Today I’m going to start a series of posts simply called, Life stories. As you might imagine these are stories from my life, some are insightful, some are exciting, and some are just funny. Make of them what you will, one of my favourite things to do in life is collect stories so I’m just …
Book reviews, weird stories about electricity and horses, what’s next? Games of course! And here is my first review, of Alien: Isolation. There is a slight problem with reviewing this game and it rhymes with clucking scarified…Yes I have only managed to play about 3 hours because it invokes so much tension my poor heart …
You’re all ready for Christmas, food prepared, presents bought, decorations up (at least until the cat gets hold of them), what could possibly go wrong? I’ll tell you what, at 8pm on Christmas Eve your oven breaks. Yep, no heat, none whatsoever…it presents a slight problem for cooking turkey, amongst other things. Life threw a …
I’ve already posted one game review but now I’m going to talk about why I love games so much. Can you guess? Yep it’s because they have a unique way of telling stories. When you read a book you can almost imagine yourself in the world it’s describing, and when you watch a film you …
Yesterday I finished reading World War Z, it was our monthly book club pick and it turned out to be a really great choice (book clubs are a great idea but I’ll cover that in another post). First things first, is it like the film? Short answer: No. Long answer: Not really, the film borrows …
Over the course of my life I’ve come to realise, at least for me personally, it’s all about the story. Stories being told to you, stories you are telling someone else, or stories developing before your very eyes. That’s what makes life truly special. You may be surprised to learn that this comes from someone …