Facets of BrettW

Review: Diablo 3

BrettW — Sun, 20 May 2012 03:30:14 +0000

I review Diablo 3 and Blizzard's ideas for it.

Recent Games Round-up

BrettW — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 02:19:44 +0000

After the explosion of triple A games late last year, I've finally cleaned through them and started playing a wider variety of games. A bunch of friends have recommended some awesome games, that I thought I might share with you.

The Ending to Mass Effect 3

BrettW — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 00:42:38 +0000

Mass Effect 3 is out and bringing an end to a much-loved series. However with its arrival, there has been a growing chorus of dislike for the ending. So much so that people have started protests to "retake" the ending, protesting seemingly non-aggressively by making all proceeds go to Child's Play. I, however, liked the ending. I thought I might lay out some of my thoughts on the ending and this protest.

CD is a go

BrettW — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 11:55:16 +0000

I’ve been toiling away for a little while and I finally have something to show you guys. My gaming outfit Cognitive Discodance has a website, and so does the game I’m working on. I’ll let them speak for themselves.: Cognitive Discodance The Day After Over the next little while, I’ll probably tweak these a little [...]

State of the Union 2012

BrettW — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 13:49:15 +0000

Well holy mackerel, 2012 has hit and we’re already 12.5% of the way through. I’ve hit the ground running and am chugging away at my projects. I thought it might be a good time to tell everyone what I’m up to. Cognitive Discodance First order of business is setting up Cognitive Discodance, the official name [...]

Protecting against Fast Followers

BrettW — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:20:41 +0000

Recently indie group Nimblebit called out games giant Zynga for copying their game Tiny Tower pretty blatantly. Zynga employees call this “fast following” – someone achieves success in the mobile or social games arena, and Zynga acquires or produces pretty much the same game. There are some nasty specifics to the Nimblebit saga, but I [...]

Photo Review: Saints Row The Third

BrettW — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 04:56:04 +0000

I have a confession to make. I’ve been working on a review of Saints Row The Third for a little while now, but Christmas got in the way. I’ve 100% the game and loved every minute of it. However my long form review was more-or-less captured by ex-RPS writer Kieron Gillen in his Eurogamer review. [...]

Coming soon…

BrettW — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 06:07:16 +0000

Review: Star Wars The Old Republic Beta Weekend

BrettW — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 10:56:31 +0000

I got to play Star Wars The Old Republic for a weekend, and I'm sharing my impressions of a very expensive, very ambitious, but ultimately conservative game.

Rage subsides

BrettW — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 10:30:19 +0000

I finished Rage last night. I give my final impressions and share a whole bunch of pictures.