Yearly Archives: 2019

Link’s Awakening is the latest game to be released in the Legend of Zelda franchise. This is a remake of a gameboy game from 1993, so there is a substantial change in format from what we had in Breath of...

I spotted a game called Big Drunk Satanic Massacre a few weeks back and it looked pretty crazy. The name was enough to give the impression that this was going to be more about blowing shit up and less about...

The 1990s produced a very unique style of FPS. Minecraft has brought a resurgence in popularity of 8-bit, but the low res style of 90s shooters has been left untouched. An upcoming arena shooter called Demon Pit is looking like...

The term Fog of War is something that is used in the context of military but it is also a gaming term and has a more specific meaning in video games. In recent years, it is something that is not...

Resolution vs frame rate is a touchy debate that can go one way or the other depending on the game that is being referenced. When faced with deciding one over the other, it can be difficult to decide as having...

Have you ever been gaming and a level will load but everything looks all muddy and blurry. After a few seconds, everything will suddenly become clear and sharp? Don’t worry, you do not need glasses, this is something known as...

HDR is the latest buzzword that came along with the latest generation of game consoles. It has of course been a thing for much longer than that. The mysterious acronym is something that very few people really understand. What is...

FPS is an acronym that stands for Frames per Second. As you are probably aware, it can often be the cause of many arguments and debates within the gaming community. For those wanting to know what it is, I will...

Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden managed to catch my eye a long time ago when it was still in development. It isn’t every day you get some gritty post apocalyptic game with a human sized duck in it. If...

Back in the early 2000s, the term draw distance was used a lot more than it is today. Not because it doesn’t exist anymore, but because it was a bigger technical hurdle for game developers. In the early 2000s 3D...