Ian Dransfield

Gaming

Video Games Are Better Than Ever So Why Are We Trying to Revisit the Past?

The Vega+ and Commodore PET phone show us that some gaming memories are better off as, well, memories.
Ian Dransfield
3.17.16
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Growing Up in the Post-Apocalyptic Wastelands of 'Fallout'

It's a little amazing just how many of my experiences with the role-playing series have echoed what's been happening in my real life.
Ian Dransfield
12.18.15
VICE vs Video games

25 Super Nintendo Games You Should Play Today

Nintendo's 16bit machine is 25 years old, so here's 25 games from the 1990s that you can put on today and forget about frame rate debates for an hour or two.
Ian Dransfield
11.27.15
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Gaming’s Most Gorgeous Apocalypses

While we wait for Fallout 4, let's look back at other games that had us looking forward to the end of the world.
Ian Dransfield
11.9.15
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‘WWE 2K16’ Is Better Than Its Predecessors but Still Not Very Good

It's better than 'WWE 2K15,' which is something—but what does a passionate wrestling fan make of the latest video game version of sports entertainment's biggest franchise?
Ian Dransfield
11.4.15
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Discovering What’s Different About the New, Definitive ‘Need for Speed’

Ghost Games are presenting a fresh take on 'Need for Speed,' rebooted for a new generation. Here, the company's creative director delivers some fan-pleasing promises.
Ian Dransfield
11.3.15
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‘Rainbow Six Siege’ Is the Shooter You Share

Unlike Call of Duty, there's no proper single-player mode. So get some pals before you get the game.
Ian Dransfield
10.30.15
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Real-Life Sports Are Much Better When They’re Video Games

There's no denying it: take controllers and immediate access to chips out of the equation and a bunch of these things are dull as fuck.
Ian Dransfield
8.4.15
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Role-Playing Games Have Been My Life Before I Even Knew What They Were

How I discovered the joys of a sometimes confusing, often trope-ridden genre.
Ian Dransfield
5.12.15
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Let's Blow Some Shit Up: A Brief History of Cathartic Destruction in Video Games

From demolishing buildings with dynamite to simply punching stuff apart, games have addressed violently destroying things in very different ways over the years.
Ian Dransfield
3.26.15
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I'll Never Love a Computer Like I Loved the Commodore Amiga

With a massive catalogue available to anyone with a penchant for piracy, the Amiga defined a generation of British gamers.
Ian Dransfield
3.13.15
I'll Never Love Another Console

I'll Never Love a Computer Like I Loved the Commodore Amiga

With a massive catalogue available to anyone with a penchant for piracy, the Amiga defined a generation of British gamers.
Ian Dransfield
3.13.15
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