Last weekend I went along to my second PC Gamer Weekender and I was not disappointed. Considering that the event is much smaller than others, there was plenty of games, talks, career advice and more. Here’s a quick roundup of some of the games I got to play Vermintide 2 This was my first experience … More PC Gamer Weekender 2018

Last weekend I was able to participate in my second Global Game Jam. We were kindly welcomed by host of the Newspeak House jam site, Rosa Carbó-Mascarell of Games for the Many. As soon as the theme “transmission” was announced, I immediately started thinking how we could interpret this in an interesting way. My first … More Global Game Jam 2018

  While I wouldn’t say I’m a pro-gamer by any means, I do enjoy both competitive and challenging games. Yet, until recently I have never dared enter the Dark Souls realm. Notorious for being ‘the hardest game’, the game in which all other games will have their difficulty measured by, it’s not surprising that it’s … More My first Dark Souls

This post is coming a little later than planned, due to the fact that I’m still working on my dissertation! But I wanted to share my experience of volunteering at one of the biggest game industry events (with 355,000 visitors from 106 countries). I was able to be at Gamescom thanks to the amazing people … More Volunteering for Ukie at Gamescom 2017

  I haven’t become engrossed in a game as much as I have Darkest Dungeon in a long time. For those who haven’t played it, the game is a dungeon crawler in a turn based RPG style. The main draw to this game for many players is the incredibly steep learning curve that has earnt … More The Darkest Dungeon has the brightest mechanics

I was really excited to be given the opportunity by BBC Minute to talk about e-sports and their place in the Olympics. The interview can be viewed at the following link: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p050jrj4 Due to the nature of BBC Minute, there wasn’t an awful lot of time to include all of what I had to say … More My interview for BBC Minute: On E-sports at the 2022 Asian Games

This post contains spoilers ! If you haven’t played “The Life of a Dog” yet, please head over to My Games page and follow the link to download. The game was made as part of my weekly task to make a game for my master’s course. The challenge for the week was to make an … More All about my game “The Life of a Dog”

EGX Rezzed is definitely one of my favourite events to go to; with all the indie developers and opportunities to get to know the people behind the games on show, it’s an experience not to be missed. I won’t be able to cover ALL of the games on show, but I do want to highlight … More EGX Rezzed 2017

  Here to shake up the meta, Orisa introduces a new alternative to Reinhardt’s everywhere. Orisa may have the longest reload time of any champion currently in the game, but with 150 ammo to get through, it doesn’t hold you back. Each round delivers 12 damage and slows her movement while firing. But with 200 … More Overwatch: Introducing Orisa

Last weekend was the first time I had ever participated in a game jam, so you can imagine how nervous I was! I was lucky enough to have a great team consisting of my talented classmates Ashley, Alan and Samantha. There was a lot of buzz and excitement in the games lab leading up to … More Global Game Jam 2017