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Hiya, I'm Daniel Mears and this is my blog. For the moment, it mostly consists of brief game and music reviews I have written for the University of Sheffield's Forge Press.
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A speech on International Relations
There are plenty of things that we can predict with a reasonable degree of accuracy.
The world’s population will inevitably hit the 7 billion mark by the end of the year, and is likely to peter out at 9 billion by 2050.
This year the developing world, spearheaded by China, India and Brazil, will grow four times as fast as the rich world, and China is on track to become the worlds largest economy by 2050.
2050 will also see global temperatures to have already risen by about 2 degrees, an amount that may seem negligible until you consider that the current global temperature is only 5 degrees warmer than the last ice age.
And yet, as I leafed through the Economist’s predictions for the “world in 2011” with the aim of getting clued up on the art of crystal gazing, I found no mention of the most significant event of the year so far – that being the political upheaval that is continuing to sweep across the Middle East and North Africa with tremendous consequences. Continue reading
My Perfect Game…
Conversation. Games barely ever get it right, in fact it’s so often bodged that I for one find it a relief that Half-Life’s protagonist is a mute; better that than being forced to watch hour after hour of boring cut-scenes whilst my character acts like a nob. Yet it’s not as if conversation has to be tiresome, anyone who’s ever watched The West Wing will know that it can be downright compelling when it is infused with a sense of urgency and importance. Games have undoubtedly seen great advancements over the last decade, but the fact of the matter is that in the talking department games remain as stunted as they always have been. My perfect game would put an end to this sorry state of affairs. Continue reading
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Malos Tiempos – My Worst Experience In A Game
The worst experience I’ve had would have to be in Eve: Online. Strangely, until my friend and I were talking about Eve a few weeks back, I had absolutely no recollection of it. Whether that’s because I was so traumatised by it, or because I simply have a bad memory, I’m not sure. Continue reading
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The Adventure Continues…
Meep! My name’s Daniel Mears, and back in September I spontaneously attended a meeting for the University of Sheffield’s Forge Press, following my impulsive streak I nabbed myself a game to review. By the completion of my review something had … Continue reading
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