IT'S BEEN a beautiful sun-kissed long weekend in Scotland. I don't usually take bank holidays off, choosing to save the day for when I need it - such as work irritating me beyond my tolerance threshold - but seeing as the Queen has been in a job for ages, we got an additional day off. My monarchy-snubbing soul couldn't resist four days to tweet my churlishness at the money wasted during a cost-of-living crisis whilst I sat in the sun, soaking up some of those glorious rays

New challenges for 2022- YouTube content creation and weight loss.

Last night (19th July 2018) I had the honour of being part of a team of streamers on Twitch, raising money for the excellent Special Effect. This small, UK based charity help people with disabilites access computers or/and play games when mainstream technology prevents them from doing so. I first encountered this charity through the fundraising work of DJTruthsayer but it was the turn of the marvellous TheHoneyThief to put our gang together and he didn't dissappoint- we sma

Twitch brought in some changes this week which means raids, hosts and premieres don't count towards viewer figures any more in the path to partnership. A good summary of the changes can be found through this Twitter post from Daebol. What does that mean for me? Meh... not much really. I'm going to keep on keeping on and focus on trying to grow my corner of Twitch into a larger and larger circle of friends. On that note, I have finally got my Instagram set-up so my gaming

(I have played this game with a gifted, NDA free steam key from 505 Games for full disclosure! #ad) I first described Memories of Mars as Subnautica without the water. Others have called it Subnautica with a bigger oxygen tank, other groups are describing it as Rust in Space. I haven't played Rust, so I will have to bow to others on that comparison but one thing is for certain - this game has a LOT of potential. First of all, whatever review you read - they are based on thi

Yes! I have arrived! I have managed to unlock the hallowed achievement of miserable, excruciating, can't-put-my-own-socks-on back pain through three decades of dedicated, slouched gaming. Sitting comfortably dear reader? Ah, let me smile softly and shake my head as I observe you sitting, curled like a cat with your elbow resting on your desk as you scroll through this post. Maybe you have one leg tucked up reassuringly under your trailing leg as you relax in your seat. M

Life is often hectic, unrelenting and indistinguishable from a vaudeville act and last week definitely qualified as one of those, hence the title. Not a review? I'll get onto that bit. Most of this week was taken up with the tense wait to see what had happened to my beloved new computer which was away being repaired after failing to boot to anything other than a black screen. The experience with tech support over the phone was not the best and seeing as the problem was even

I am pleased to confirm that Paradox Interactive have kindly given this Old Gamer a review key for their upcoming mech-mashing strategy game. I may have squeed a little when I got the email confirmation. Mechs first stomped into my consciousness back in the days of paper, pencils and small tokens being shoved around a hex map. I have enjoyed many an hour playing other multiplayer mech games since then but there has been a bit of a lul only fleetingly sated by Mechwarrior On