Checking in with Checkpoint

May 3, 2021.Reading time 6 minutes.

Checkpoint is still alive! It has been a while so apologies for that but I have found some time courtesy of the Bank Holiday and I am back and hoping to begin posting again. Its been a whirlwind few months and I will be honest it has simultaneously felt longer than two months since I […]

Video Game Showcases: Expectations v Reality

February 26, 2021.Reading time 13 minutes.

My therapeutic rant and vent about the recent video game showcases.

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 […]

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, […]