Team Silent, the developer behind the first four Silent Hill games, were a major player in the survival horror genre in the early 2000s. Though […]
Author: Aaron Green
An hour with… Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary
When I first played Halo: Combat Evolved on the original Xbox, I distinctly remember feeling as though it was the closest thing to a PC-inspired […]
The role nostalgia plays in appraising old games
We live in an age of gaming that repeatedly capitalises on the ‘retro’. Remakes, reimaginings, franchise reboots, re-releases and independently developed downloadable titles with 8 […]
An hour with… Mega Man
In 1993 I was presented with a choice. As per usual when staying with my grandparents I was taken to a car boot sale before […]
Finding stress relief in Dark Souls II
At the beginning of this year (following a pretty hectic evening in hospital) I was diagnosed with stress and anxiety issues. I was warned that […]
An hour with… Evolve
Pitched as “a four-on-one experience”, unveiled in February 2014 and then released a year later, Evolve is an asymmetrical multiplayer game developed by Turtle Rock […]
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
Shigeru Miyamoto famously once compared The Legend of Zelda to his own childhood adventures. He spoke of the woodland and caves near where he was […]