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Hello readers and welcome to November’s Top 5! After the success of May’s Top 5 – The Songs That Remind Me Of Games I have revisited the topic but with one difference – this time all the songs remind me of games from the Final Fantasy series. Get your headphones at the ready folks, you’re going to want to listen in on this one! Continue reading “Top 5 Songs That Remind Me Of Games: The Final Fantasy Edition”
Happy (late) November readers! Are you looking for some inspiration to light up these dark days? Well never fear, because Later Level’s Question of the Month is here, and this month’s question has been served up by none other than the marvellous Teri Mae from the Sheikah Plate. Make sure you go and check out her amazing recipes! Continue reading “QotM November: Just One More Turn…”
Just in case you missed it over on the Normal Happenings site, here is a link to my piece about Guitar Hero as featured in the amazing blogging series The Games That Define Us.
There is a snippet below, but please click the link to go check out the whole thing and while you are there, make sure you check out all of the other awesome posts.
This collaboration has really shown what strength and depth there is in the video games blogging community, as well as highlighting the positive influences that games have on our lives – something which often isn’t understood outside of the gaming community. Enjoy!
Guitar Hero taught me that I can do it, that I don’t have to fear failure. It wasn’t a magic potion but it was a crutch through hard times, and both inspiration and distraction when I believed I was worthless.
via Guitar Hero | The Game That Defines Shoot the Rookie — Normal Happenings
Happy Halloween readers, and welcome to this month’s Top 5! Just as we did last October 31st, Shoot the Rookie is doing a Halloween themed list for October, but this year we’re veering from the terrifying to the ridiculous and combining Halloween, Video Games and FASHION. Continue reading “A Top 5 – Halloween Style!”
Happy October readers! It being October means that there is a new Question of the Month over at Later Levels, and this month’s has been set by the fabulous Megan from A Geeky Gal who is famous for completing the awesome ‘30 day anime challenge‘! Continue reading “Question of the Month: The Game that Scared Me the Most”
Hello readers and welcome to my response post to a question set for me by Ian from the Adventure Rules blog as part of his marvellous community collaboration event – Charming and Open. Continue reading “Charming and Open Response: A Video Game Adaptation”
In a week’s time, Resonate Total Gaming hits Glasgow’s SEC Centre. It is billed as ‘Scotland’s number one gaming festival’ and this got me thinking that perhaps now would be the perfect time to present the first edition of The Gamer’s Guide to Glasgow.
Good day readers. As you may know, I’ve recently had the honour of serving as a judge in the blogging community’s foremost annual event – Blogger Blitz. After yesterday’s thrilling conclusion, I wanted to write a post to say a huge thank you to the event’s organiser – the awesome Ian from Adventure Rules. Continue reading “Blogger Blitz: Appreciation and Thanks!”
Happy September readers and welcome to this month’s Top 5 which is all about final bosses! Continue reading “Top 5 Final Bosses”
