Category: Games

• March 22, 2013

  Live, from my sofa

  Hello again, and sorry for the delay in posting. This is Ordinary Decent Gamer, and I am currently unwell. It has been a busy few weeks, and unfortunately yesterday I came down with a case of food poisoning, or if you’re of Royal heritage, gastroenteritis. At least I am off for the Easter holidays now.…
• March 10, 2013

  The late post

  I’ve fallen behind slightly with my writing, or perhaps more than slightly. It has been a busy few weeks and I haven’t had the same free time, between filmmaking and filming events (event, in truth). I should also add that I have just passed 10,000 views! Gratuitous Violence The newest short film we produced last…
• January 17, 2013

  Gaming – The Year in Review…sort of

  Welcome back to OrdinaryDecentGamer, where I seem to talk about everything but games most of the time. You may have noticed the new layout? And of course the subject correlates with the title, as I’m trying out this new theme for a change. I can’t believe how long this blog has been running now. It…
• January 13, 2013

  Asbestos – the wonder material of the future, yesterday!

  “Gasp! The horror! Asbestos!”  they cry, as the ordinary decent folk look on in disbelief. “Surely asbestos is the worst thing since satan?”. Well, actually things are not as clear cut as they seem here, and we shouldn’t be so quick to dismiss the fibres as another one of humanity’s terrible mistakes; of which there…
• January 7, 2013

  No room at the inn

  I sit here alone, in a spare room in the nurses home in Altnagelvin Area Hospital, contemplating what I did wrong to end up in this situation. As I suspected prior to my arrival, there was no room allocated for me, even though all students placed here are supposed to be given rooms without booking…
• December 29, 2012

  Huh…Metal Gear?!

  I sit here with my family, in front of a roaring fire, in quiet contemplation, and enjoying having a night off from hosting guests. Since the eve of Christmas eve, we have had people over visiting, which entailed non-stop cooking, cleaning and entertaining. It is always nice to see everyone, but there comes a time…
• November 29, 2012

  A game review?! Not really

  There was no real post last weekend, just a general commentary on life and death. I did not feel inspired to write anything interesting or whimsical, it just didn’t seem appropriate in my mind at that time. Another new week though, and life goes on. Another good week of ENT in Altnagelvin, though things were…
• November 4, 2012

  Movie night, and a burning desire for fudge…

  Don’t judge a book by its cover. The dishevelled looking crazy person on the bus; the one hunched over in his seat, looking at the ground and rummaging through his bags is not, in fact, insane. He is actually an intelligent being who looks exhausted because he sprinted up the road after this bus, which…
• May 25, 2012

  Beautiful weather…shame about the exams

  I love this weather! Sun splitting the trees, the streets crowded with happy people, the option to leave the house without carrying a coat or jumper. My phone captured it pretty well. It was the busiest I’ve seen the city centre in a good while. Everything about it is fantastic, and best of all it…
• March 24, 2012

  Rediscovery

  I love rediscovering Belfast. Day in, day out, I walk the same roads. The same routes. To get to the same destination. Thursday was a different day, as I had some free time after class for a change. My first destination, along with two friends from my class, was the GAME store in Donegal Square.…