Hearthstone Review

Unfamiliar with the Warcraft universe having largely steered clear of the entire franchise, I have been hearing great things about Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft, the new card game based on the series' lore. The game is still in beta but is free to play and despite my beliefs that it would be a poor iteration of other fantasy card games, the positive noises I was hearing (especially from other members of this blog - it's worth noting that this review is my opinion, as are all the reviews I post, not that of the rest of the team) and the non-existent price tag inspired me to put aside me prior assumptions and give it a go.

DayZ Adventures commence!

Litomatoma here with a weekly update.

As many of you may know DayZ Standalone was released not that long ago after many disputes of the future of DayZ and when it will be released.

I bought it immediately and haven’t played it all that much as the content is still very raw as it is in its Alpha stage.

However, with a few friends we decided to do some old school DayZ like old times, scared for our lives in the world of zombies.

The Last of Us, a Retrospective Review

With The Last of Us Downloadable Content set to drop, I returned to the original game for the first time since its release over 6 months ago. At the time, the Playstation 4 was on the horizon and as the then-current generation approached its final curtain call, Naughty Dog; already established as a leading Playstation-exclusive developer through their Uncharted series, delived an action packed and heart wrenching tale set in a post-apocalyptic world.

New characters announced for Mario Kart 8 and Super Smash Bros 4!

Hello everyone, Kieran 'Mukea' Miller here again, just a quick one from me today. So last night was the first Nintendo Direct of 2014 and along with a load of games that are coming out they also showed new trailers of Mario Kart 8 and Super Smash Bros 4, showing off some more of the new characters that they are adding.  Hit read more for more information and for some images of the new characters!

The start of Litomatoma Robotiod, EVE Online

After many years of almost buying EVE Online, three days ago I decided that I would go for it.

The game is a subscription game in the same vein as WoW, you can either try it for free for 14 days via the website http://www.eveonline.com/start/ or you can buy it on Steam like I did meaning you get the game and 1 months subscription free. This also creates an account linked to Steam and the EVE Online website.

As my internet is so slow it took me two nights to download and patch. But nothing to worry about, it's not that big of a download as my friend did it in under an hour... Anyway, back to the game not my terrible internet.

The story is based off people from Earth going through a wormhole to the other end of the universe to a new galaxy named "New Eden". The wormhole was stabilised for a while, creating a giant gateway bearing the titular name "EVE" but it unexpectedly collapsed, leaving the people that had passed through stranded on the surrounding planets.

After many years man kind rose back up into the stars and was divided into 5 factions that you choose from. I won't ruin everything as there is a huge plot twist in there that will explain the game a lot more.
Currently I have made a character called "Litomatoma Robotiod" whom I will travel the universe of EVE Online as.

The game is really enjoyable, but not for the people that want fast paced games as there are times in which you must travel for literally 30 minutes for a mission, which is what I'm doing right now.
Now this could all be because I chose the path of business which said, "This is for the sort of people that will eventually want to sit on their leather chairs and smoke cigars on their spacestation".

I will keep you updated on future EVE experiences and hope I can inspire you to play, Ciao.

Ian "Litomatoma" Comina

The Elder Scrolls Online Beta!

Hello everyone, Kieran 'Mukea' Miller here again. This weekend there was a server stress test for the Elder Scrolls Online and I managed to get my hands on a key! I had to sign a non-disclosure agreement so I don't really know how much I am allowed to say but I've had a whale of a time playing it over this weekend.

Hearthstone - Just pulled a golden legendary out of a pack. Yay?

Hello everyone, Kieran 'Mukea' Miller here again. It was my birthday on Monday so I thought I would use a bit of my birthday money and crack open some packs, hoping to pull one of the popular legendaries. Now, the thing about me is, I would rather wait until I have 3200 dust and craft a golden legendary of choice rather than having lots of ordinary legendaries (I like the shinies!), so I have crafted a golden Hogger and a golden Tirion Fordring but don't yet have a Ragnaros the Firelord, Sylvanas Windrunner or Ysera of any kind... Yet today, from the last pack I open, what do I pull? Of course it's another golden Tirion Fordring! The chances of getting a golden legendary are small enough but getting a golden legendary that I have already specifically crafted? Those odds must be minute.

Anyway, after disenchanting one of them I now have enough dust to make another golden legendary so I think I'm going to craft a golden Sylvanas Windrunner as I play control Paladin and I love the mind games that she plays with the enemy, then on top of that it's an incredible deathrattle. Anyway, until next time, goodbye from me!

Hearthstone - Over excited Rogue makes a rookie mistake.

Hello everyone, Kieran 'Mukea' Miller here again to bring you a quick story about something that made me laugh in a ranked game a few days ago. Below I have posted the screenshot relevant to what I am talking about.

As you can see I was only on eight health, and the rogue said a hearty "Well Played!" as he slams down his Leeroy Jenkins and buffs it up with a Cold Blood to get the damage he thought he needed to finish me off, however he clearly wasn't paying attention because Leeroy Jenkins only has two health and I have a two attack Gnoll on the field. He tries to attack my face and suddenly realises his error, and sadly says "Mistakes Were Made". From this error he wasted two cards (one of which is a very powerful Legendary card) and also his whole turn. I felt very sorry for him, but it was a very rookie mistake to make, he just passed the turn and I killed Leeroy Jenkins with the two Whelps that it spawned, and went on to win the match. Goodbye from me until next time!