As the Nintendo Switch launched in 2017, I made the decision to preorder a system for launch day. And I was happy and had no idea I’d ever feel disappointed with the Nintendo Switch. But that’s changed, and I’m trying to figure out why.
When you think about it, game controllers are the most important thing about video games. After all, if you haven’t got a jump button, how is Mario going to jump? Without that Start button, you’d just be endlessly watching Street Fighter II’s attract screens. So yeah, pads are important, right? Glad you agree.
Video games are referred to by many detractors as being a huge waste of time. Obviously, I disagree; but I counter with the fact that in reality, video games are more like a huge waste of plastic. Seriously, think about the amount of plastic and silicon that has been dumped in landfills over the years …
Earlier this year, the World Health Organisation (WHO) announced plans to add video game addiction as a recognised mental health condition under the latest round of International Classification of Diseases, which was released last week, prompting all manner of kneejerk reports and reactions, including a particularly controversial headline from the BBC: “I spend 20+ hours …
This week’s blog was going to be a very different one, a top-five of the moments that made me smile at this year’s E3. It was mostly written by the time Nintendo’s E3 Direct was about to be broadcast. And after that had finished, I deleted the whole thing and realised that I had a …
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I was having a discussion with my wife the other day, about how the experience of buying music has become a much staler experience over the last decade. I recalled the days of popping into Virgin Megastore or HMV during my lunch break, buying loads of CDs and then popping them into my Discman and …
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