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Who Remembers… Is a series of articles where I will be taking a look back at the games from days of old. There will be some reminiscing, a few treasured memories and maybe, at times, too much use of the rose tinted glasses. Step up to stage: Wargames.

Are you getting older? Can you not really remember what happened just yesterday? Or even five minutes ago? Where did I put my glasses? What was I doing again? Oh, yeah. I was writing this new feature. Who Remembers… Is a series of articles where I will be taking a look back at the games from days of old. There will be some reminiscing, a few treasured memories and maybe, at times, too much use of the rose tinted glasses.

I wince as I check the statistics count for time spent playing and think of all the other things I should have got done in real life. I should have worked on this, fixed this, tidied this, called this person and organised that thing ready for next week…. Instead, I’ve saved a galaxy, won the champions league and became the ruthless leader of the world’s largest gang.

Everyone involved with video games from the people playing them all the way through the spectrum to the people that make them will agree that video games have came a hell of a long way in the past 10-15 years. The graphics and visual aesthetics of the games we play has evolved from being a collection of hastily placed together blocks of pixels, to being full blown, realistic looking character models. It is safe to say that video games have came a long way visually. Video games have never managed to tackle the ‘Ludonarrative of Dissonance’ object. This is an object that many game developers have tried and failed to conquer…

Warning – Contains Major Story Plot Spoilers!

Here are just a few of the most fun ways to pass time whilst exploring Skyrim. Do you enjoy a pass time not on this list? Leave a comment and it could get added to the list.

As the ‘Simpsons Comic Book Guy’ would say: “Worst Kinect Games Ever!”

I think outside of the box to give you the most mind blowing, fantastical and awesome features I would love to see coming to an Xbox. These dream features would make it more than an Xbox… Oh, so much more….

I take a look at some of the newly released Silent Hill Downpour screenshots and analyse them for clues as to what we can expect from the game.

How did Video Games really begin? Come with me on a journey through time and space… Scientists believe the earth was created as the result of a mixture of gasses ...