My Top 10 for 2014

I truly believe that videogames are on the brink of realising their full potential as the most diverse, expressive and creative medium on the planet. The key word in that sentence is ‘brink’; we’re not quite there yet.

My Top 10 Concerts

I love live music. I love it hard. From packed out stadiums to cramped pubs, there's no better way to spend a day/evening than dancing like a loon and singing along so loudly you can't talk afterwards. I've been to many, many gigs and have had some of the best experiences of my life at many of them. Picking my 10 favorite shows isn't easy, but there are a handful that stand out from the rest for one reason or another. Here they are (along with some extras I couldn't go without mentioning).

'Typically brilliant' - Left Behind, struggling with expectation and *that* scene

Note - Full SPOILERS for The Last Of Us and Left Behind are in this article

Imagine creating a body of work so critically acclaimed and universally loved that fans start referring to your craft as ‘typically brilliant’. Is that necessarily a good thing? Working to the exact standard expected of you, surprising no one with your latest display of mastery simply because everyone already knew it was going to be that way.