It’s been a little while since any posts, but that’s fine, it’s in the name of progress behind the scenes. With a cool idea around the merch store that may or may not take place, a video review that I keep putting off, Skyward Sword keeping me busy and plenty of online games. There’s a […]
Nothing drastic going on here, in fact, nothing much going on, hence the update. I’ve tried to invest time in specific games, tried to put time into streaming, and slowly slowly started to work on video content. Not everything pans out, some things will take a little longer as I keep making changes to the […]
A mantra used in so many methodologies, from project management to development of software and plans for meetings/sessions. What about games, though? Plan, Do, Review. It’s clear, it’s concise and it’s remarkably effective. A cycle, not a linear map to follow. As soon as you hit the “review” phase, you go back to planning your […]
A whole new decade is upon us! 2020 is going to see the release of the next generation of consoles, and no dooubt the improvement of the “games as a service” model (Stadia, XCloud etc). Fantastic, right?! Well, yeah. But that’s potentially a lot of money, and honestly, a lot of time that I’m not […]
The past month has seen quite a drop in me creating and publishing posts. Not so much because I have nothing to write about, but because I’m struggling for time at the minute. Coffee is being drunk, games are being played, but I’m not getting it all up here. With four or five half-written pieces […]
Gaming is a great hobby, with so much variety and breadth. Niche titles, global communities and hundreds of ways to buy them all. The thing is, it can be a pretty expensive past time, too! It’s all well and good having a console or PC, but those games and subscriptions for online services ain’t free. […]
Being any kind of gamer can often mean looking for guides or reviews, or perhaps even lore. Now, the quantity of content available to us on YouTube is phenomenal. Every game-related question you have is likely to be answered here. Long-gone are the days where I’d go to the nearest newsagents and read through Amiga […]
2018 has been a pretty great year for Ninja Refinery, but better still for gaming in general. Of course, it’s the end of the year and everyone feels obliged to create “best of” lists and rate everything, usually in a ranked list. To hell with that though. Ninja Refinery doesn’t believe in scores and rankings. […]
We mostly play games for fun, right? To attain a certain level of satisfaction. Whether that’s achieving something (solving a puzzle, getting that last shot in to take someone down with you, seeing the conclusion of a story you’ve clung to from day one etc). Beyond these almost “expected” satisfactions, though, are arguably the deeper, […]
Gaming is without a doubt my favourite hobby, alongside writing on here, playing guitar, drinking coffee etc. The problem is, no matter what I’m doing, I’m almost always considering what’s next, and never fully “in the moment” as it were. Sure I get immersed, but then I have to return to real life and I […]