Broke and tired!My wallet exhausted, my gaming schedule full, it's time once again to take a look at my week in review.Too many games to play has meant a delay to my usual weekly editorial missive. I've spent the last couple … Continue Reading ››
MW3 vs. BF3...there are no winners in war!I'm so weak. Despite promising myself I wouldn't, I got myself a copy of Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 for the Xbox 360 and I'm rather glad that I did.It's one week after the … Continue Reading ››
So many games, so little time!As the NZ gaming scene continues to hot up for Christmas, it's been another exciting week in the house of B'Stard.Last week Battlefield 3 reminded me why I have such a love/hate relationship with PC gaming. Even … Continue Reading ››
Busy. Do not disturb!After Bat-week , a long weekend here in New Zealand , a little bit of intellectual property drama and me being too busy in Arkham City to write anything, State of Play returns to normal. Well sort of, as … Continue Reading ››
Credit where credit's due.Due to an administration error, my writing credits got removed from the articles that I wrote on the Game Culture NZ website and accidentally credited to another author.As I did the writing for free, having the author credit is … Continue Reading ››
I've just moved the site from the comfort of wordpress.com to its permanent home at www.stateofplay.co.nz.Please adjust your links accordingly, although wordpress.com will redirect you here for the time being. You may notice a lack of functionality and the old hiccup as I configure plug-ins and edit the CSS. Hopefully it'll all be up and … Continue Reading ››
This isn't the first time I've started a post stating that this isn't a music site. And it isn't.I was saddened to hear of Amy Winehouse's passing on Saturday.I'm not a music connoisseur. I have a broad and jumbled musical taste that transcends style or … Continue Reading ››
This isn't a music site, I know. But I got a press release in my email box today that triggered a WTF moment that I thought I'd share.Auckland singer/songwriter Kurt Shanks, who I used to work with when I lived on the Shore, has just … Continue Reading ››