We were eight years-old when we first met, though he looked a lot older than me. He was kind of a friend-of-a-friend, I guess. I’d […]
Author: James Carter
Videogames: A value judgement
Units shipped, sales figures, review scores, profits, subscribers, Metacritic ratings, attach rates, awards won, active users, hours of gameplay, number of levels, top 100 lists, […]
Podcast special: An interview with Ed Key, designer of Proteus
In addition to issue 107 of the podcast, and a coincidental update to Proteus this week, James sat down to chat with the game’s designer, Ed […]
Luxuria Superbia
Luxuria Superbia may be Tale Of Tales’ most straightforward game yet, but that doesn’t mean it won’t challenge established conventions and push boundaries. I know […]
Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell: Blacklist
By all logic, Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell: Blacklist should be a satirical comedy. It’s a good thing then that that’s exactly what the sixth game […]
Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon Quick Rinse
James puts on his dunce’s cap and goes to the bottom of the class after the copious tutorials featured in Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon […]
Dark Souls SL1 – Part 15 – Gwyn
This is it! But not before visiting Solaire one last time. With that done, James and Solaire venture into the Kiln Of The First Flame […]
Dark Souls SL1 – Part 14 – Archiving the Duke and scaling Seath
The Duke’s Archives is real quick and easy if you use the shortcut and make use of a bow. James does neither, making this a […]
Dark Souls SL1 – Part 13 – New Londo, so good they named it once
New Londo Ruins is a special place, where James loses his head and death quickly follows. The Very Large Ember and the scalp of The […]
Dark Souls SL1 – Part 12 – A Gravelord and a grave wolf
James would find running through Tomb Of The Giants much easier if Leeroy and Nito weren’t busy killing him. Fortunately it’s quick and easy second […]
Dark Souls SL1 – Part 11 – A flaming club for Pinwheel
It’s time to set this world alight… with a Fire Reinforced Club +10. Oh, and Pinwheel is easy. Defeated: Pinwheel The full Dark Souls playlist […]
Dark Souls SL1 – Part 10 – Taking a nap on the Bed Of Chaos
It’s high time to wrap up Lost Izalith and the first Lord Soul by defeating the Bed Of Chaos. Then James remembers that he doesn’t […]