-every-immersive-fps-should-have
https://www.nomadsreviews.co.uk/post/ten-more-gameplay-mechanics-every-immersive-fps-should-have-as-suggested-by-the-community
https://www.nomadsreviews.co.uk/post/ten-levels-and-games-set-inside-something-s-body
https://www.nomadsreviews.co.uk/post/top-13-more-levels-and-games-set-inside-somethings-body-as-suggested-by-the-community-nsfc
https://gameluster.com/reveal-videos-part-one-how-not-to-do-a-reveal-video/
https://gameluster.com/reveal-videos-part-2-the-right-way-to-do-a-reveal-video/
https://gameluster.com/ubisoft-forward-watchdogs-legion-cinematic-trailer-and-gameplay-reveal/
https://gameluster.com/xbox-games-showcase-world-premiere-of-s-t-a-l-k-e-r-2-confirmed-as-a-console-launch-exclusive/
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Oh, I almost forgot - part two of "Mechanics Every Space Combat Sim should have". This is the fun one with explosions ;7
https://www.nomadsreviews.co.uk/post/game-mechanics-every-space-combat-sim-should-have-part-two-weapons-and-combat
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Hi all! I have been going through my articles and I noticed there are some i forgot to provide links to on here - oops. so without further ado..
https://www.nomadsreviews.co.uk/post/in-defense-of-storytelling-in-video-games-past-present-and-future-part-one
https://www.nomadsreviews.co.uk/post/in-defence-of-storytelling-in-video-games-past-present-and-future-part-two
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... and another one...
https://www.nomadsreviews.co.uk/post/top-six-games-and-levels-set-in-the-cold
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Keep up the good work! :yes:
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...and a new miniserise :-)
https://www.nomadsreviews.co.uk/post/making-video-games-accessible-to-all-part-one-hardware-and-software-solutions
https://www.nomadsreviews.co.uk/post/making-video-games-accessible-to-all-part-two-personal-experiences
https://www.nomadsreviews.co.uk/post/making-video-games-accessible-to-all-part-three-charities-and-resources
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Keep up the good work! :yes:
Thank you, and will do :-)
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Another history of gaming series, this time focusing on FPS games. Enjoy :-)
https://www.nomadsreviews.co.uk/post/influential-fps-games-1-what-was-the-first-fps
https://www.nomadsreviews.co.uk/post/influential-fps-games-2-wolfenstein-3d-1992
https://www.nomadsreviews.co.uk/post/influential-fps-games-3-doom-1993-part-one
https://www.nomadsreviews.co.uk/post/influential-fps-games-4-doom-1993-part-two
https://www.nomadsreviews.co.uk/post/influential-fps-games-5-doom-and-doom-2-part-three
https://www.nomadsreviews.co.uk/post/influential-fps-games-6-doom-and-doom-2-part-four
https://www.nomadsreviews.co.uk/post/influential-fps-games-7-quake
https://www.nomadsreviews.co.uk/post/influential-fps-games-8-quake-2
https://www.nomadsreviews.co.uk/post/influential-fps-games-9-goldeneye-007-the-first-major-console-fps
https://www.nomadsreviews.co.uk/post/influential-fps-games-10-half-life-part-one
https://www.nomadsreviews.co.uk/post/influential-fps-games-11-half-life-part-two
https://www.nomadsreviews.co.uk/post/influential-fps-games-12-unreal-98
https://www.nomadsreviews.co.uk/post/influential-fps-games-13-unreal-tournament-1999
https://www.nomadsreviews.co.uk/post/influential-fps-games-14-the-first-dedicated-arena-shooters-part-two-quake-iii-arena
https://www.nomadsreviews.co.uk/post/influential-fps-games-15-halo-combat-evolved
https://www.nomadsreviews.co.uk/post/influential-fps-games-16-halo-2
https://www.nomadsreviews.co.uk/post/influential-fps-games-17-half-life-2
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Once again, great work! Have you ever written articles about jRPGs? That's a genre all on its own. :)
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Once again, great work! Have you ever written articles about jRPGs? That's a genre all on its own. :)
Thank you :-)
Re JRPGs, not yet. I tend to avoid writing about subjects I do not know much about unless I have to. I have only ever played three JRPGs - FFs 7, X and X2, and TBH, the only one I actually liked was 7. Therefore I don't know enough about them to do them justice. Secondly, since I'm not a a fan of the genre, or anime style things in general, I wouldn't be able to objectively state what makes a good JRPG and what doesn't, since they are all a bit of a turn off for me. Same with sports games, 3rd person hack n slash, MOBAs, and MMORPGs.
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Hi everyone!
