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Richard Wood

10 posts
If flip flopping the line between cynicism and enthusiasm was an illness then I would have a nifty obscure disease named after me, but seeing as how it has yet to be diagnosed, I'll settle with just being inconsistent.

Hollywoodification of our AAA Titles

Call me a massive cynic, but looking through the dozens of Game of the Year lists these past weeks, I can't help but notice that our big AAA titles have had none of the 'wow' factor they used to have.
10th January 2014
4 minute read
LA Noire

Games that stand the test of time

Of late, despite all the hype over the release of the two new games consoles from Sony and Microsoft, I have found myself going back to older games and re-experiencing titles I've already finished.
26th November 2013
6 minute read

The Biggest Problem with Pokémon X/Y: Team Flare

After Pokémon Black and Pokémon White were released, it seemed like Nintendo and Game Freak wanted to put some more thought and depth into the series to make it a more believable, living world.
25th October 2013
7 minute read

Stealth: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

There’s no feeling that satisfies quite like knowing you have just got away from something, and no genre of games puts that feeling to use quite as much as the stealth game.
29th August 2013
5 minute read

Why I still love Pokémon

It’s getting to the point where I have been walking around on this planet for a long ass time, and in spite of the leaps and bounds I’ve made toward the elusive feeling of ‘adulthood’, I can’t help but squirm in excitement over the release of a new Pokémon game.
23rd August 2013
6 minute read