danielpholt

I want to talk to you all about a game called ZombiU. It was a WiiU Launch Title (haha, I know right..Wii U), but it totally grabbed me and wouldn't let me go. I know its not the prettiest game in the world, and it's gameplay can be a little tedious at times, but it might be my favourite 'Zombie' game of all time. I had a ball with it and unfortunately it looks set to die a lonely death on the back of poor WiiU sales. If they offered me a 2nd chance to play that game as new, I'd jump at it.

When I'm not feeling myself, or life has got me down (happen's all to often now unfortunately), I don't find that I retreat into games. I've tried, but I find myself getting frustrated more easily, which in turn leads to to question why I'm even playing in the first place. I guess Super Hexagon is capable of filling the void, but even then I only play a few times before I've lost interest and decide to try and do something 'more' productive.

I can't be the only one who has not interest in Mario Maker right? I mean...come on guys.. Anyway, Bayonetta aside, Nintendo isn't offering me much. I'll play Zelda, but even that probably won't be a day 1 purchase from me. Give me a new Metroid Prime type game though, and I'm all ears.

I spent upwards of £200 in the cinema last year. Vue and Odeon mainly, with maybe 1 trip to Showcase in town. As much as I love film, I can't do that again; especially when I buy 1/3 of the films I pay to see again on Blu ray.

Child of Light I think Ubisoft forgot to add in the fun.

Binary Domain. No one played this game, but its a fairly enjoying 3rd person shooter with an interesting, if a little overdone central premise. Should be fairly cheap by now, so I certainly recommend picking it up. Also it's got a French speaking Robot in it that speaks English.

That'll probably finish my participation in the Steam sale. Unless someone wants to buy me something....no?

Fez. Too much game for me, I eventually got bored and now I've got no interest in deciphering puzzles any more. So that was fun.

It's probably because your a heartless monster who eats children and kittens for breakfast. Right?

I've completed 14 games this year, and only one of them was released in 2014; Strider. The rest have all been from 2012/13. I'm not sure if that says more about me, or the state of the industry.

I don't tend to cry at video games, not sure why but Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons hit me like a freight train. Special nod to Tearaway, which whilst it didn't make me cry, did make me feel something I've not felt in a video game for a while, a sense of loss that the story was coming to it's conclusion, almost that same feeling you get when you finish a TV series, or a good book.

I've heard the Co-op isn't all its cracked up to be. Fun no doubt, but not the way someone that's trawling a gaming message board would want to play the game. I played it solo and loved it. Playing it with a friend would just lead to frustration, not dissimilar to how i felt about Rayman Legends.

I very much regret buying Strider on PSN now.

It's still up for $73 on amazon.co.uk.

Lone Survivor Surprisingly good. The action set piece in the middle is absolutely brutal, and its the best reason to watch this film. It's maybe a touch long, and could have used a little less...stuff at the end (Village...) but that aside, i 'enjoyed' my time with it.

You might want to hold off on playing Route Zero until they've finished all of the chapters. It was about a 9 month gap between 2 and 3, and I've totally lost the thread.

I'm willing to give it a chance. Truth be told, I was never a massive Turtles fan growing up, and they've sort of fallen out of my conciousness since i was 6, so i'm willing to give it a go. I fully expect nerds to be up in arms about this if its anything but good.

Grave of the Fireflies

Aye the hate's mostly because the novel's a really clever thing. Which got simmered into generic Hollywood work. It was written as a bunch of audio interviews, oral history and all that, how it affected random people across the globe in so many different cultures, and had a way more intricate and intelligent breakdown of how the world was affected. No 'cures' or 'masking agents' or anything, just people dealing with trauma and the brutal work of survival. Then the movie's just like "it's Brad, Merica, travel, action, save his family, arbitrary 'save-all masking agent'", etc. Not terrible at all, just misses the point. And for the uninitiated, that's fine. Grand Budapest Hotel was mine. Haven't managed to go to the flicks in weeks. I fucking LOVED that movie. Saw it twice. First Anderson movie which was actually genuinely laugh out loud funny all the way through. I actually think WWZ turned out pretty damned well considering the trainwreck that was it's production. It's certainly not a bad film, and it's one I'll definitely re-visit at some point.

Nerds AND Moms? I love Fillion, and his last role as a super hero was unforgettable. *Dr Horribles Sing Along Blog.

I've not actually played Uncharted 3 yet, and I've sold my PS3. How important is that game in the grand scheme of things?

Picked up Enslaved and Shadowrun Returns via Steam.