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The allure of 4X

December 30, 2015 by Alexander Young

I hate the idea that I could possibly be guilty of the almighty sin of falling into the trappings of masculinity when it comes to strategy games, but there is something genuinely compelling about being able to be the driving force behind an entire nation, civilisation or, well, any organisational unit of people, really. The … [Read more…]

Posted in: Musings Tagged: 4X, musings, strategy

“Hey, big boy, play with me instead.”

April 24, 2014 by Alexander Young

Subconscious association is an interesting phenomenon: what we tend to think of ancillary to the central point of a given reminiscence informs us of a lot more than the initial memory. The degree to which we hold relationships between the inanimate and our animate interactions with the world, and the targets to which these affective … [Read more…]

Posted in: Musings Tagged: chains, dangun feveron, musings, relationships, resident evil 4

A Cupboard Full of Things You’ll Never Use

January 13, 2013 by Alexander Young Leave a Comment

I struggle to part with possessions: this is something that is immediately obvious to anyone who happens upon my abode. Old copies of Edge intermingle with video games from the PlayStation and PlayStation 2 era, with a small contingent representing the commercial woes of the Dreamcast and Xbox hanging around on the periphery of these … [Read more…]

Posted in: Musings Tagged: hoarding, musings, rpgs, rts

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