Friday 23 February 2018

Playeruknown's Battleground's use of open world

15 years ago, I watched a TV program about The Elders Scrolls 3: Morrowind. I was completely blown away by the scale and scope of this title, and its huge, detailed world with seemingly endless possibilities. When I got the game, I walked into every house, talked to every person and grabbed every item I could. This excitement lasted for around 10 hours, before a realization hit me - there was no purpose in doing any of this. The tableware I was collecting was worth next to nothing, and no character I talked to had anything interesting to say. At best I would get a quest added to my log, which would just point me in a direction of where fighting awaited. And combat in this game was pretty simple, both mechanically and strategically, relying heavily on your equipment and stats instead.


Monday 19 February 2018

Top 10 Albums of 2017

Why hello, hi. Blog has over a year now, and to celebrate, I present you with yet another of my famous yearly Top 10 Albums lists. Now, I don’t really see a good way to summarize the entire year. There was a lot of good music, and some of it helped me discover artists I wish I’d known long ago. But other than that... It was pretty standard. So instead of trying to somehow fit the entire year worth of riffs and chords into one paragraph, let’s focus on the few albums that really stood out, starting with a few honorable mentions.

Note - all the album covers link to a song of my choosing from that album.