Guitar Hero | The Game That Defines Shoot the Rookie — Normal Happenings

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

November 24, 2018 2

Question of the Month: The Game that Scared Me the Most

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” →

October 26, 2018 7

Charming and Open Response: A Video Game Adaptation

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” →

October 19, 2018 5

Blogger Blitz: Appreciation and Thanks!

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!” →

September 29, 2018 3

It’s All in the Genes: A QOTM Response

It’s Later Level’s Question of the Month time again and as defending champion (yep, I just made that a thing, come at me!) I’d better think of an awesome answer to August’s question, which has been expertly set by the fabulous Brandon from the That Green Dude blog. Continue reading “It’s All in the Genes: A QOTM Response” →

August 21, 2018 10

It’s a Nice Day to Loot a White Wedding! A QOTM Response.

Let me extend a warm welcome to all my readers from around the World on this auspicious occasion. We are gathered here today for the marriage of…hang on….I can’t read the names…well, that doesn’t matter, we are gathered here for a grand (and expensive looking) wedding, the likes of which has rarely been seen before in the world of video game blogging. Continue reading “It’s a Nice Day to Loot a White Wedding! A QOTM Response.” →

July 23, 2018 10

The Video Game World Cup 2018: Blogger’s Eleven

Hello to all soccer fans and video game fans everywhere! This is an exciting day indeed, one we’ve been eagerly anticipating for four long years. That’s right, you guessed it. Today, Sunday July 15th 2018, will see the next name engraved on the famous World Cup Trophy. Will it be 1998 champions France, or will we see a new name engraved, that of plucky challengers Croatia? Or…what’s this I’m getting in my earpiece Jeff? Is something stranger afoot… Continue reading “The Video Game World Cup 2018: Blogger’s Eleven” →

July 15, 2018 21

Hyrule: See the Sights! Hear the Sounds!

I have recently had the pleasure of taking part in a fantastic collaboration – Hyrule: See the Sights! Hear the Sounds! Matthew & Nikki from Normal Happenings decided that it would be awesome to create a kind of Zelda guide-book, looking in-depth at some of the amazing locations from the Zelda series and my goodness were they right! Continue reading “Hyrule: See the Sights! Hear the Sounds!” →

July 12, 2018 3

The Video Game World Cup 2018

Today the 21st Football World Cup kicks off at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow, Russia. As I am a huge fan of both Football (or, y’know, Soccer) and Video Games, I wanted to mark the occasion and get the whole blogging community involved. So I will waste no more time in welcoming you, my dear readers, to the opening day of the Video Game World Cup 2018 – A Community Event! Continue reading “The Video Game World Cup 2018” →

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