Quote of the Week

Week: 8th– 14th May 2023 Game: Yakuza 5 Character: Haruka Quote: “You just have to hold on a little longer. You’re obviously an upstanding young man, and the children all look up to you.” Reason: I am absolutely loving Haruka’s story in Yakuza 5. I’m enjoying the idol stuff a lot more than I originally

Top 10 video games for history nerds (rewritten)

Hey, Gamers! This is the first in my Rewrite/Heavily Edited series, where I redo some older posts that I feel don’t quite have the level of quality that I want in my writing, and this first one is a rewrite. If you’ve been following me for a while, you might recognise some of the games

Quote of the Week

Week: 10th – 16th April 2023 Game: Yakuza 5 Character:  Taiga Saejima Quote: “Forget bein’ a hero. Gotta run before this teddy-bear-from-hell turns me into stuffing!” Reason: This week has been emotionally difficult, so when picking a Quote of the Week, I’ve had to turn to the ones that made things just a little easier

‘What Remains of Edith Finch’ is a masterpiece

Hey, Gamers! So, even when I wasn’t posting, I was still gaming. Josh (my partner) and I were sleeping on the floor in a crowded room and my mental health was awful so there were plenty of times where I woke up to Josh just playing the PS5. Sometimes he’d ask me to move because

Progress Report- March 2023

Hey, Gamers! March was an odd month for us. I finally started posting again, and things have settled down a little bit, but I’ve been super busy decorating and because things aren’t right, I struggled to keep track. I’ve already rectified this for April, but for this post we are going from memory. Let’s get

Quote of the Week

Week: 27th March- 2nd April 2023 Game: Yakuza 5 Character: Taiga Saejima Quote: “(Blizzard’s still ragin’ like an angry wife with a fryin’ pan)”. Reason: I have unfortunately not been able to play as many games as I would have liked this week. I find that the end of the month is deadline heavy, and

Top 10 weird things that my partner has said while gaming (Part 2)

Hey, Gamers! I did this post about a year ago, and it quickly became my most popular post. It’s what made me start to include Josh more in my blog posts. For any new people, Josh is my fiancé and he’s hilarious (in my opinion). He’s my favourite person in the world and I am

Progress Report: April/May

Hey, Gamers! Long time, no… write? University engulfed me in a massive research bubble so I didn’t really have time to do anything other than reading and writing my assignments. So, I didn’t do April but so little happened in April and May (because of the research bubble) that I think it would be okay

Burnout in Gaming

Hey, Gamers! This week, I want to talk about something pretty serious that happens to a lot of gamers: burnout. I’m sure some people suffer from this more than others, and there are a lot of contributing factors such as mental illness, neurotype and so on. I want to talk about why burnout in something

10 cute things that my partner does for me whilst gaming that make me feel loved

Hey, Gamers! So today is Valentine’s Day and although Josh and I don’t tend to celebrate it, I thought I should do a post showing the cute things he does for me when playing games that make me feel loved. The point of this post is just to show how little things can be appreciated