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Computer and Video Games

How Odyssey Reignited My Passion for Elite Dangerous

This is my personal review of Elite Dangerous Odyssey, and I make no apologies that it is unambiguously positive. For me, Elite Dangerous has been revitalised and revolutionised by the addition of first-person gameplay to what was previously a vehicle-only experience, and I’ve had an absolute blast for the last Read more…

By Mathew James Westhorpe, 2 years23/07/2021 ago
Computer and Video Games

Getting Marooned in Odyssey Was Almost Unscripted Gameplay Gold

Despite Frontier’s highly anticipated perambulation simulation, Odyssey, starting with a bit of a limp, some of the issues hint at the potential richness of gameplay that Odyssey can provide. For example, my personal odyssey had taken me 500 light-years away from the densely populated human bubble and out into the Read more…

By Mathew James Westhorpe, 2 years26/05/2021 ago
Computer and Video Games

In Defence of Odyssey: Are Players Complicit in the Rise of Early Access Culture

I’d love to approach this topic with an unbiased attitude of journalistic indifference, but I’m too invested and quite conflicted, for many reasons that will become clear. So allow me to poke the bear and indulge in some hypocrisy as I examine Frontier’s Elite Dangerous: Odyssey release fallout with the Read more…

By Mathew James Westhorpe, 2 years24/05/2021 ago
Entertainment

Plotting a Streaming Re-Entry

Two years ago almost to the day I dabbled with livestreaming videogames on Twitch with my late nephew, Michael. Livestreaming was one of his ambitions that we were desperately attempting to fulfil in the time he had available. It was a brief, bittersweet streaming experiment which might have been fun Read more…

By Mathew James Westhorpe, 2 years21/05/2021 ago
Computer and Video Games

Guardians of the Infuriating Puzzles

My pilgrimage to New Growth in the back end of nowhere had led to my peaceful acceptance of the indifference of the universe. Choosing to settle in the region of space that was on the doorstep of my nephew’s last wish for us was melancholic, but meaningful. The frontier nature Read more…

By Mathew James Westhorpe, 3 years19/06/2020 ago
Computer and Video Games

New Growth in Elite Dangerous

My nephew disappeared in the Pencil Sector a little over a year ago. A garbled comms transmission shortly before launch was the last we heard of him. Local authorities have been supportive and helpful, but it’s still unclear what happened. When the official investigation was concluded and it was clear Read more…

By Mathew James Westhorpe, 3 years24/05/2020 ago
Entertainment

Behind the Podcast: Recording the Pilot of This Game Changed My Life

The day I visited BBC Broadcasting House to record the pilot episode of This Game Changed My Life was a surreal experience.  Trips into Central London always make me feel like a yokel, so as a paramedic it was oddly reassuring to see an ambulance parked outside as I arrived. Read more…

By Mathew James Westhorpe, 3 years30/04/2020 ago
Entertainment

This Game Changed My Life

In these solitary times, podcasts are mana from heaven.  Done well, they are engaging and informative entertainment for the long commute, a quiet walk, or as all of those things are currently somewhat restricted, when you’re stuck at home longing for good company. The right podcast is like having some Read more…

By Mathew James Westhorpe, 3 years29/04/2020 ago
Lifestyle

Michael’s Guide to Unplugged Gaming, Coping with Isolation, and the Zombie Apocalypse

Michael was my nephew. He was 15 when he died last year after six years of illness, treatment, and isolation. So when it comes to coping strategies for medical incarceration, he was a pro. Even before he was ill, we always enjoyed playing games together. I wish he was here Read more…

By Mathew James Westhorpe, 3 years20/03/2020 ago
Lifestyle

Death, Life, & Video Games: A Documentary, a Podcast, and the Conversation to Come

When my nephew died last year, a few weeks after his fifteenth birthday, the resulting emotional storm of torment, frustration and regret was impossible to process.  Oddly, like a storm, there was a strange peace to be found at the centre of it all.  For me, it was having purpose Read more…

By Mathew James Westhorpe, 3 years09/02/2020 ago

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