For anyone not familiar with it, Scrabble is a crossword-style game in which two or four players put tiles, each bearing a number, onto a scoreboard with 15 by 15 square grids. In the gameplay, each of the four players gets a rack of seven…
For many of us, old school gaming is not just nostalgic, it’s more than that. It brings back emotions that have been tucked away since our childhood. So, now you’ve got your own house or apartment to fill, and at some points you must be…
I’m one of those people, like a lot of us I’m sure, that likes to daydream about things, such as what I would like to get if I was rich. If money was no object and you could get whatever you want. Pretty unlikely I…
Football management sims is a video game genre that we could write a whole book about. It’s a hugely interesting topic and there have been dozens of games over the years that would fit into the category. My history with them is fairly brief, but…
Throughout the years gaming as a whole has gone through huge changes, in terms of the genres and styles that have been most popular. But one thing has remained true. Familiarity has often been the key for the success of many titles. Gaming developers often…
And so it begins. At the start of the year, I gave myself a James Bond challenge. I wanted to rewatch all the Bond movies in order, and rank them. But I then added in reading all the original Ian Fleming novels for the first…
The education system has dramatically transformed over the past couple of decades. It’s hard to believe how different it was before, in the 90s and early 2000s. Today, students can’t even imagine what challenges were imposed on learners 20-30 years ago. Let’s dig deeper and…
Our last article was all about James Bond being an old school casino gambler and touched upon how it was great to Timothy Dalton’s Bond playing my favourite casino game, Blackjack. But for this article we thought we’d go for a more modern variation of…
After a recent resurgence of my interest in all things Bond, I’ve started to read all the original Ian Fleming Bond novels and rewatch all the movies. I’m only early into this challenge, having just read the Casino Royale novel and watching the 1954 TV…
Call of Duty is undoubtedly going to go down as one of the most influential games in history. It has made such an impact culturally and financially. The first release back in 2003 almost feels retro now, it’s been around for that long. But we’re…