http://www.blogizzle.co.uk The Personal Thought Hole of Sam Morris Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:44:24 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Every now and then I wonder why I'm actually doing this blog thing. I've been getting the feeling recently that I don't lead an interesting enough life to make one blog post everyday. I mean in the last week, most of my blog posts have been about games or my ... http://www.blogizzle.co.uk/writing/reason I don't normally re-post articles from Nidzumi but last night Archie, Arthur and me talked about Heavy Rain for an hour. You should give it a listen here. Be warned though, it's packed full of spoilers and awful jokes. http://www.blogizzle.co.uk/site-crap/listen I'm actually really enjoying having the option to play all these indie games but I'm starting to pine for something that will really benchmark my new system. That DiRT 2 demo running quite smoothly (1680x1050 Ultra settings DX11 = 34 FPS) scratched some of that itch but I'm still pining ... http://www.blogizzle.co.uk/games/buried-in-settings I recently purchased the Indie Love Bundle - which the more I think about, the more it feels like stealing - that included Macharinarium, Osmos, And Yet It Moves, Auditorium, Aztaka and Eufloria. The latter two didn't have Mac versions, but as regular followers will know I've recently built a ... http://www.blogizzle.co.uk/games/eufloria Every month or so a release for Rock Band sparks up my interested. Be it a band I like or one that other people might like, I always debate whether I should pony up and buy a few more tracks. The truth is that I always decide against it because ... http://www.blogizzle.co.uk/games/salute-your-solution I've just passed the half way point on my degree in Graphic Design and I've finally come to the conclusion that design shouldn't be taught within these academic parameters. The main problem is that design is subjective. What resonates with one person might not with another, so who is to ... http://www.blogizzle.co.uk/graphics/teaching-design You might have noticed that the last few posts have been about a PC I've speced out and bought. Well today, within 3 minutes of each other, my two orders arrived from different couriers and soon I was knee deep in screwdrivers and computer components. The build didn't go without a ... http://www.blogizzle.co.uk/games/from-scratch I've just been told that both my Dabs and Overclockers orders are on the way meaning that tomorrow I should be set up with a desktop PC. Well providing nothing goes wrong while building it. I'm not really sure what to expect, I've installed every part of a computer before, ... http://www.blogizzle.co.uk/tech/anticipation For all the six cores, or whatever it has, and for all the powerful graphics chips the Playstation 3 still couldn't figure out that this year isn't a leap year. It just makes me laugh that something ridiculously complex, fails worldwide because of something so basic. For those who don't know ... http://www.blogizzle.co.uk/games/waterlogged I normally don't plug the hell out of articles I've wrote but I'm quite pleased with my Heavy Rain review and I'm pretty tired. It was a tough one to review because I've been such an avid follower of QuanticDream and their releases, but Heavy Rain has been the closest ... http://www.blogizzle.co.uk/games/obese-rain