Ah, MCM Scotland. One of the most geeky events of the year. Returning once again to the SEC geeks young and old flocked to the weekend’s events. Comic con is an event that only seems to get bigger, filling the halls with the joyful chatter of fans of all kinds of things, cosplayers showing off their latest creations, talented artists and crafters and the ubiquitous [...]
With the success of Pokémon Go and Wizards Unite, it was guaranteed that other games would embrace the format. Minecraft Earth entered its closed beta phase and I was lucky enough to be invited to test it out. Gameplay is pretty simple. To collect blocks, flowers, trees and mobs to place in your builds you must go out into the real world and look for them. Tap on an element [...]
Crawl Out Through the Fallout – Why Fallout 76 Doesn't Work I decided to start a new playthrough of Fallout 4 this week. I am enjoying it so much, I really feel like 4 may have received an undeservedly bad rap. Going back to 4 however made me realise where Fallout 76 fails. Now please do not misunderstand me, I still have a lot of affection for 76. It’s still [...]
Many years ago when I was a fledgling journalist, the first convention I ever covered was Play Expo in Blackpool. Held in a dingy, run down hotel, it was still the most exciting thing I'd ever done. Here I was, living my dream of being a video games journalist and providing coverage of conventions. Now, Play Expo has extended it's reach to Glasgow and I entered the [...]
