HoloLens and Augmented Reality: Are Games about to Transcend the Digital Divide?

Hi everyone!

My latest article for Grab It has gone live, right here! It takes a look at Augmented Reality technology, namely Microsoft's recent unveiling of its HoloLens device, and postulates on the potential pivotal changes the technology could bring to the video games industry.

I'd love to hear your opinions on the matter, so please feel free to chime in!

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The Psychological Impact of Video Game Sales on the Playing Experience

Hey guys! My latest article for Grab It is live. It looks at the subtle and well-concealed ramifications to cheap games, and how the act of playing is altered by the nature of the purchase. Some of these factors are quite hard to spot, and even awareness of them doesn't entirely eliminate their effects. I suggest you give it a read if you've ever found yourself questioning why you purchased that game that's been sitting unopened on your desk for longer than you can remember.

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Why do you game?

My latest article for Grab It Magazine is now live here!

Exploring the motivations behind why I, personally, play video games, the article dives into a facet of escapism that is not so often touched upon in the discussion of gaming. Games, after all, can be many things to many people. Fun is only one tiny variable in a very big equation.

So, why do you game?

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My second article for Grab It Magazine is live!

Hey everybody! 

My second piece for Grab It Magazine is now up for reading here, Concerning the concept of paid-for mods, it discusses a number of the potentially not-so-obvious consequences to introducing an economy to a community accustomed to a free distribution model. Give it a read, and let me know what you think on the topic!

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An Ode to the Witcher

Striding forth through meadows kissed,
With morning sun wot rise betwixt,
The waving oaks, their branches bowed,
With birds of black, an omen sowed.

Upon his back, two blades hang sheathed,
Their points exposed so blood may breathe.
One steel, it sings the fate of man,
One silver, forged to purge the land,
Of monsters, demons, ghouls, and wraiths,
The nightmares wot turn men to faith.

This hero--No, let's folly not.
'Tis gold that stirs him from his cot.
This man--And even that's a lie,
For there lurk hellfire in his eyes.

There be but one name fits him fair,
Geralt of Rivia, the Wolf with White Hair.

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Adventure Games?

For those of you interested in the point-and-click adventure games of yore, I wrote a post-mortem on Double Fine's recent release, Broken Age.

Check it out here!

And be sure to comment with your opinion, if you've had a chance to play it!

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The Value of a Dollar

Money is a means to an end; its only worth amounts to the intent of its deliverance.

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