Reaching Kashyapa was very much a painless trip during this last week of Elite Dangerous with plenty of stops to keep the fuel tanks full and lots of planets to scan. Vihar Gate, the station I was stopping by on this leg, orbits a spectacular Earth-like world that’s […]
The black is starting to get a lot less so as I make my way to Colonia and the galactic centre. The Milky Way has always been a noticeable part of the night sky (even when you look up at it for real here on good old planet […]
Though Microsoft’s xCloud streaming service has limited availability (US, UK and parts of Asia) they have at least made available the console streaming functionality for us all to try out and I’ve been dabbling with it for a couple of weeks now. It’s something that’s not unique to […]
107 jumps might seem like a lot in a game like Elite Dangerous but it’s still peanuts compared to what some of the game’s true explorers do. Initially I thought it’d take me the full weekend to do it but to my surprise I made it after spacing […]
After a lot of trepidation playing Elite Dangerous I’ve finally decided it’s time to take on a big challenge and I’m on my way to to the center of the galaxy! It’s not going to be an easy trip; it’s over 20,000 light years taking hundreds of system […]
February is quickly inbound and the next batch of Games with Gold titles along with it. The full details are here on Major Nelson’s site but in short we’ve got incoming: TT: Isle of Man (Feb 1-29, Xbox One) Call of Cthulhu (Feb 16-Mar 15, Xbox One) Fable […]
Originally I remember Mobius Digital’s Outer Wilds being a bit of an enigma after being announced at Xbox’s E3 2018 presentation. For those who watched on Mixer it was bundled in as a gift that for many sat in a preordered state on their console’s hard drive for […]
During the last few days of playing Elite Dangerous I’ve been going over in my head whether to take on one of the ultimate challenges in the game by making the long trip to Sagittarius A*; the black hole that sits in the center of the galaxy (it’s […]
After FINALLY completing The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt and its DLC it was the perfect time to try my hand at other games in the series. For simplicity I’ve decided to stick with the Xbox One and play the second game which is available via Xbox 360 backward […]
The planned update to Elite Dangerous for this month was going to focus on fixes and the patch notes rolled out with them pretty much sums that up. You can view the full details here via the Frontier Foums but there were a few items that quickly caught […]
The story of one person’s attempts to make their Rampage Arcade1Up cabinet do more.
Our own tips and experiences while trying to make a living out in the black.
