Minecraft- Finally Complete!

Minecraft is finally out of beta!

This little sandbox Indie game, was developed by Mojang, a small Swedish Company that was established by the institution himself, Markus “Notch” Persson. Minecraft is primarily Notch’s brain child, though under the umbrella of Mojang, he chose to hire Jens “Jeb” Bergensten (programmer), Daniel Kaplan (the “business guy”), Jakob Porser whose role sees him working mainly on the controversially named “Scrolls” (that’s not because it’s a curse in swedish), and Markus “Junkboy” Toivonen (the game’s artist); all of whom have had a hand in the development of Minecraft. It was released in 2009 in its alpha stage and moved into the beta testing phase on 20th December 2010. Minecraft has been available for purchase for over 2 years, at least it has been available in its unfinished form with frequent bug fixes and feature updates – until now, so it really needs no introduction, but for the uninitiated I’m going to write one anyway! 😀

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim – The Review

It has been 5 years since the previous Elder Scrolls title, Oblivion, landed on to the Xbox 360, PS3 and PC. But in the world of Tamriel, 200 years have passed since the region saw the horizon scourged by the appearance of the Oblivion gates, bridging the gap between reality and the realm of Mehrunes Dagon, the Daedric Prince of destruction. Harmony was eventually restored and now Tamriel faces a new threat.

The province of Skyrim is in the clutches of civil disparity. The High King of Skyrim has been murdered and the Nordic locals are divided on the future of the Empire. Wrought with instability, the province is plagued further by the return of the fearsome Dragons, who had inexplicably vanished in the distant past. The safety of Skyrim and the whole of Tamriel seems to be at stake as civilisation, as it has come to be known, stands on the brink, from which they can either stand their ground in the midst of unequivocal adversity or catalyse the fall of humanity and the rise of the age of the Dragon. Someone needs to step up and offer hope to the kingdom, that someone is an anonymous prisoner, that some one is you.

The Triumphs Of Oblivion.

Skyrim is due out this Friday, so i thought I’d weigh in on this gem of a game!

With the impending release of the latest title in the series, The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion is an extremely difficult sell, even in spite of Skyrim. With dated visuals, awkward combat and unrealistic player-to-NPC interaction, amongst other issues, the game seems to have little chance of standing up to the titans of today. Released in 2006, it rubbed shoulders with the likes of Gears of War, Call of Duty 3, LOTR: The Battle for Middle-Earth II and, just as important, in my opinion, Kingdom Hearts 2. The game was developed by Bethesda Game Studio off the back of an extremely popular Morrowind which was released in 2002 on the original Xbox to critical acclaim, with Oblivion being released on a next-gen console, Bethesda had their work cut out to create a game that would surpass their previous.