I've been somewhat neglecting this blog since I've started writing for the front page, the articles that I would have written for here I'm doing there and it seems redundant to take a step backward and not have the same level of publicity.

On some minor consideration, I've realised that there are things I can write here that don't have nearly as much direction to them, a casual way of throwing out opinions without as much specific focus.

For example, I can't write an...

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News broke yesterday of Spyro movie cash in.

To say that it’s late in the game would be one thing; to say that it’s even worth doing at this point would be like telling me you think cyanide is part of a balanced breakfast. Dude, it’s not.

Spyro hasn’t been relevant in years, since (Late 2000, to be exact) when the games were at their peak, I think in a world where I was prepubescent and Insomniac...

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I’m not fond of the idea.

And believe me, I know that’s not exactly an earth shattering, awe inspiring gaping face jaw flooring opinion, we are talking about a videogame adaptation from a film that lends very little to a videogame. The saw movies exist as an allegory for OH GOD WHAT IS THIS MACHINE OH NO GET IT OFF MY FACE AGHHHHHHHHHHHHHH…….

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Richard Taylor, the father Damilola Taylor (A child murdered in late november of 2000) recently spoke out with a suggestion; this was to raise the price of violent videogames in an attempt to prevent their purchase by a younger audience.

The issues with this have been spelled out earlier today by another one of our users (Shout out to my boy Yamster who has opinions about videogame legislation) so I won’t...

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You know how when the World at War beta came out, everyone played it for a few days and decided that they kinda preferred COD4?

The Resident Evil 5 demo is like that, only without the ability to strafe.

Which isn’t to say I don’t enjoy it, I definitely see what I’m supposed to be excited about when I play the levels in the demo, they help you revert back to how you felt playing the last game, and let me get this out of the way before I say anything else, RE4 deserves...

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