Welcome to Checkpoint

November 14, 2020.Reading time 8 minutes.

A quick intro to what this is all about and why I am forcing blogs down your throat.

New Year, New Mentality

January 12, 2021.Reading time 12 minutes.

My plans for 2021 – focuses and approach with hopefully a new mentality

Cyberpunk Woes

December 20, 2020.Reading time 13 minutes.

I also know not everyone will read all of this, so if you have arrived here I want to say that I have complete respect for the team at CD Projekt Red. I imagine it has been an incredibly tough development process, working on such an ambitious, exciting and engrossing game. There is a lot […]

The Game Awards – My Thoughts

December 11, 2020.Reading time 30 minutes.

I have broken down my thoughts on some of the winners and runners ups form 2020’s Game Awards

A Pokèmon World – Open Concept – Introduction

November 5, 2020.Reading time 15 minutes.

While planning and writing the current Pokémon Journey articles (shameless plug – Part 1 and Part 2) I have been thinking more and more about what I would love in a Pokémon game and if I had complete creative control, how it would play. Now I put this down as an Open Concept because this […]

My Pokemon Journey: What I Love – Part 2

November 3, 2020.Reading time 17 minutes.

A few weeks ago, I wrote a post discussing what I thought the current state of Pokémon was and how I believed it was falling behind the times along with what I thought could be improved. You can catch up here if you need a refresher. But one thing I want to make clear is […]

2020: The Video Game – Review in Progress

October 14, 2020.Reading time 29 minutes.

This is my review in progress of 2020: the Video Game. As this game is an MMORPG this is my experience of the game over the past 9 months or so so far with a complete review due once I have completed all the DLC and extra content. Mild spoiler warnings ahead. 10 months ago […]

To Remaster or To Not Remaster

October 4, 2020.Reading time 15 minutes.

A few nights ago, a friend put a question to me. ‘Ryan, if you could have any game remastered, what would it be?‘ I thought on this for the rest of the evening and I genuinely struggled to think of what game I would love to have a remaster of. But then the answer came […]

My Pokemon journey: under-levelled and in need of evolution – Part 1

October 1, 2020.Reading time 23 minutes.

My look at why Pokemon is being left behind in the gaming world – Part 1

Video Game Exclusivity: Yay or Nay?

September 20, 2020.Reading time 8 minutes.

On the surface some would say its quite clear cut in terms of if exclusive video games or exclusive content should exist or not, but I wanted to have a look to see if there was any benefit to us gamers for these existing in the first place. For those of you who don’t know, […]