• How Buddy’s Parent Met – A game review
    Some of my earliest memories were of playing puzzle games. Be it because they were simply to program in an era where shockwave flash games dominated or because my parents saw them as child friendly – in comparison to other flash games, I would later find on sites like Newgrounds they were a constant companion to my game time on pc. It was a format well suited to the platform, clicking and dragging pieces was something I could accomplish easily with the mouse and, much like Real-Time Strategy Games or Management games, it was a type of game I didn’t see working very well on consoles.
  • Farol de Esperança: Antologia Hopepunk Book Review – or one that’s useless to you if you don’t speak Portuguese
    I don’t pick up new books often. That’s a statement that might surprise you or it might a statement that, if you live in Portugal can make all the sense in the world. Really, I should rephrase that sentence a little, I don’t pick up books new, from bookstores often. My trips to thrift stores…
  • Of Brothers And FIFA – Defending FIFA
    When you looked at the title of this blog post you might have been surprised. Being European it is practically impossible to ignore football but surely bringing up FIFA in a positive context is something I wouldn’t do, right?  Anyone who is even slightly interested in gaming, beyond picking up a controller when visiting friends…
  • Save Me Mr Tako: Definitive Edition – A sort of review?
    Growing up one problem away from having your entire family struggle to pay rent or buy food was something that wasn’t very fun. Although I would eventually recoup my missed childhood by getting games I saw at the time but never got to play as well as the few games I had had as soon…