Category Archives: Video Games

Kerbal Space Program: Conquering the Solar System

Since I last did a post on Kerbal Space Program, my gameplay has generally consisted of visiting any bodies in the game’s solar system that I haven’t yet reached, and fulfilling any new and interesting contracts that popped up. One … Continue reading

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Kerbal Space Program: One Giant Leap for Kerbalkind

At the end of my last post on Kerbal Space Program, I was trying to figure out how to transport 2350 units of ore from the Mun and land it on Kerbin to fulfil a contract. But in fact, the … Continue reading

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Kerbal Space Program: Moonbase 1

When I select a contract in Career Mode on Kerbal Space Program, it’s usually when it’s offering something new, challenging and hopefully fun to try out. Relatively early on in the game, a contract came up to build a surface … Continue reading

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Kerbal Space Program: Interplanetary Voyage, Take Two

Much of the time I’ve spent playing Kerbal Space Program since my last post on the subject has been focussed on collecting as much science as possible by landing on different areas of the Mun and Minmus, using my space … Continue reading

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Kerbal Space Program: Ever-Expanding Horizons

Progress on Kerbal Space Program has continued steadily: having accomplished landings on the Mun and Minmus, and recovered debris from space, the Career Mode contracts were asking for more advanced manouvers. There was, for example, the contract to perform a … Continue reading

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My Top 10 Favourite Video Games

I’ve wanted to write about my favourite video games for a while now – but now that I have a YouTube channel, I decided to make a video about my top 10 instead! 10. Pokémon Gold (Game Boy Colour) 09. … Continue reading

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Kerbal Space Program: I’m Getting The Hang Of This

When I last blogged about Kerbal Space Program, I was having difficulty just getting my spacecraft into orbit, let alone landing on other worlds. A few weeks later, however, after getting to grips with the mechanics and watching some more … Continue reading

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Kerbal Space Program: Starting Out

This week, I started playing a PC game I’ve had my eye on for a while: Kerbal Space Program. This game involves building rockets and aircraft, which are generally limited by realistic laws of physics, and piloted by little green … Continue reading

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Video game review: Mass Effect 3

In Mass Effect 3, the dreaded moment that Commander Shepard has fought against for two games has finally arrived: the ancient machine race known as the Reapers have made their way back to the galaxy. Now they are beginning their … Continue reading

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Video game review: Mass Effect 2

Fresh off finishing Mass Effect, I launched straight into Mass Effect 2 – and, as previously mentioned, almost lost Camp NaNoWriMo as a result. I imported my Commander Shepard from the first game, which meant that not only were his … Continue reading

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