The book is on the back
burner again. Damn it. Currently distracted by video games and, more
importantly, helping an online chum develop the content for his gaming website.
This means I’m playing games more regularly at the moment and spending the
commute to London
Town writing about them,
instead of the next chapter. It remains a winning situation though; two hobbies
(gaming and writing) coming together and complementing each other perfectly.
Quite the bonus!
The site I’m contributing
too is called ‘The Pixel Empire’ and the focus is on reviewing retro-games,
although the occasional recent release and everything in-between will also get
the odd look in. You can visit The Pixel Empire here...
A little bit of 16-bit gaming awesomeness!
The site is less about what is on the horizon gaming wise - unless
it’s a peculiarity like the recent release of Gun Lord on the Dreamcast (yes,
the Dreamcast) - and more about harking back to the glory days spent in your
bedroom, where we all waggled our joysticks whilst admiring Lara Croft’s
pixels. In other words The Pixel Empire is the perfect excuse to mess around with emulation and re-live the likes of
Speedball 2, Cannon Fodder, Turrican, Head Over Heels, Sensible Soccer and
Zelda III: A Link to the Past in the body of a man-child. It’s also a purely
selfish attempt at getting a more varied gaming diet to wean me off the
addictiveness of Diablo 3…
Only idiots would think Head Over Heels is rubbish...
Alongside developing the
main review database, occasional articles relating to retro-gaming will also
feature – I’m currently working on a couple involving abandonware, gog.com,
Manfred Trenz and investigating just why Modern Warfare 2 is comparable to a
large pair of donkey bollocks – and we’re looking to make the site a little
more interactive with a high-score table and frequent challenges being set for
the readership. Lots of ideas and at the moment The Pixel Empire is coming
along pretty well.
The whole thing is edited
by a Welsh lad called Tom Clare, who is an expert gamer and reviewer, who I’ve
randomly bumped into in cyberspace. He’s just as passionate about games and The
Pixel Empire is his baby. I’m on board as a workshy lackey and am particularly
grateful for the outlet to contribute my usual brand of gaming nonsense. Saying
that, though, we are a bit short on X-Box know how. As in we’re both PS3
monkeys! So if anyone out there fancies themselves as a bit of a gamer who can
string a couple of sentences together explaining just why Halo is so vastly overrated,
then we’d like to hear from you. Simply contact Tom at the following link.
There's only one Zelda - and it's a Link to the Past!
More contributors are
welcome to provide second opinions on games already reviewed, new reviews or
interesting features. Knowledge of gaming history would be beneficial as well
as a good written style. There’s no payment – although if you contribute some
quality stuff Tom might give you a pat on the head and a biscuit – us minions just
do this for the passion of gaming! So, even if you’re not interested in
contributing, take a look at the site, tell us what you think, request reviews
and participate in the forthcoming challenges. We look forward to sharing with
you.
FIFA. Still does not match the genius of Sensible Soccer.
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