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Four Winds
First, the North wind will take us south to Florida, for a brief holiday with my wife's family.Next, the East wind will take us west to Colorado, to visit my brother-in-law.Then, the South wind will take us north to Montana, to meet with a work colleague.Finally, the West wind will take us east,... Read more...
Published 3 days ago
Moorcock's Metaphysics (5): Jerry Cornelius
May contain spoilers It may be the case that the overall popularity of the fantasy genre has contributed to the Jerry Cornelius stories being overlooked in recent years in favour of the Elric novels, but there was a time when these four books were considered essential reading, and they have... Read more...
Published 4 days ago
Temporal Fault
Your scheduled post occurs one week in the future. Skip your comments phase. No-one saw the cracks at first, lurking between the moments, until in an instant there was a cacophonous rip and the fabric of time was torn asunder. Read more...
Published 5 days ago
Transatlantic Traversals
It is with a touch of disappointment that I report that my wife and I will shortly be crossing the Atlantic ocean yet another time in order to live on the European shores once more. There are good reasons for us to move back to Manchester, including the fact we have property there, and a slew of... Read more...
Published 6 days ago
New Poll: Volume of Content
I've fallen into a comfortable rhythm now, posting Tuesday to Friday, and I have managed to cut down on the over-long posts (somewhat!) by breaking them up into serials. Now that these changes are bedded in, what do you think about the volume of content here on Only a Game? Still too much? Just... Read more...
Published 1 week ago
Results of Poll 8: Save Games
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Published 1 week ago
Moorcock's Metaphysics (4): The Multiverse
May contain spoilers. The Multiverse refers to a diverse collection of parallel worlds or universes " the many within one. Just as Law and Chaos have penetrated deep into the counterculture thanks to Moorcocks writing, so the term multiverse (originally coined by 19th century luminary... Read more...
Published 2 weeks ago
Super Mario Galaxy
Super Mario Galaxy is a highly polished, professionally produced platform game, with much to recommend it. Unfortunately, it is also a product of the tensions in the videogames marketplace " stuck between continuing to court the support of the gamer hobbyist, and meeting the play needs of the... Read more...
Published 2 weeks ago
Intellectual Property
In the context of creative media, Intellectual property (IP) refers to the rights for a particular setting or work. These days, such rights are closely guarded by the media corporations and rarely if ever shared, although the nature of IP ownership varies radically according to the medium being... Read more...
Published 2 weeks ago
Skimming the Internet
When I started blogging, a scratch under three years ago, I had a tight circle of blogs which I read and commented on regularly. It helped that I had a gap in my work at the time. But over the years, the number of blogs in my reader has ballooned such that now I can rarely do more than skim... Read more...
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Moorcock's Metaphysics (3): The Eternal Champion
May contain spoilers. The fate of the Eternal Champion, the central character (or characters) in the mythological framework within which the majority of Michael Moorcocks novels are set, is eternal struggle. In myriad worlds and times, the hero is reborn and finds himself or herself placed in... Read more...
Published 3 weeks ago
Malone on Curiosity
One of the more interesting emotional behaviours associated with videogames is curiosity " that powerful drive to seek out new and interesting information. Yet there is very little written on the subject, unless you count Nicole Lazzaros Easy Fun key. Or at least " so I thought. Super-heroic Only... Read more...
Published 3 weeks ago