Phew, we made it! I have just posted the 18th and final (for now anyway) episode in the Influential FPS Games series on Nomad’s Reviews. We finish with a look at Far Cry.
https://www.nomadsreviews.co.uk/post/influential-fps-games-18-far-cry-the-first-mainstream-semi-open-world-fps
This thread almost went necro due to my being too busy with other projects - SerRes in particular - to create articles. I have several more in the pipeline which should be released over the next few weeks :-)
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https://www.nomadsreviews.co.uk/post/august-ep650-bluetooth-wireless-headphones-review
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Two more your you, although technically the second isn't an article, but it is related to FreeSpace :-)
https://www.nomadsreviews.co.uk/post/nomad-is-helping-to-make-a-mod
https://www.nomadsreviews.co.uk/post/musings-of-a-former-gti-great-war-veteran
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Oooh
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Oh, I almost forgot - part two of "Mechanics Every Space Combat Sim should have". This is the fun one with explosions ;7
https://www.nomadsreviews.co.uk/post/game-mechanics-every-space-combat-sim-should-have-part-two-weapons-and-combat
Great to read your thoughts - your articles are very well-written!
I agree with all of your points on this article series. Mid-mission resupply/refit is less common than it should be - Star Wars: Squadrons is a relatively good example of this working well, imho. Also the 6-degrees and glide need to be more utilized for sure! And megastructures... I remember having a blast in XW:A on the Death Star II, even if it took me many, many tries.
One other thing that I really loved about FS2 was being part of capital ship vs. capital ship battles as a small ship. The capship beams are unique in making me feel a strong sense of anxiety at getting in the way, but also some clear targets to change the tide of battle. For me it's the only game where capship vs. capship battles are truly alive :D
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Oh, I almost forgot - part two of "Mechanics Every Space Combat Sim should have". This is the fun one with explosions ;7
https://www.nomadsreviews.co.uk/post/game-mechanics-every-space-combat-sim-should-have-part-two-weapons-and-combat
Great to read your thoughts - your articles are very well-written!
Thank you :-) I do try.
I agree with all of your points on this article series. Mid-mission resupply/refit is less common than it should be - Star Wars: Squadrons is a relatively good example of this working well, imho. Also the 6-degrees and glide need to be more utilized for sure! And megastructures... I remember having a blast in XW:A on the Death Star II, even if it took me many, many tries.
hehe. I must get around to playing X-Wing, TIE fighter etc at some point :-)
One other thing that I really loved about FS2 was being part of capital ship vs. capital ship battles as a small ship. The capship beams are unique in making me feel a strong sense of anxiety at getting in the way, but also some clear targets to change the tide of battle. For me it's the only game where capship vs. capship battles are truly alive :D
Agreed. In some space combat sims capital ships are straight up invulnerable to your crafts weapons, so there isn't much you can contibute to the battle other than intercepting torpedoes.
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Moar articles :-)
https://www.nomadsreviews.co.uk/post/august-ep636-bluetooth-wireless-headphones-review
https://www.nomadsreviews.co.uk/post/upcoming-articles
https://www.nomadsreviews.co.uk/post/18-mostly-free-and-useful-programs-every-pc-gamer-should-have (Some definitely of benefit to FS players :) )
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Aaaaand another one :-)
https://www.nomadsreviews.co.uk/post/the-history-of-video-games-21-the-birth-of-sega
The next article in the series will be about the Sega Master System. Unfortunately, my first-hand experience with the system is relatively limited, and I’m concerned I might not do the articles justice.
Therefore, if anyone here has any good sources of info I should use, be they wikis, websites, YT videos etc., I would be extremely grateful. I have asked this on Reddit, obvs, but I figure some of the veterans on here might be old enough to remember it too :lol: (I'm old enough, but the closest I got to it was my cousins when I was a kid.)
Secondly, if you have any noteworthy first-hand experiences of the Master System you would like to share and that you feel should be incorporated, please let me know, as they would be very handy. For example, info about any idiosyncrasies of gaming on the system, urban myths it may have spawned, controversies surrounding it etc.
I’m especially interested in anything about the system - and the games that ran on it - which a younger audience might find strange by today’s standards.
Cheers everyone.
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Hi all! Here is my first full length article with Keen Gamer. Feel free to take a look :-)
https://www.keengamer.com/articles/previews/chernobylite-early-access-preview-pc/ (https://www.keengamer.com/articles/previews/chernobylite-early-access-preview-pc/)
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Two more for ya :-)
Review of the hilarious '80s style point and click adventure
https://www.keengamer.com/articles/reviews/pc-reviews/not-another-weekend-review-service-with-an-evil-laugh/
Game guide for the superb but brutal S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Anomaly mod
https://www.nomadsreviews.co.uk/post/s-t-a-l-k-e-r-anomaly-survival-guide-01-your-first-24-hours-part-one
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Part two of my S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Anomaly mod survival game guide
https://www.nomadsreviews.co.uk/post/s-t-a-l-k-e-r-anomaly-survival-guide-02-your-first-24-hours-part-two
... and my first article with TechRadar! After about four years of graft I'm finally moving into the big boi league and actually getting paid more than peanuts for my work :D
https://www.techradar.com/uk/news/4k-tvs-should-have-saved-3d-heres-what-went-wrong
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Congrats!
