Coder by day, gamer and film fan by night. Websites are one of many things I do. A big fan of classic/retro gaming especially of Atari systems. I can also cook. ;)
Recently announced by Major Nelson are the first batch of Xbox’s Games with Gold titles for the new year. What we have to look forward to include: The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing III (Xbox One, Jan 1 – Jan 31) Zombi (Xbox One, Jan 16 – Feb […]
After the recent escalation in Thargoid activity, the team at Frontier have finally allowed prospective combatants to get their hands on a new ship for Elite Dangerous. Known as the Type 10 Defender, it’s basically a militarised version of the Type 9 Heavy freighter designed to offer players […]
After being disappointed with what became Destiny, I was encouraged with Tom Clancy’s The Division which seemed to offer similar concepts of an online co-op shooter but grounded in a little more reality. Set place in New York in the aftermath of a viral outbreak it did grab […]
I thought it’d be impossible to improve on Wolfenstein: The New Order – MachineGames’ reboot of id Software’s classic shooter franchise but I’m happy to have been proven wrong. Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus ups the ante on everything by delivering a game that hits harder than the […]
Seems like just about everyone with an online presence globally decided to have Black Friday / Cyber Monday sales this year which meant the odds were good of everyone finding something of value. With the Xbox One X not even a month old, the timing was certainly good […]
December’s Games with Gold have been announced and it’s admittedly a quieter month than expected but there is variety there which should at least provide something for everyone. As reported on Major Nelson’s site, the following games will soon be available: Warhammer: End Times – Vermintide – Dec 1-31, […]
After months of punishing players on PC and PS4, the “rythym violence” spectacle that is Thumper arrived on Xbox One and Switch a couple of months ago and I finally got a chance to give it a go. Being a fan of shorter, more arcade-like experiences this sounded like […]
Despite all of the preparations I made leading into the launch of the Xbox One X by making room for additional 4K content downloads and getting as much patched in advance as possible, I’m still caught in the tsunami of updates that flooded out on day one. It […]
The Xbox One X is here and both Grocs and I were there from day one getting our games up and running on Microsoft’s new machine. In our cases they are both the Project Scorpio edition consoles (ie. a limited run launch version) but the experience will be […]
Microsoft’s newest console, the Xbox One X, has been out in the wild for more than a day now and both Grocs and I have our Scorpio Editions plugged in at our homes. With reviews coming in from big outlets and plenty of online feedback I’ll be wondering […]
The story of one person’s attempts to make their Rampage Arcade1Up cabinet do more.
A look back at some of the games we've played on Xbox One over the years.
Our own tips and experiences while trying to make a living out in the black.
