GAMES / MOVIES / BOOKS
The greatest game of all time
At the battle of YavinRebel terrorists, aided byspies and traitors within theEmpire, struck a cowardlyblow at the new symbol ofImperial power… The Death...
The second greatest game of all time
Released on 22 Sep, 2004, Rome: Total War is the God of all strategy games. I have clocked up 600 hours on the...
What are you reading now?
Confession: I thought that this Chris Taylor (the author) was this Chris Taylor, the legendary games developer. Oh how I cringed with embarrassment...
Top three movies
This is a tough call. It would be impossible to say just how many movies I’ve see and how many of them I...
Three favourite books
Consider Phlebas by Iain M. Banks This is quite possibly – along with book three in this list – what got me into...
Start reading books
“A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies, said Jojen. The man who never reads lives only one.” ― George R.R. Martin,...
I’ve started so I’ll finish
I’ve always been a fan of alternative history settings. I think that stems from playing Red Alert back in the day. In Red...
Restart
Hmmm… Altitis can sometimes make one do crazy things. My current crazy thing is deleting pretty much half or more of my Age...
The 80 Glass Ceiling
Seems like I’m in danger now of burning out or fading away. I’ve been playing pretty much daily since August. Last month I...
OldGamr's Blogs
2024: Time to Reconnect
Goodbye 2023, I’m not sorry to see the back of you. You’ve been an utter shit. There’s this thing we do. We...
Time to start living
Is it really over two years ago that I posed the question, “What should you do when you give your best to...
Northumberland
We decided to take a little trip up to Northumberland last week. Since we can’t go overseas due to the current coronavirus...