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Congrats!
Cheers :-)
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Howdy all!
If you, like me, are on lockdown for the foreseeable future, then there are a few things you can do to stop yourself going stir crazy from cabin fever. One of these is binge-watching Netflix.
Kingdom comes highly recommended - think Korean Game of Thrones with zombies 😊
Another two are gaming and reading. Better yet, why not (sort of) combine the two? And that is my inelegant segue into letting you all know that my latest article is up on Exclusively Games “Nine MORE Games Based on Books.”
Enjoy!
https://www.exclusivelygames.com/9-more-games-based-on-books/ (https://www.exclusivelygames.com/9-more-games-based-on-books/)
Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth was a great experience. Kind of clunky mechanically due to its age, but absolutely dripping with atmosphere.
Its in my steam library list of games I'll get around to playing one day :-)
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The History of Video Games #22: The Sega SG-1000 Family
https://www.nomadsreviews.co.uk/post/the-history-of-video-games-22-the-sega-sg-1000-family
The History of Video Games #23: The SEGA MK III
https://www.nomadsreviews.co.uk/post/the-history-of-video-games-23-the-sega-mk-iii
The History of Video Games #24: The SEGA Master System - Part One
https://www.nomadsreviews.co.uk/post/the-history-of-video-games-24-the-sega-master-system-part-one
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The History of Video Games #24: The SEGA Master System - Part Two
https://www.nomadsreviews.co.uk/post/the-history-of-video-games-25-the-sega-master-system-part-two
Time Limits in Video Games: The Good, the Bad and the Rage-Quit Inducing
https://www.nomadsreviews.co.uk/post/time-limits-in-video-games-the-good-the-bad-and-the-rage-quit-inducing
(Includes links to my new YouTube channel and Instagram profile :) )
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Neato
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I recently found out the coin-drop.com website has closed down :(
Therefore, I will be reuploading the articles I had on there to my site so they remain accessible. I have of course taken the opportunity to update and improve them slightly whilst I'm at it. The first is here: https://www.nomadsreviews.co.uk/post/oi-console-devs-stop-treating-gamers-like-children
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And another one for you :-)
https://www.nomadsreviews.co.uk/post/ladders-in-first-person-video-games-rant-and-analysis
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Hi all!
FreeSpace multiplayer may not be such a big thing nowadays, but online multiplayer is thriving in many other franchises. Unfortunately, that all too often means running into a bunch of A$$-Hats, trolls and disgusting degenerates who seem intent on ruining everyone else's fun.
What if there was a way of ensuring these scumbags could be kept out? What if not being a degenerate a$$-hat scumbag was rewarded? What if there was a support network to help people who are degenerate a$$-hats to stop being such degenerates and become worthy human beings?
It would be pretty sweet I reckon. Good thing then that such a place exists, and I have had the pleasure of interviewing its co-founders. The first interview article of two has just gone live :-) Click the link to find out more :)
https://www.nomadsreviews.co.uk/post/two-way-to-tackle-abuse-in-online-gaming
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Not strictly a post, it's whole-a$$ book! All 120K words of it across 708 pages because why not? :lol:
Info text and link below:
Hey bros, I have good news!
I have now finished writing, proofreading and editing the expanded 2nd Edition of my unofficial companion book to the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. universe, ‘The Chornobyl Zone Survival Guide: Everything a Stalker Needs to Know to Survive The Zone’.
Its premise is simple: “If 'The Zone' as depicted in S.T.A.L.K.ER. was real, could you survive it?"
Probably not, but with the correct information and training, you might just stand a chance. Most rookie Stalkers are not able to answer the following questions...
• "What are the physical and mental preparations you need to make?"
• "What are the skills you need to learn and where can you go to learn them?"
• "What equipment, supplies and weapons do you need to take with you?"
• "What are the Zone's many hazards, and how do you overcome them?"
...and this lack of knowledge gets them killed. This book, “The Chornobyl Zone Survival Guide Expanded 2nd Edition” provides the answers to all these and more, so that a rookie Stalker can survive and thrive in The Zone long enough to become a veteran.
Think The Zombie Survival Guide meets S.T.A.L.K.E.R. and you will get the gist of it. It can be downloaded for free as a PDF from my website: https://www.nomadsreviews.co.uk/trlzsg
Yes, that’s right, free. No paywalls, no ‘give me your email address first so I can spam you with adverts later’ nonsense, free. I hoped that GSC would allow me to sell it as a commercial product, and I would donate the proceeds to the charities helping the people of Ukraine. However, GSC said no since it would clash with their plans for S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2, which is fair enough. So instead I’m giving it away freely and asking readers to consider making a small donation to the said charities – suggested links on my website.
I hope you all enjoy it.
Now get out of here Stalker :-)
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Oh that's awesome, congrats! I'll check it out