Evoland 2, another random video game I dredged up from the Humble Bundle “Humble Choice” collection for September. Technically, it’s “Evoland 2: A Slight Case of Spacetime Continuum Disorder” - but this is a relaxed corner of the internet, we don’t use Sunday names here. From the outside, Evoland 2 looks to be another fairly... Continue Reading →
Pokemon Pearl was the first game I ever really “bought” myself. It was the first time I ever took my 7 year old ass to the shop, and purchased a game. Ever since that day in in 2007, I’ve been hooked on the Pokemon franchise. I’d watch the cartoon almost every day after school, and... Continue Reading →
Over a year after it’s release in April 2019, the indie survival-craft game Forager has everyone talking again after it’s inclusion in the Humble Bundle’s September Humble Choice bundle - incidentally, that’s where I picked it up from too! I’m a huge fan of the survival-craft genre having sunk more hours into Minecraft and Terraria... Continue Reading →
The International Classification of Diseases first recognised “gaming disorder” as a legitimate addiction in June 2018. Previously, the idea that someone could be addicted to playing video games in the same way one could be addicted to, for example, smoking cigarettes, drinking alcohol or gambling, was absolutely unthinkable - mostly because the psychology of addiction... Continue Reading →
Videogames Make Me Happy 