So, yes. If you’ve been keeping track, you may know that I happen to have a very large interest in Video Games. I also happen to be fairly talented in writing. As a result, and in a moment of brilliance, I fairly often bring the two together like some sort of freaky genetic splicing experiment. However, the results are – for the most part – not so gruesome. In fact, I have been told they make for pretty good reading. So with that in mind, think of this page as a catalogue of quite a lot of the things that I’ve written.
Obviously as The Mad Gamer was my site, I pretty much hold the “copyright” to the stuff that used to be on there, as well as any writings that I may post here, but I’m generally a kind soul, so if you wish to reproduce them on another site, you may do so, with a couple of conditions – firstly, you obviously credit me as the author, that’s pretty much a given. Secondly, you would also post a link to the original article so that people see where the musings were first unleashed upon the internet. And therefore not incur my wrath. Thirdly I would also appreciate it if you let me know by e-mail where you are reprinting the article, along with a link (where applicable) to wherever it ends up. For anything that isn’t on The Mad Gamer, then we get a little more tricky. For the most part, assume the site that the writing is hosted on is the one that holds the copyright, and for things that are in published print, then assume that you can’t reproduce it unless I repost the article here, and even then, make sure by reading the little description I will no doubt post along with the link. And if I do give permission, then the same rules as for the TMG stuff will no doubt apply. Unless I’m ashamed of it or something.
Articles are sorted by type, followed by how recent they are with the most recent articles are on the top of each list. The date that follows them correspond to the date when they first published where I remembered or I had access to that information, otherwise I’ve put the date they were first published on this very blog.
So now we’ve got the explanation and introduction out of the way, I present, for your consideration, various writings, reviews and other musings written by me, Ben Borthwick:
Features
Left 4 Sims – The Sims 3 played as the Survivors from Left 4 Dead
Malevolent Effect – Mass Effect, Renegade Style
Because The Voices Told Me To… – Audiosurf with voices instead of music
Articles/Columns
The Kids Are Alright? – 14/04/10
When is DLC Not DLC? – 29/03/10
Reinventing the Code Wheel – 24/03/10
Difficulty Questions – 09/11/09
Death Perception – 21/10/09
Back to School – 09/09/09
When The Throttle Stalled – 26/08/09
Do You See, DLC? – 19/08/09
Going Through the Promotions – 12/08/09
Heads Up – 29/07/09
Unarmed & Dangerous – 22/07/09
Ain’t No Party Like A PC Party – 15/07/09
You’re It – 01/12/08
Simply The Best – 02/07/07
Is Casual Gaming Hurting NGJ? Well, Not Really… – 30/05/07
Modus Operandi – 22/03/07
Long Play: StarTopia – 22/03/07
Console-idation – 11/03/07
Reviews
Plain Sight – 23/04/10
Splinter Cell: Conviction (Xbox 360) – 20/04/10
Battlefield: Bad Company 2 – 22/03/10
Tales of Monkey Island Episode Five: The Rise of The Pirate God – 09/12/09
Modern Warfare 2 – 05/12/09
Borderlands – 08/11/09
Tales of Monkey Island Episode Four: The Trial and Execution of Guybrush Threepwood – 1/11/09
Machinarium – 15/10/09
Red Faction: Guerrilla – 11/10/09
Tales of Monkey Island Episode Two: The Siege of Spinner Cay – 20/08/09
Street Fighter 4 – 12/08/09
Ghostbusters – The Video Game – 23/07/09
Tales of Monkey Island Episode One – Launch of the Screaming Narwhal – 08/07/09
Burnout Paradise: The Ultimate Box – 15/02/09
World of Goo – 08/10/08
AudioSurf – 16/02/08
Rock Legend – 15/06/07
DEFCON – 28/10/06
Broken Sword 4 – The Angel Of Death – 18/10/06
Prey – 26/09/06
The Ship – 11/07/06
Half Life 2: Episode One – 02/06/06
Sin Episodes: Emergence – 15/05/06
Tomb Raider Legend – 10/04/06
Lego Star Wars – 06/04/06
XBox 360 Controller for Windows - 31/01/06
Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones - 27/12/05
The Matrix: Path of Neo – 09/12/05
Darwinia - 18/11/05
Battlefield 2 - 06/11/05
Day of Defeat: Source - 23/10/05
Rag Doll Kung Fu - 18/10/05
The Matrix Online - 16/08/05
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas – 05/07/05
Interviews
Interview: Mark Darin – Telltale games – 04/08/09
Interview: Chris Peck (OuterLight) – 30/08/06
Interview: How to Party – Hero Style - 05/07/05
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