Category: Culture Commentary

I’ve recommended channels before for relaxing music, and this one deserves special mention! Known as Nobody, they focus on playlists that evoke a certain feeling or emotion. This can be things from liminal spaces, to […] Read More

One thing that modern game culture seems to have brought about is the enjoyment of optimisation and streamlining. Things like tier lists and focused guides make learning about the games you play, even older ones, […] Read More

I’ve been playing the new Deep of Night game mode in Elden Ring: Nightreign and it’s highlighted to me one of the most unfortunate cases of lazy difficulty increases in game design, increase of enemy […] Read More

It’s rare that I feel a true sense of stress and pressure when playing a game, but when playing The Alters that is exactly what I felt. Everything was going wrong, everything felt like my […] Read More

I’ve been watching a whole bunch of videos recently going over some of the most iconic bad games released in recent times and how troublesome their developments were. They’re fascinating stories as their issues range […] Read More

I’ve got a genuine question for you all today. Because of my line of work, and general hobbies, I tend to sit at my computer desk a lot which ends up giving me very sore […] Read More

I’ve been playing The Alters recently and while I think it’s unforutnately a bit too late to do a review on it I must say I’ve been having a blast with it. The story is […] Read More

I’ve recently encountered an issue that has led to me feeling as though my ability to enjoy the gaming sphere as a whole is at risk, I’ve been too sleepy lately. Yes you heard that […] Read More

I’ve talked before about the preservation of physical printed media for the gaming industry and how important it was to ensure that such artifacts of a bygone generation are kept to not lose sight of […] Read More

From my recent experience in Inkshade I’ve found that lighting levels can have a huge impact on not only how a game plays but generally how it feels. This is no revelation, as horror games […] Read More